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Chinese AI firm Moonshot files confidentially for Hong Kong IPO

The developer of the Kimi large language model is aiming to raise $3 billion, one of the people said, as per Reuters.

Iran strikes Kuwait after US bombardments, Gulf tensions escalate

Fighting between the US and Iran has increased this week after the US hit Iranian rocket launchers on an island in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, saying Iran was planning to use them to shoot mines

El Nino may become strongest ever, raise extreme weather risks: WMO

"If this trajectory continues, it may ​be stronger than anything since our monitoring began. So literally off the charts," WMO Secretary-General Celeste Saulo told a Geneva press conference.

Broadcom raises AI chip sales forecast to $115 billion by 2028

Broadcom, whose custom AI chips are used by companies including Meta Platforms, Google and OpenAI, ​said it now expects AI chip revenue of about $115 billion in the fiscal year ending Oct 2027

New York Mayor Mamdani bans AI tools till class VIII in NYC public schools

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels unveiled the new rule a week before classes begin on Sept. 10. It will apply to roughly 600,000 public school students

Two-time Grammy-winning jazz singer Cassandra Wilson dies at 70

Two-time Grammy Award-winning jazz singer, songwriter and producer Cassandra Wilson has died at the age of 70.

India-Japan ties deepen as Japanese firms in India hit record 1,463

Bilateral merchandise trade has doubled over the past decade to $27.48 billion, while cumulative Japanese FDI in India stood at $48.14 billion through March 2026

G20 can save $90 bn annually on oil costs through travel shifts: CEEW

Carpooling, increased bus use and hybrid work could cut passenger transport emissions by 408-538 million tonnes of CO2 annually and strengthen energy security by 2050

Gloria Steinem, US feminism icon and Ms Magazine co-founder, dies at 92

She died Wednesday at her home in New York City, according to her and her foundation's social media pages.

Donald Trump's face appears on new $1 coin to mark US' 250th anniversary

A new US $1 commemorative coin featuring Donald Trump has gone on sale for America's 250th anniversary, with initial supplies selling out rapidly

Nepal flash floods: Death toll rises to 1,252 as more bodies recovered

The death toll from devastating flash floods in Nepal rose to 1,252 on Thursday as rescue teams recovered more bodies, with thousands still missing more than a week after the disaster

Uber, Wayve launch London's first robotaxi service with safety driver

Uber and Wayve are launching London's first self-driving taxi service with Ford Mustang Mach-E vehicles, though a safety driver will remain behind the wheel to oversee each trip

Nicolas Maduro, wife seek to end drug charges over head-of-state immunity

Maduro, 63, and his wife, Cilia Flores, 69, have been held at a Brooklyn jail since US forces seized them from their Caracas home in a middle-of-the-night raid in January and brought them to New York

Attacks on Iran likely to be short, says Trump; asserts Hormuz control

US President Donald Trump said renewed strikes on Iran would likely be short-lived as fresh fighting pushed up energy prices and revived concerns over a prolonged war

Trump wants Strait of Hormuz renamed 'Trump Strait' amid US-Iran war

US President Donald Trump made the suggestion a day after the US Central Command (Centcom) carried out another round of attacks on Iranian military targets

US journalist gets 2 years in prison for acting as illegal agent for China

American journalist Thomas Weir Pauken II was sentenced to two years in federal prison for acting as an agent of the Chinese government, the US Justice Department said

US secures G20 support for light-touch rules on AI, emerging tech

G20 nations unanimously endorsed non-binding US guidelines favouring a lighter-touch approach to AI and emerging technologies, marking a win for the Trump administration and Silicon Valley

US judge blocks Trump's latest bid to restrict birthright citizenship

A US judge ruled Trump's latest executive order restricting birthright citizenship is likely unlawful, blocking its implementation for now and setting up another legal battle over the policy

Minneapolis shooting: 2 killed, suspect dead; 3 police officers injured

Two people were killed and three Minneapolis police officers injured, including two with gunshot wounds, after a shooting at a downtown apartment building on Wednesday

Global stocks climb as investors watch US-Iran conflict, yen surges

Global stock indexes mostly rose after three days of declines, while the yen jumped sharply and US Treasury yields eased as investors tracked the latest developments in the US-Iran conflict