By Andrew Mills, Humeyra Pamuk and Parisa Hafezi DOHA/NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S.-bound plane carrying five Americans freed by Iran left Doha on Monday as part of a prisoner swap for five Iranians held in the United States and the transfer of $6 billion in Iranian funds, marking a rare deal between the long-time antagonists….
By Marc, Frank and Nelson Acosta HAVANA (Reuters) – Developing nations on Saturday declared Sept. 16 the annual “Day of Science, Technology and Innovation in the South” as they prepared to wrap up a two-day summit on the subject. “We note with deep concern the existing disparities between developed and developing countries in terms of…
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -With a possible partial government shutdown looming in two weeks, House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Sunday said he would bring a defense spending bill to a vote “win or lose” this week, despite resistance from hardline fellow Republicans.McCarthy is struggling to bring fiscal 2024 spending legislation to the…
By Nick Carey and Lisa Baertlein LONDON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A clutch of European and U.S. delivery company startups is racing to serve the growing market for offering zero-emission, electric last-mile deliveries in cities to retailers and consumers before giant shippers do the same. The likes of Germany’s Liefergrun, the UK’s Zedify and Packfleet, and…
ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has told Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan it plans to invest $2 billion in Turkey. Michael Evans, president of Alibaba, made the comments in a meeting with Erdogan, according to a statement from the company’s Turkish unit. It did not specify when the investment would be made….
By Julian Luk LONDON (Reuters) -Chile’s Codelco is ending long-term contracts to sell copper concentrate to Chinese clients from 2025, bidding to broaden its product offering to them after evaluating its production outlook, five sources with direct knowledge of the matter said. The sources said Codelco is aiming to replace exclusively copper concentrate deals with…
By David Shepardson (Reuters) -The United Auto Workers strike against the Detroit Three automakers entered its third day on Sunday with no immediate resolution on the horizon. Union negotiators and representatives of General Motors, Ford and Stellantis were set to resume talks starting Sunday, following the start of the most ambitious U.S. industrial labor action…
By Greg Torode and Martin Quin Pollard BEIJING (Reuters) – The disappearance of China’s defence minister, the latest in a string of upheavals in the country’s top ranks, is stoking uncertainty about President Xi Jinping’s rule as an internal security clampdown trumps international engagement. The growing unpredictability could affect the confidence other countries place in…
In a spectacular display of technological prowess, SpaceX, under the visionary leadership of Elon Musk, painted the skies once again, launching 22 Starlink satellites from Florida’s coast. This mission, met with anticipation and optimism, benefits from perfect weather conditions. Breaking it Down: SpaceX’s impeccable commitment to real-time updates was evident. Hours before the scheduled launch,…
In the dynamic battlefield of Artificial Intelligence, where each tech titan strives to outdo another, Alibaba Holdings Limited (NYSE:BABA) dropped a major bombshell: Qwen-VL and Qwen-VL-Chat. This came hot on the heels of Meta Platforms Inc’s (NASDAQ:META) recent A.I. launch. Alibaba’s Double A.I. Whammy Unlike text-centric A.I. models such as Microsoft Corporation’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) ChatGPT or…
