Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Europe EV sales leap as Iran war pushes up petrol pump prices
By Christina Amann, Marie Mannes and Nick Carey BERLIN/STOCKHOLM/LONDON, May 20 (Reuters) - Demand for electric vehicles in Europe has surged as high fuel prices linked to the Iran war propel sales of...
May 20, 2026
Alibaba unveils new AI chip in push for domestic alternatives
BEIJING/SINGAPORE, May 20 (Reuters) - Alibaba Group on Wednesday unveiled a new AI chip, the Zhenwu M890, as the Chinese technology giant intensifies efforts to build domestic alternatives to Nvidia p...
May 20, 2026
Singapore urges financial firms to use AI to create better jobs
By Yantoultra Ngui SINGAPORE, May 20 (Reuters) - Singapore's banks and financial firms should use artificial intelligence to create better jobs and train workers for higher-value roles, not just cut c...
May 19, 2026
As stocks slump, cue Nvidia
(Corrects paragraph 10 to say BoE kept interest rates on hold at its last meeting) A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland As if markets haven't been volatile enough...
May 19, 2026
Indonesia's Prabowo unveils ambitious growth and fiscal deficit targets, seeks 'magnificent prosperity'
JAKARTA, May 20 (Reuters) - Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto on Wednesday unveiled ambitious targets for next year's fiscal deficit and economic growth and promised measures to strengthen instit...
May 19, 2026
Republicans Collins, Dooley advance to primary runoff in hopes of facing US Senator Ossoff in November
By David Morgan May 19 (Reuters) - A hardline Republican congressman and a former college football coach who has never held elective office advanced to a runoff on Tuesday in Georgia's U.S. Senate Rep...
May 19, 2026
Putin says Russia-China ties at unprecedented level, invites Xi to Russia
May 20 (Reuters) - Ties between Russia and China are at an unprecedented level, President Vladimir Putin told his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing on Wednesday, and invited him to visit Russi...
May 19, 2026
Tankers exit Hormuz as Trump, Vance talk up Iran deal prospects
By Florence Tan and Humeyra Pamuk SINGAPORE/WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - Two Chinese tankers laden with oil exited the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, shipping data showed, brightening hopes that the...
May 19, 2026
China says it will buy 200 Boeing jets, seek extension of US trade truce
By Ethan Wang and Liz Lee BEIJING, May 20 (Reuters) - China on Wednesday said it will buy 200 Boeing jets and seek an extension of a trade truce struck with the U.S. that is set to expire this Novembe...
May 19, 2026
OpenAI to open its first applied AI lab outside of U.S. in Singapore
SINGAPORE, May 20 (Reuters) - OpenAI will open its first applied AI lab outside of the U.S. in Singapore, the city-state's Ministry of Digital Development and Information said on Wednesday. Here are t...
May 19, 2026
