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A decade after mercury ban, toxic skin bleachers still sold online

Regulators, companies and multinational entities have for years tried to coordinate efforts to take these products off shelves and websites

AWS unable to restore access to Bahrain, UAE cloud zone hit in Iran war

Amazon's cloud computing unit AWS said the damage in Bahrain ‌spanned multiple so-called availability zones, which are clusters of one ​or more data centres in the same geographic region

SpaceX targets September 22 for Starship test, eyes first orbital flight

Starship's 14th test ​flight would mark a major leap ​in the rocket's development over its last test in July

New Zealand Parliament passes India FTA Bill, clears tariffs on 95% exports

The legislation passed by a vote of 93-29, with support from the opposition Labour Party

Asian stocks edge higher ahead of Fed decision as yields, oil pause

Overnight on Wall Street, the S&P 500 slumped 0.5%, marking its second consecutive day of declines as the yield on the 10-year Treasury bond hit its highest level since 2007

Oil prices fall as US crude inventories rise despite Saudi supply concerns

Brent crude futures fell 93 ‌cents, or 0.86%, to $107.82 a barrel at 0028 GMT, while US West Texas Intermediate futures were down 97 cents, or 0.92%, at $104.86 a barrel

Saudi cancels some oil cargoes after pipeline hit, Poland seeks alternative

Supply disruption ​supported oil prices, with Brent oil futures trading near $108 a barrel and cargo prices in Europe's physical market even higher, with key benchmark dated Brent at $122 per barrel

US energy chief says Saudi's oil pipeline should be back online within days

The 1,200-km (745-mile) East-West Pipeline running across the Arabian Peninsula has served as the main route for global supplies of Middle Eastern oil for ‌the past six months

Police to question Google over 500K fake Gmail IDs linked to bomb hoax

Gujarat police will question Google over safeguards after uncovering 513,847 fake Gmail accounts used in a network sending hoax bomb threats

India's unemployment rate slips to six-month low of 5% in August

Rural unemployment fell to 4.1% from 4.5% in July, its lowest since January, while urban unemployment edged up to 6.8% from 6.7%, National Statistics Office data showed

Saudi Arabia warns of 'potential danger' in Mecca, Taif and Jeddah

Saudi civil defence briefly issued danger alerts for Mecca, Taif and Jeddah amid the escalation with Yemen's Houthis

CCPA probes Apple's iOS 18 warranty terms over costly iPhone repairs

The sparring is shaping as Apple's latest headache in a growth ​market where it is fast expanding iPhone manufacturing and rapidly growing market share

NPCI consults banks, payment firms on fees for large UPI payments

The consultations ‌come after India changed its payments legislation on Monday, allowing firms to charge transactions of more than ₹2,000

RBI files caveat after rejecting Tata Sons bid to avoid market listing

The move follows the RBI's rejection of Tata Sons' application to deregister as a non-banking financial company, a decision that pushes the holding company closer to a stock market listing

Samsung India's public policy chief Rajiv Aggarwal quits after 4 years

The reason for his resignation was not clear

No governments are ready for AI-driven societal changes, says Bill Gates

Bill Gates warned governments are lagging behind the rapid changes AI could bring, while his foundation plans to spend at least $1 billion to expand access to AI

Airbus sees no softening in demand despite geopolitical headwinds

Airbus ​forecasts about 42,000 new aircraft will be required globally over the ‌next 20 years, and about 45% of those will be delivered ​to the fast-growing Asia-Pacific region

US senators weigh requiring AI giants to commit to preventing catastrophe

AI-related stocks fell worldwide on Monday after leaders ‌of some of the industry's largest companies called for slowing ​the pace of the technology's development

Elon Musk's X Corp and SpaceXAI resolve antitrust lawsuit against Apple

The resolution ends a high-profile legal battle between Musk and one of ​the world's most valuable companies over control of the AI chatbot market, though the claims against OpenAI will continue

Accenture to pay $25 mn to settle US govt allegations over DEI practices

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