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Behind Nobel Laureate Maria Machado's daring escape from Venezuela to Oslo

An American firm with experience in special operations spirited María Corina Machado, the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, out of the country in a secretive land, sea and air operation

Nvidia considers increasing H200 chip output as Chinese demand surges

Major Chinese companies including Alibaba and ByteDance have already reached out to Nvidia this week about purchasing the H200 and are keen to place large orders

Iran raises gasoline prices for first time since deadly protests in 2019

The new pricing system implemented Saturday adds a third pricing level to the country's long-running subsidy system

Taiwan records 9 Chinese sorties, 7 naval vessels around its territory

Today's Chinese military activity around the island nation has seen a significant decline compared to December 12

Paramount's $54 bn debt poses major challenge in Warner Bros takeover bid

Paramount has a temporary financing package in place for the combined company, but it hasn't locked in a maximum rate on more permanent borrowings for the transaction

China rejecting Nvidia's H200 chips, pushing for self-reliance: Sacks

Sacks' comments raise questions about whether Nvidia will be able to recover revenue from China, a data centre market it has removed entirely from its forecasts

Trump names Hassett, Warsh as top contenders for Federal Reserve chair

Trump previously signalled that he already made up his mind, saying Monday he had a "a pretty good idea" of who to nominate

Trump signals start of land strikes on drug operations in Latin America

The US president for days has been pledging to broaden the effort, which comes after the Pentagon has launched a series of attacks on what it has called drug-smuggling boats

US justice dept seeks to block contempt probe in mass deportation case

In an April 16 order, the judge said he gave the administration "ample opportunity to rectify or explain their actions" but concluded that "none of their responses has been satisfactory"

Trump sued by preservationists over new White House ballroom project

The project has prompted criticism in the historic preservation and architectural communities, and among his political adversaries, but the lawsuit is the most tangible effort thus far

US Navy admiral overseeing Trump admin's boat strikes hands over command

In farewell remarks, Holsey did not mention the military operations or the reasons for his early retirement, but he urged his successor to uphold longstanding partnerships in the region

Thai, Cambodian leaders have agreed to renew ceasefire after clashes: Trump

The original ceasefire in July was brokered by Malaysia and pushed through by pressure from Trump, who threatened to withhold trade privileges unless Thailand and Cambodia agreed

Pak PM interacts with world leaders, including Russian Prez in Turkmenistan

Shehbaz held a detailed meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, where he expressed his firm resolve to further strengthen bilateral cooperation with Turkey

USFDA preparing to issue 'black box' warning on Covid-19 vaccines

A black box warning is the strongest caution for prescription drugs and is usually reserved for alerting patients to possible adverse reactions that could lead to death or serious injury

EU to indefinitely freeze Russian assets, removing obstacle to Ukraine loan

The loan would be paid back by Ukraine only when Russia pays Kyiv war damages, making the loan effectively a grant that advances future Russian reparations payments

Elon Musk's Mars mission adds risk for investors to red-hot SpaceX IPO

Musk has always maintained that sending humans to Mars was his lifelong ambition

House Democrats release photos of Trump, Clinton from Epstein's estate

The photos released Friday were separate from the case files that the Department of Justice is now compelled to release

US sanctions Maduro's nephews as pressure campaign against Venezuela grows

The new sanctions on Franqui Flores, Carlos Flores and Efrain Campo come a day after Trump announced that the US had seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela

Asian stocks rise higher cautiously as tech sector rattled by Oracle

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.7 per cent, tracking mostly higher US markets on Thursday - the Dow and Russell 2000 indices hit new highs but the Nasdaq fell

Disney invests $1 bn in OpenAI, to license characters for Sora video tool

As part of the licensing deal, Sora and ChatGPT Images will start generating videos using licensed Disney characters such as Mickey Mouse, Cinderella and Mufasa, from early next year