Sept 22 (Reuters) – Oil prices gained for the first time in five sessions on Tuesday as investors awaited developments on potential US-Iran talks at the United Nations General Assembly this week after more supplies emerged through the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend. The…
Sept 21 (Reuters) – Nike-owned Converse has pulled an advertisement that sparked a public backlash last week, ABC News reported on Monday, as critics said it evoked imagery of Black lynchings by the Ku Klux Klan white supremacist group. The ad, which is no longer…
MIURA, Japan, Sept 22 (Reuters) – Torrential rains brought by a powerful typhoon lashing Japan’s Pacific coast caused landslides that killed two people with four missing, public broadcaster NHK said on Tuesday, while snapping electricity supply to nearly 50,000 homes. Typhoon Dujuan is the latest…
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Sept 21 (Reuters) – Charges against five former and current Stanford University students will be dismissed in relation to a 2024 pro-Palestinian demonstration in which protesters barricaded themselves inside the school president’s office. California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office said on…
BEIJING, Sept 22 (Reuters) – Alibaba Group plans to train a new artificial intelligence model with 5 trillion to 10 trillion parameters, Chief Executive Eddie Wu said on Tuesday, as the Chinese technology giant laid out a sweeping push across AI models, chips and data…
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 21 (Reuters) – G7 foreign ministers on Monday called on Iran to end its arming and support of Houthis in Yemen, which they said constituted a dangerous pattern of escalation that risked undermining international trade and creating global instability. “We condemn in…
SYDNEY, Sept 22 (Reuters) – New Zealand’s top central banker said on Tuesday if recent gains in oil prices persist it would lead to “somewhat” higher inflation than previously forecast, adding that there remained significant risks to the country’s economic recovery. In notes from a…
By Field Level Media Sep 22 (Field Level Media) – The San Francisco Giants are down to two members of their Opening Day roster still active with the club after placing first baseman Bryce Eldridge and right fielder Jung Hoo Lee on the injured list…
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart and wide receiver Malik Nabers sustained injuries in the first quarter against the Los Angeles Rams on Monday night. Dart sustained a knee injury during his team’s first series, while Nabers hurt his right shoulder…
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The foreign aid landscape has changed dramatically since U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration dissolved the United States Agency for International Development, once the world’s largest humanitarian donor. Here’s a quick look at USAID, the impacts of its dissolution and what foreign…
