Donald Trump faces a potentially damaging electoral defeat as Americans prepare to vote in midterm elections, with economic dissatisfaction, allegations of corruption and growing opposition to his foreign policy threatening Republican control
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping underscored their nations’ shared responsibility to preserve the memory of World War II during talks in Beijing on Tuesday, ahead of a military
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The United States has imposed sanctions on an Iraqi businessman accused of helping Tehran sidestep restrictions on its oil exports, marking the latest escalation in Washington’s crackdown on Iran’s energy trade, Bloomberg
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Apple Inc. has lost its top robotics artificial intelligence researcher to Meta Platforms Inc., part of a wider wave of defections from the iPhone maker’s AI division, Bloomberg reported. The researcher, Jian
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The Trump administration has revoked Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s (TSMC) authorisation to export American chipmaking tools to China without a licence, in the latest move to curb Beijing’s access to advanced technology,
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Artificial intelligence start-up Anthropic has soared to a $170bn valuation after raising one of the largest-ever venture capital funding rounds, underscoring investor appetite for the fast-growing sector, the Financial Times reported. The
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Many opinion makers argue that in international relations, there are no permanent enemies and no permanent friends. In support of this view, they point to the current strain in India–US relations, while
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Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday underscored the growing responsibility of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in safeguarding regional peace and stability, as well as promoting development amid global uncertainties and accelerated
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The UK has clinched its largest-ever warship export deal after beating US, French, and German rivals to supply Norway with a fleet of British Type-26 frigates, a move hailed as a major
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JPMorgan Chase has hired a record number of senior commercial and investment bankers over the past year, in a sweeping recruitment campaign aimed at boosting its market share across key sectors and
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Australia’s A$4.3 trillion ($2.8 trillion) retirement system is becoming a new frontier for cryptocurrencies, as global exchanges Coinbase and OKX target self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) in a bid to draw pension savings
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A groundbreaking international study has revealed that individuals with psychiatric disorders are significantly more likely to marry someone with the same condition than to partner with someone without it, a trend that
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A team led by Prof. Mao Jirong from the Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, alongside international collaborators, has provided compelling evidence of standing shocks in low-angular-momentum black hole accretion
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Traumatic injuries to the central nervous system (CNS), including traumatic brain injury (TBI) and spinal cord injury (SCI), remain a major medical challenge due to oxidative damage and neuroinflammation. Current treatments are
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Scientists have uncovered evidence of barley harvesting and consumption in southern Uzbekistan dating back 9,000 years, a discovery that reshapes understanding of where and how agriculture first took root. The findings, published
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Nvidia reported a record-breaking $47 billion in revenue for the second quarter, a 56% year-on-year increase, but its share price still fell amid investor disappointment. Much of the concern centered on data
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