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U.S. stocks were mostly lower, with the Nasdaq leading declines as makers of AI infrastructure suffered steep falls, many in the double digits. Nvidia was down 16%. [...]
Gold settled 1.4% lower, down two of the past three sessions, and silver fell 2.5%, down three of the past four sessions. [...]
Panic fueling the selloff of Nvidia, Broadcom and other tech giants is overblown. [...]
Gain insight on Experian, SoFi Technologies and more in the latest Market Talks covering Financial Services. [...]
Arabica coffee prices hit a record level, as traders digested the withdrawal of President Trump’s threats to impose tariffs and economic sanctions on Colombia. [...]
The Yen and Swiss Franc were stronger against the dollar as investors sought safe havens after Chinese start-up DeepSeek’s new AI model hit U.S. tech stocks. [...]
U.S. natural gas futures fell after weekend updates took some of the chill out of early February weather forecasts. [...]
QXO is taking its offer directly to shareholders after being rebuffed on several occasions. [...]
This week, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) published “China Targets,” a 10-month, cross-border investigation with dozens of media partners around the world on the topic of Beijing’s transnational repression. The resulting series of articles describe how Chinese authorities have instrumentalized Interpol "red notices" [...]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has rejected a U.S. peace plan that would freeze territory along the current front lines of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, stipulate that Ukraine could never join NATO, and require Ukraine to recognise Russia’s annexation of Crimea—the latter, a position that Ukraine and [...]
Global tributes poured in following the death of Pope Francis on Monday, as world leaders and admirers of all faiths mourn a figure of peace in a time of growing conflict. However, as Italy’s Corriere della Sera bitterly noted, Chinese media largely ignored the pope’s [...]
On Saturday, Beijing hosted the world’s first half-marathon in which humans competed alongside humanoid robots. Among the 21 robots to compete, six completed the race, and the winning robot required several battery changes to reach the finish line in two hours and 40 minutes, well [...]
Breast cancer deaths among women ages 20-49 declined significantly between 2010 and 2020, according to a new study. [...]
In 2013, a sea star wasting syndrome decimated populations of Pisaster along the west coast of North America and along the Monterey Peninsula in California, where this study was conducted. The orange and purple stars have a hungry appetite for mussels in the rocky intertidal. [...]
Imagine a crocodile built like a greyhound -- that's a sebecid. Standing tall, with some species reaching 20 feet in length, they dominated South American landscapes after the extinction of dinosaurs until about 11 million years ago. Or at least, that's what paleontologists thought. A [...]
Researchers have shown they can inexpensively nanomanufacture silk microneedles to precisely fortify crops, monitor plant health, and detect soil toxins. [...]
For the first time, researchers can study the microstructures inside metals, ceramics and rocks with X-rays in a standard laboratory without needing to travel to a particle accelerator, according to engineers. [...]
Social singing and dance are often assumed to be hard-wired into the human condition; studies have supported the conclusion that these are common across cultures. But new research from an anthropologist challenges the idea that dance and lullabies are universal among humans. The study draws [...]
An automated machine learning program has been able to identify potential cardiovascular incidents or fall and fracture risks based on bone density scans taken during routine clinical testing. [...]
Daily exposure to certain chemicals used to make plastic household items could be linked to more than 356,000 global deaths from heart disease in 2018 alone, a new analysis of population surveys shows. While the chemicals, called phthalates, are in widespread use globally, the Middle [...]
The strikes were south of Damascus, where Syrian security forces say they are battling gunmen from the religious minority. [...]
Turkey has been building military bases on Iraqi territory, the BBC finds, raising fears of an occupation. [...]
Ali al-Samoudi, who has worked extensively with Western media, was detained during what the Israeli military said were counter-terrorism raids. [...]
Assad al-Nassasra was missing for weeks following last month's attack, in which 15 emergency workers were killed by Israeli troops. [...]
The interior minister said "some individuals deemed responsible" for Saturday's blast at Shahid Rajaee are being questioned. [...]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Shin Bet head Ronen Bar accused each other of lies or inaccuracies in sworn depositions. [...]
Houthi-run media report the bodies of 68 people have been recovered from a migrant detention centre in Saada. [...]
Dozens of countries will give evidence at the ICJ hearings, which Israel has labelled a "circus". [...]
Washington’s latest peace proposal would reward Russia for starting its war in Ukraine. [...]
The world’s biggest economy has shrunk for the first time in three years, according to official figures. [...]
Ever-tightening restrictions are boosting Chinese firms. [...]
Islamabad claims New Delhi is planning military action, raising the question of international mediation. [...]
Negotiating is a drawn-out process—and the first step is deciding what to talk about. [...]
The State Department revamp goes far beyond streamlining—it will devalue human rights and strip away critical expertise. [...]
Israelis want the hostages home, even if it means ending the fighting. [...]
Multiple kinds of agreements are possible—but only one would be effective. [...]
[allAfrica] Monrovia -- Africa continues to experience rising cases of mpox, with Uganda reporting the highest number of confirmed daily cases in the region, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The report warns that "wherever mpox outbreaks are not quickly contained", it becomes difficult [...]
[allAfrica] Geneva -- The deepening funding crunch is threatening humanitarian work on another international crisis, the UN is warning: the response in Burundi to the growing influx of refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). [...]
[allAfrica] Mali Forum Backs Five-Year Presidency for Junta Leader Assimi Goïta [...]
[GroundUp] Current policy is unconstitutional, court rules [...]
[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somalia's lower house descended into turmoil on Wednesday as lawmakers engaged in physical altercations, trading punches and slaps in a chaotic session that exposed deep political divisions. [...]
[SNA] Port Sudan -- The International Court of Justice (ICJ) officially announced that it will issue its ruling on Sudan's case against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday, May 5th. [...]
[New Times] Multiple representatives of African countries and beyond met in Doha, Qatar to continue the discussions for bringing a solution to the eastern DR Congo crisis. [...]
