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What does Facebook's plan to hire scribes mean for media industry?

Facebook's journalists will be curating stories from news sites and won't be editing headlines or writing content

US firms hurt by trade war, but 97% of them still find China ops profitable

But they still aren't ready to give up on the Chinese market. Nearly 88 per cent say they have no plans to move out of China

US to keep 8,600 troops in Afghanistan after deal with Taliban: Trump

The comments provided some clarity on US intentions after lengthy negotiations with the Afghan guerrilla group over finding an exit from a war that has lasted two decades

Security at ports on high alert over possible terrorist infiltration

The move comes days after the Navy warned of a possible terror attack from the seaside

Jack Ma takes on Elon Musk over future of Artificial Intelligence

The Chinese co-founder of Alibaba and the maverick industrialist behind Tesla and SpaceX frequently pulled pained expressions and raised eyebrows as they kicked off an AI conference

S Korea SC orders retrial for Samsung heir in bribery, embezzlement case

Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong was convicted of offences including bribery and embezzlement in connection with the scandal that brought down former president Park Geun-hye

China's Hong Kong-stationed troops complete new rotation: State media

Nearly three months of fiery pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong have sparked concerns that the military will be deployed in the semi-autonomous Chinese city

Colonialist mentality: Brazil hits out at Macron over Amazon fire criticism

Macron had tweeted that fires burning in the Amazon amount to an international crisis

G7 summit: Emmanuel Macron, Donald Tusk sound alarm over trade war risks

"Trade wars will lead to recession, while trade deals will boost the economy," Tusk said as leaders of the G7 countries descended on the French resort town of Biarritz for a three-day summit

China escalates trade war, hikes tariffs on $75 billion of American goods

The tariffs of 10 per cent and 5 per cent take effect on two batches of goods on September 1 and December 15, the official Xinhua News Agency said

Unprecedented financial sector crisis in 70 years, says NITI Aayog

NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar also said there was no business of the government to hold back payments to companies.

Pentagon confirms death of Osama bin Laden's son; Trump says won't comment

Hamza Bin Laden, 'crown prince of jihad', was 15th of Osama bin Laden's 20 children.

US deficit to hit $960 billion in 2019, top $1 trillion in 2020: Report

The report projects that the US economy will expand more slowly, from 2.3 per cent this year to 1.8 per cent on average in the next four years

Merkel gives Boris Johnson 30 days to find a solution to Brexit 'backstop'

The German leader said the aim was to find a regime that both respect the two-decade old peace agreement in the British province of Northern Ireland

New Trump rule to allow indefinite detention of migrant children in US

A new policy, to be implemented in 60 days, will not limit how long children or their families can be detained

UK 'cannot accept' current terms of Brexit deal: PM Boris Johnson to Merkel

Johnson is seeking to convince German Chancellor Merkel and French President Macron to renegotiate elements of the UK's impending divorce from the bloc, including the so-called Ireland backstop plan

Are Amazon, Microsoft putting the world at risk of killer robots?

The use of AI to allow weapon systems to autonomously select and attack targets has sparked ethical debates in recent years

Asian indices drop as traders await US Fed Chairman Jerome Powell's speech

The Fed released minutes of its July meeting later on Wednesday, which will provide an insight into its deliberations when cutting interest rates for the first time since the financial crisis

China calls on US to 'meet halfway', restore 'mutually beneficial' trade

On Tuesday, Trump responded to complaints about the impact on the United States by telling reporters "somebody had to take China on."

US tariffs on China may mean economic pain for Americans, Trump admits

The president indicated that he had no choice but to impose the tariffs that have been a drag on US manufacturers, financial markets and, by some measures, American consumers