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The leaders of the world’s two rival superpowers have plenty to talk about. But so far, it seems, they can’t agree on when they should speak, or even whether they already have.Over the last 10 days or so, President Trump has sent conflicting messages about talking to China’s top leader, Xi Jinping. Mr. Trump said on Feb. 3 that they would have a call within “24 hours,” then reversed himself, saying he was in “no rush” to talk. More recently, when asked whether the two had spoken since he took office, Mr. Trump said that they had.By contrast, Mr. Xi…
Elon Musk made a rare public appearance at the White House on Tuesday to defend the swift and extensive cuts he’s pushing across the federal government while acknowledging there have been mistakes and will be more.Musk stood next to the Resolute Desk with his young son as Trump praised Musk’s work with his Department of Government Efficiency, saying they’ve found “shocking” evidence of wasteful spending. The Republican president signed an executive order to expand Musk’s influence and continue downsizing the federal workforce. El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, escucha a Elon Musk hablando en la Oficina Oval en la…
The logo of SoftBank is displayed at a company shop in Tokyo, Japan January 28, 2025. Issei Kato | ReutersSoftBank Group posted a surprise quarterly loss Wednesday as investments under its Vision Funds fell into red. The Japanese company’s revenue also missed analysts’ estimates.Here are Softbank’s results compared with LSEG SmartEstimate, which is weighted toward forecasts from analysts who have been more consistently accurate:Revenue: 1.83 trillion yen vs. 1.84 trillion yenNet loss of 369.17 billion yen ($2.4 billion) vs. a profit of 298.53 billion yenThe company’s Vision Fund investments clocked a loss of 352.75 billion yen for the quarter ended Dec.…
WASHINGTON (AP) — When it comes to respecting the rulings of courts, President Donald Trump has been of two minds.If the decision goes his way, as it did when the Supreme Court ruled 11 months ago that his name should be on the ballot in Colorado, he hails it as a “BIG WIN FOR AMERICA.”Now, as president, he has been critical of federal judges who have moved to block some of his most contentious actions, such as his move to freeze federal spending. His vice president, JD Vance, recently said, “Judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power.” Billionaire…
Iran’s envoy to UN Amir Saeid Iravani warns the US that ‘any act of aggression will have severe consequences’.Iran’s representative to the United Nations has condemned the “reckless and inflammatory statements” made by United States President Donald Trump threatening the use of force, and warned that “any act of aggression will have severe consequences”. In a letter to the UN Security Council on Tuesday, Iran’s UN ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani referred to remarks made by Trump in media interviews, in which the US leader suggested stopping Iran from developing nuclear weapons could be achieved either “with bombs or with a…
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, speaks with French President Emmanuel Macron at Station F, during an event on the sidelines of the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris, France, Feb. 11, 2025.Aurelien Morissard | Via ReutersPARIS — Music was blaring and people were cheering at the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris on Monday as French President Emmanuel Macron declared France is “back in the AI race.”The bold call comes after Macron touted a 109 billion euro ($112.8 billion) investment in AI in the country. But it also underscores Europe’s desire, led by France, to be a part of the…
North Korea has called for the US to stop ‘encroaching upon the dignity and sovereignty’ of the Palestinian people.North Korean state media has accused the US of “slaughter and robbery” over President Donald Trump’s proposed plan to occupy the Gaza Strip and expel its population of more than two million Palestinians. “The world is now boiling like a porridge pot over the US’ bombshell declaration,” the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said in a commentary published on Wednesday, in which Trump was not explicitly named. The White House’s Gaza proposal was evidence of the US’s “hegemonic, invasive” ambition for world…
United States President Donald Trump’s tariffs – some threatened, others executed – have sent global markets into a tizzy, pushing down several currencies. But some things have become costlier, especially on grocery shelves. And for those who visit the jeweller, gold. With Trump’s 25 percent tariffs on steel and aluminium imports kicking in this week, we look at why the price of the yellow metal has soared in recent days, why its value rises during periods of uncertainty, and whether some other assets are also benefitting from the Trump chaos. What happened to the price of gold? Following Trump’s economic…
El primer ministro de Israel, Benjamín Netanyahu, advirtió el martes a Hamás que si no liberaba a los rehenes antes del mediodía del sábado, el alto al fuego en la guerra en la Franja de Gaza terminaría y los soldados israelíes reanudarían los “intensos combates”.Netanyahu dijo que la amenaza de Hamás del lunes de aplazar la próxima ronda de liberación de rehenes equivalía a violar el acuerdo de alto al fuego. Netanyahu no especificó cuántos rehenes tendrían que ser liberados para detener la reanudación de la guerra. La oficina del primer ministro declinó confirmar a cuántos rehenes se refería.Sus declaraciones…
Men interact with a Baidu AI robot near the company logo at its headquarters in Beijing, China April 23, 2021.Florence Lo | ReutersBEIJING — China’s Baidu plans to release the next generation of its artificial intelligence model in the second half of this year, according to a source familiar with the matter, as newer players such as DeepSeek disrupt the segment.Ernie 5.0, called a “foundation model,” is set to have “big enhancements in multimodal capabilities,” the source said, without specifying its functions. “Multimodal” AI can process texts, videos, images and audio to combine them as well as convert them across…