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Move fast and break things: Trump's $500 billion AI project has major risks

Alongside announcing Stargate, Trump also revoked an executive order signed by his predecessor Joe Biden that was aimed at addressing and controlling AI risks

Trump withdraws US from Paris Agreement: Know why that's not so bad

Before signing the order, Trump declared his reasons to an arena of cheering supporters, describing the global agreement as an 'unfair, one-sided Paris climate accord rip-off'

Nepal hikes Everest climbing fee to $15,000, brings new pollution measures

royalty fee for foreigners climbing Everest from the normal south route in the spring season (March-May) has been raised to $15,000 from the current $11,000 per person

Donald Trump downplays threat of China using TikTok to spy on Americans

Trump suggested all electronic products manufactured in China could carry a spying risk, adding that TikTok's was not the most serious of them

Elon Musk vs Sam Altman over Trump-backed $500 bn Stargate AI project

Donald Trump called Stargate 'a resounding declaration of confidence in America's potential', with OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank kicking it off with $100 bn led by Son, Ellison, and Altman

Asian shares helped by China uplift, Trump's tariff plan hangs in air

The big moves in Chinese stocks helped lift MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan up 0.11 per cent, reversing its losses from earlier in the sesion

Microsoft set to benefit from Stargate joint venture with zero investment

Despite investing almost $14 billion in OpenAI and using the startup's AI models for its next-generation cloud services, Microsoft was mentioned only as a technology partner

Donald Trump's fast-track deportation order is target of new lawsuit

Donald Trump has long embraced hard-line immigration policies and made them a priority during his first days in office

Resigned from anti-vaccine work to seek top health official job: RFK Jr

Kennedy has pulled in roughly $10 million in income from his work over past year, which includes speaking fees, leading an anti-vaccine nonprofit and legal fees

Saudi leader offers $600 bn investment pledge in call with Donald Trump

The crown prince, known as MBS, spoke to the American president in a congratulatory phone call on Wednesday

Donald Trump will again designate Houthis as terrorists, reversing Biden

The assaults disrupted maritime commerce in the West Asia and continued despite repeated strikes on Houthi targets by the US and UK

Musk questions proposed $100 bn investment on AI venture, Altman fires back

Altman took to X to dispute Musk's characterisation on Wednesday, calling it wrong and suggesting Musk was upset because the pact could rival the billionaire's own AI efforts

Mexico border states prepare shelters as Trump begins mass deportation

The number of people deported on Tuesday was lower than the daily average of about 500 last year, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum noted at her daily press briefing

Taiwan MND detects 35 Chinese aircraft, 6 vessels around its territory

Among them, 27 aircraft crossed the median line and entered Taiwan's northern, southwestern and eastern Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ)

Amazon to close 7 warehouses in Quebec, end 1,700 jobs in next 2 months

The closures will eliminate about 1,700 permanent full-time jobs in the greater Montreal area, Amazon said, the warehouses also employ 250 temporary employees, who'll lose their jobs

Over 50K under evacuation orders as wildfire imperils homes north of LA

Another 15,000 people in the area were warned to prepare to leave at a moment's notice, according to the LA County Sheriff's Department

Pentagon sending up to 1,500 active-duty troops to secure US-Mexico border

Troops have done similar duties in support of Border Patrol agents in the past, when both Trump and former president Joe Biden sent active duty troops to the border

Trump meets with more Republicans as they discuss legislative roadmap

Roughly 160 aides at National Security Council were sent home while they are reviewed to determine if they align with Trump's agenda

Trump threatens Russia with sanctions if 'ridiculous' war does not end

United States already prohibits the import of virtually all Russian products, and Russia has faced a multitude of US and European sanctions since the invasion began almost three years ago

House passes immigrant detention bill, to be first law signed by Trump

Passage of the Laken Riley Act, named after a Georgia nursing student who was murdered last year by a Venezuelan man, shows just how sharply political debate over immigration has shifted to the right