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Anyone considering business with Iran will face risk of sanctions: US

Early this week, the US imposed sanctions on suppliers to Pakistan's ballistic missile programme, including three companies from China

Biden to assail Florida's 6-week abortion ban as he aims another term

Republicans were dismissive of the Biden campaign and the broader Democratic Party's efforts to use abortion as a political cudgel, arguing that other issues will matter more with voters in November

Armenia, Azerbaijan normalising ties as first border marker goes up

Armenian and Azerbaijani authorities on Tuesday announced that the first border marker was installed. It wasn't immediately clear where exactly it was placed

Google postpones plan to phase out advertisement cookies in Chrome browser

Google said it hopes to eliminate third-party cookies early next year, provided it can come to an agreement with regulators

US warns Pakistan of potential risk of sanctions for doing trade with Iran

Iran and Pakistan have inked eight memoranda of understanding for collaboration in a range of areas. PM Shehbaz and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi witnessed the MoU signing ceremony

Aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan advances in Senate for final approval

The vote to end a filibuster drew the support of 80 senators -- 10 more than supported the bill when the Senate first passed it in February

EU parl approves rules requiring companies to repair worn-out products

Consumers will gain the right to choose either a repair - or a replacement - for faulty products while the product is still under guarantee

Tesla to lay off nearly 2,700 employees in Texas factory, says report

The notice on Monday was issued under the WARN Act, a U.S. labor law that requires companies with 100 or more employees to notify 60 days ahead of planned closings or mass layoffs

Tesla shares rise 2.3% to $145 in early trading ahead of quarterly results

The stock was up 2.3% at $145.34 in volatile early trading ahead of the report, due after the closing bell

Student protests erupt at US campuses as Israel's war in Gaza continues

Pro-Israel groups allege Jewish students faced anti-Semitism, prompting Palestine supporters to deny claim

Google fires 20 more employees over protest against Project Nimbus contract

Google's employees staged protests against the company's collaboration with the Israeli government on "Project Nimbus", a $1.2 billion cloud computing initiative

10 killed as 2 Malaysian military choppers collide and crash while training

Local media reported that the AW139 crashed at a sports complex at the naval base, while the Fennec hit a nearby swimming pool

China turns heat up on cross-border investments in local govt debt: Report

Local governments in China have the authority to grant QDLP licenses, and Hainan has been one of the most active issuers of such approvals

Adobe to bring tool for AI image generation to Photoshop this year

Adobe is developing its own image-generation AI system called Firefly, which is trained on data that Adobe has rights to, in order to avoid copyright infringement claims against users

China acquires recently banned Nvidia chips in Super Micro, Dell servers

While the US bars Nvidia and its partners from selling advanced chips to China, including via third parties, the sale and purchase of the chips are not illegal in China

BrahMos missile supplies continue to reach Philippines under $375 mn deal

Supplies of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles from India to the Philippines under a USD 375 million deal, continue as part of the contract between the two nations, defence officials said.

Taiwan hit by dozens of earthquakes; sees no major damage, casualties

Taiwan's Central Weather Administration said the spate of earthquakes starting Monday afternoon - which it put at about 180 - were aftershocks from the large April 3 quake

Dubai Airport now operating at full capacity: CEO a week after floods

Dubai Airports owns and manages the operation and development of both of Dubai's airports - Dubai International (DXB) and Dubai World Central (DWC)

US business activity cools in April to 4-month low due to weaker demand

S&P Global said on Tuesday that its flash U.S. Composite PMI Output Index, which tracks the manufacturing and services sectors

Prosecutors ask to punish Trump for violating gag order in hush money trial

As Trump watched from the defense table, New York prosecutor Christopher Conroy cited posts from the former president's Truth Social platform that he said violated the gag order