Oil prices spiked Monday on Middle East supply fears after Saudi Arabia closed a key pipeline, putting further upward pressure on inflation ahead of an expected Federal Reserve rate hike this week. The prospect of higher US borrowing costs compounded a tech selloff that came after leaders of companies at the forefront of the Artificial […]
Beijing rejected on Monday “groundless” reports that Chinese entities supplied Tehran with satellite images of a military base housing US troops in Jordan, before and after an Iranian strike killed three American soldiers. The reports by the Wall Street Journal over the weekend related to July 17 missile strikes launched by Iran on the Muwaffaq […]
US President Donald Trump has promised a $5,000 federal “dividend” to every adult American if Republicans retain control of both chambers of Congress in November’s midterm elections. Trump made the pledge on Wednesday at the Republican Party’s first-ever midterm convention in Dallas, Texas, turning an election rally into a pitch that could put billions of […]
Taiwan has called on the international community to strengthen the rules-based international order and support its meaningful participation in the United Nations, warning that the continued exclusion of the island could undermine global efforts to promote peace, security and democratic values. Taiwan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr Lin Chia-lung, made the appeal against the backdrop […]
A fresh crisis has erupted within FIFA after Gianni Infantino‘s senior adviser, Carlos Cordeiro, resigned with immediate effect over the governing body’s controversial proposal to sell a stake in the commercial rights of the FIFA World Cup. Cordeiro, a former president of US Soccer and former Goldman Sachs vice chairman, announced his resignation in a […]
US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that an agreement has been reached to begin the phased disarmament of Hamas and other armed groups in Gaza, alongside a gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from the enclave. Trump said the deal, negotiated under the Board of Peace initiative, marks a significant step toward implementing a broader […]
Antonio Guterres says he has witnessed strong commitment to supporting meaningful political transition in Syria UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday said that he met with representatives of Syrian civil society during his visit to Damascus and witnessed a strong commitment to supporting the country’s political transition. “I met with representatives of civil society and […]
Iran vowed on Thursday to keep striking the region so long as it remains under attack, as the Middle East war spread to new fronts with Tehran’s Houthi allies attacking Saudi shipping in the Red Sea. The war resumed following a ceasefire that lasted just a few weeks, throwing the region and global energy markets […]
OpenAI said on Tuesday that an autonomous agent powered by its advanced artificial intelligence models went rogue during a security test and triggered a hack that compromised the infrastructure of AI startup Hugging Face last week. The ChatGPT creator was testing capabilities of some of its most advanced models in a controlled environment, but the […]
The US and Saudi Arabia are expected to announce a deal that will allow the Gulf kingdom to develop a civilian nuclear programme, according to US media reports. An announcement is expected from US President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday, US officials were cited as saying. The agreement could be worth billions of dollars to […]
