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Trump hosts Ramaphosa as South African leader seeks to mend US ties

Ramaphosa was greeted by Trump as he arrived at the White House shortly after noon for Oval Office talks and lunch with Trump

Nvidia's Jensen Huang backs Trump move to scrap Biden-era AI export curbs

Huang called the curbs a "failure" by the US, arguing they fuelled China's AI growth and helped firms like Huawei; he welcomed Trump's move to roll back Biden's chip restrictions

Earth braces for major solar storm; NASA warns of GPS outages, blackouts

NASA and NOAA issue global alerts after the year's most powerful solar flare triggers radio blackouts; satellite and power grid disruptions may follow as solar activity intensifies

Meet Tesla's Indian-origin CFO who earns more than Satya Nadella, Pichai

Tesla CFO Vaibhav Taneja earned $139 million in 2024, surpassing the pay of Microsoft's Satya Nadella and Alphabet's Sundar Pichai

Meloni says Pope Leo willing to host Russia-Ukraine peace talks in Vatican

Giorgia Meloni's statement comes after Trump's call with Putin and amid renewed diplomatic push involving the Vatican, EU leaders, and threats of fresh sanctions from the US and UK

Elon Musk calls Bill Gates 'huge liar' over 'killing world's poorest' claim

Bill Gates blamed Elon Musk for USAID's shutdown and its fallout on child welfare. Now Musk has retaliated with Epstein references and questioned Gates' credibility

Third man charged over fires at properties linked to UK PM Keir Starmer

Petro Pochynok, 34, has been charged with conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life

IMF's Gita Gopinath says US needs to curb fiscal deficit, fix debt burden

Gopinath's remarks follow Moody's downgrade of the US credit rating and highlight rising debt, tax cuts and persistent trade uncertainty under Trump

Putin visits Kursk for first time since Russia ousted Ukrainian forces

Ukrainian forces launched a surprise incursion into Kursk in Aug 2024, marking the largest cross-border raid of the war, before being expelled by Russian troops nine months later

Marks & Spencer cyberattack to cost $403 million in operating profit

The British retailer will try to mitigate the impact with cost savings and insurance payouts, it said

New book 'Original Sin' claims Biden, aides hid details of his poor health

US President Donald Trump expressed surprise that the public had not been informed about former President Joe Biden's cancer diagnosis "a long time ago"

Elon Musk says he'll do 'a lot less' political spending going forward

Elon Musk, who gave over $250 million to support Donald Trump, says he'll do 'a lot less' political spending, citing no current reason to continue major donations

Trump enlists top US business leaders to boost his image at home, abroad

Corporate titans are spending more time than ever working to curry favour with the administration as part of their effort to score relief from regulations and tariffs from the transactional president

What is Golden Dome, Trump's ambitious $175 billion missile defence system?

Donald Trump unveils $175 billion 'Golden Dome' missile shield to counter China, Russia; first US weapon system in space, to be operational in three years; Canada shows interest in joining project

House GOP pushes Trump tax cuts bill but report says it will add to deficit

GOP leaders worked late into the night to convince sceptical Republicans who have problems on several fronts, including worries that it will pile onto the nation's $36 trillion debt

Oil hits 1-week high as dollar weakens on Israel-Iran strike report

Geopolitical tensions may add headwinds to the markets, which had calmed recently after a month of turmoil from the tariff blitz unleashed by US President Donald Trump

Musk's pullback from politics comes after his last big investment was flop

Democrats in the swing state said Musk's comments show that a party-led effort in this spring's election, dubbed People vs. Musk, succeeded in making Musk and his money toxic

South Africa's leader aims to salvage ties with Trump in White House visit

Ramaphosa hopes to correct "damaging mischaracterisations" in his meeting with Trump, the former president's first with an African leader since returning to the White House

Israel preparing for possible strike on Iran nuclear sites, says US intel

US officials say Israeli strike planning has intensified after Trump's Mideast tour; intercepted comms and air drills cited as signs of escalating intent

Why Trump is demanding an investigation into Springsteen, Beyonce, Oprah

Donald Trump claims Kamala Harris's campaign illegally paid celebrities for endorsements; no evidence yet of campaign finance violations