Trump’s focus on taking over the self-governing Arctic island has intensified following the recent US raid to capture Venezuela’s Maduro.
Tesla is betting on winning autonomy as a specialist, while Nvidia is positioning itself as an arms dealer, selling tools to the entire industry.
The company has been working to incorporate more AI into its recommendation algorithm through Grok, Musk’s AI chatbot.
The billionaire accused the government of being ‘fascist’ after it threatened to ban X over the deepfake photos.
The shock capture of Maduro and talk of seizing the Arctic island are forcing Canadians to take Trump’s 51st state threats seriously.
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The Trump administration has reportedly discussed paying the island’s residents up to US$100,000 each to lure them to join the US.
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Umno divisions demand justice for the jailed ex-PM, yet leadership rejects calls to exit unity government ahead of the annual assembly.
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US-Japanese-Russian crew of four at the International Space Station will return to Earth within days, earlier than planned.
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The president’s trade aide says American innovation will ‘quickly wipe away’ Beijing’s ‘weaponisation’ of critical minerals.
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Federal authorities freeze out state investigators as Vice-President J.D. Vance calls the death of Renee Nicole Good a ‘tragedy of her own making’.
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PM Mark Carney will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping for trade and other talks in first such trip by a Canadian leader in nearly a decade.
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The slow-moving trade talks and steep levies are hurting major sectors, forcing firms to seek new markets and offer deep discounts.
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US president declares he will personally control oil proceeds to ‘benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States’.
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The ex-president had a ‘crisis’ while sleeping in his cell, his wife said in a social media post.
Thailand, the first country in Asia to decriminalise cannabis in 2022, tightens rules to appeal to conservative voters ahead of pivotal election.
The spin-off and potential US listing of Jollibee Foods Corporation would include all of the company’s businesses outside its home market.
American chefs are embracing this delicacy, used in omakase in New York and crab rice in San Francisco, as prices soar to over US$2,000 for a king crab.
Chinese visitors to Vietnam jumped 41 per cent to 5.3 million, topping the 4.5 million to Thailand, where safety concerns reduced Chinese travellers.
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Marcos used his veto powers to cut unprogrammed appropriations, historically prone to corruption, to their lowest level since 2019.
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Prabowo Subianto’s government has taken over 4 million hectares of plantations and mines since last January.
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Instability ‘would gift Nigel Farage’, the PM said, referring to the right-wing Reform UK leader who currently tops opinion polls.
Malaysian authorities said they are investigating images produced by Grok after complaints about the misuse of AI to manipulate images of women and minors.
After a US strike that captured Venezuela’s Maduro, Trump said: ‘I thought … one of the easier ones would be Russia, Ukraine. It’s not’.
The city state’s economy grew 5.7 per cent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier, according to data from the trade ministry.
The move could be a signal to Beijing to steer clear of the stand-off between the Trump administration and the Maduro government.
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The US president killed two Republican-sponsored bills, including one from Maga lawmaker Lauren Boebert.
Beijing has moved to reduce tariffs on the crop and lifted import bans on three US exporters after talks between Xi and Trump.
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