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Two private jets crash at Arizona airport; 1 dead, several others injured

Scottsdale Fire Captain Dave Folio told reporters that at least five people were involved in the crash. Two were transported to hospital trauma centers, while another remains in stable condition

Trump pushes for plastic straws as he declares paper ones 'don't work'

Trump signed an executive order Monday, saying: It's a ridiculous situation. We're going back to plastic straws'

Venezuela sends planes to US to return migrants, signalling improving ties

Flights of Illegal Aliens to Venezuela Resume, the White House said in a post on the X platform, saying they were overseen by Richard Grennell, a top Trump advisor who recently traveled to Venezuela

Hawaii court rules against insurance firms in Maui fire, allows settlement

The massive inferno that was the deadliest in the US in more than a century decimated the historic town of Lahaina, killing more than 100 people, destroying thousands of properties

Musk-led group proposes to buy OpenAI for $97.4 bn; Altman says 'no'

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman quickly rejected the deal on Musk's social platform X, saying, no thank you but we will buy Twitter for $9.74 billion if you want

News influencers favoured Trump over Harris during campaign, shows study

Influencers reviewed by the Pew Research Center talked about Trump and Harris on social media about equally, but there were more posts about Trump and they tended to be more favourable

USAID watchdog warns of lack of oversight of $8.2 bn in unspent aid

The new administration's rapid dismantling of USAID has left oversight of the humanitarian aid largely nonoperational, the inspector general's office for USAID said

US officials to meet Zelenskyy in Munich for talks on Russia-Ukraine war

Trump, who had previously said he would bring about a rapid end to the war, recently suggested that administration officials have already begun talks with Russian officials

Tesla robotaxis by June? Musk turns to Texas for hands-off regulation

Such comments often leave investors guessing what Tesla will actually deliver, and when, said Brian Mulberry, client portfolio manager at Zacks Investment Management, a Tesla investor

Donald Trump says Palestinians won't have right of return in Gaza plan

Trump's Gaza plans are expected to be among the topics when Jordan's King Abdullah II holds a scheduled meeting with him in Washington on Tuesday

World Bank's triple-A rating threatened if Trump pulls support: Moody's

Last week, Trump signed an Executive Order to review US government support to all international intergovernmental organisations of which it is a member and to withdraw from some UN organisations

Trump suggests potential fraud behind US debt lower than expected

Trump has tasked Elon Musk with an ambitious overhaul of the federal government, sparking street protests in Washington and accusations that the Trump administration is breaking the law

Citing rising cost, Trump directs US Treasury to stop minting new pennies

For far too long the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than 2 cents. This is so wasteful! Trump wrote in a post Sunday night on his Truth Social site

To reduce reliance on Nvidia, OpenAI to finalise its own chip design soon

The ChatGPT maker is finalising the design for its first in-house chip in the next few months and plans to send it for fabrication at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co

Hamas accuses Israel of ceasefire breaches, to delay next hostage release

A Hamas spokesperson said Monday that the group will delay the next hostage release after accusing Israel of violating ceasefire agreement

Macron unveils $112.5 bn AI investment to boost France's tech ambitions

French President Emmanuel Macron compared this initiative to the $500-billion AI data centre project announced by US President Donald Trump last month

Japan's Softbank Group likely to make $1.5 billion quarterly profit

The profit of 234 billion yen is based on the average of four analyst estimates compiled by LSEG, and compares with a gain of 950 billion yen in the same period last year

McDonald's sees biggest drop in US sales in Q4 in nearly five years

It fell 1.4 per cent in the US, McDonald's biggest market, its steepest drop since the COVID-19 pandemic almost five years ago when restaurants limited operations to drive-thru and delivery

US funding freeze hampers investigations into Russian war crimes in Ukraine

Two of the listed projects were funded by USAID, three by the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement and one directly by the Department of State, the document showed

Oil prices rise despite concerns over US tariffs, trade war risks

Trump said on Sunday that the US is making progress with Russia to end the Ukraine war, but he declined to provide details about any communications with Russian President Vladimir Putin