Tech

Google announces $2bn investment in Malaysia, as gov’t hails 26,500…

Posted by May 30, 2024

Tech giant says investment in Southeast Asian country will ‘pave the way for delivering the transformative power of AI’.Google has announced that it will in

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China lifts ban on Australian beef exporters in the latest…

Posted by May 30, 2024

Move follows lifting of restrictions on imports of Australian coal, timber and barley.China has lifted an import ban on five Australian beef producers, the Aust

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Chinese man arrested for allegedly running ‘largest ever’ malware network

Posted by May 30, 2024

US officials say army of 19 million infected computers enabled fraud, identity theft and child exploitation.Authorities in the United States have announced the

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Netherlands feared ‘great suffering’ in Gaza after UNRWA snub, memo…

Posted by May 29, 2024

Days after the Netherlands suspended funding to the United Nations aid agency for Palestinian refugees, Dutch officials expressed fears that pausing support for

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Russia plans higher taxes for rich, companies as cost of…

Posted by May 29, 2024

New tax thresholds and hike in corporation tax are expected to raise about 2.6 trillion rubles ($29bn) a year.Russia has announced plans to raise taxes on busin

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Melinda French Gates says she’s donating $1bn in support of…

Posted by May 29, 2024

Philanthropist says it is ‘frustrating’ that some believe it is not the right time to discus gender equality.Melinda French Gates has announced that she wil

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Former FTX executive Salame sentenced to 7.5 years in US…

Posted by May 28, 2024

Ryan Salame pled guilty to tens of millions of dollars in unlawful campaign donations to boost causes supported by his boss.Ryan Salame, the former co-CEO of F

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US opens up banking to private Cuban businesses to boost…

Posted by May 28, 2024

The measures allow independent entrepreneurs to open and access US bank accounts online to support their businesses.The United States has lifted some financial

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‘Russia needs China more’: Are Putin and Xi in a…

Posted by May 28, 2024

After China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin pledged a “new era” of partnership, experts are questioning the depth of the relationship between t

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UK’s Sunak pledges tax cuts for pensioners as Tories face…

Posted by May 28, 2024

Opposition Labour Party slams election pledge as latest ‘desperate move’ by governing party.United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has pledged to cut tax

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Russia to build nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan

Posted by May 27, 2024

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev says Uzbekistan also interested in buying more oil and gas from Russia.Russia will build a small nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan,

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China urges South Korea, Japan to uphold free trade at…

Posted by May 27, 2024

Chinese Premier Li Qiang says the three countries should view each other as ‘partners and opportunities for development’.China’s No 2 official has urged J

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