McDonald's has reported its first quarterly sales miss in nearly four years amid customer boycotts related to the Israel-Hamas war.
The fast food giant said sales growth for the period in its division including the Middle East, China and India wa…

After rapper Killer Mike was arrested at Sunday night's Grammy Awards people are questioning why Will Smith wasn't given the same treatment at the 2022 Oscars.
Killer Mike—real name Michael Render—reportedly got into a physical altercation …

With days to go before Pakistan goes to the polls, the feverish buzz and boisterous rallies that usually mark the campaign season have been unusually muted.
“There is a sense among many people that the outcome is already predetermined,” said Samina Yas…

Two weeks after celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., Congresswoman and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) called for the FBI to investigate peaceful protestors demanding a ceasefire in Gaza, accusing them of collusion with Russi…

China has warned the Japanese air force to leave the airspace near the Senkaku Islands in a fresh case of tensions over a disputed islet territory.
On February 3, the China Coast Guard began to issue warnings to Japanese Self-Defense Forces (SDF) aircr…

Workers prepare ballot boxes and other materials before dispatching them in polling stations for the upcoming general election on Feb. 8, at an election commission office in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, Feb.…
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In 2023, the global frenzy around artificial intelligence, fueled by the advent of ChatGPT, swept across the world. In China, where OpenAI’s chatbot is unavailable, startups and tech incumbents scrambled to develop their own AI models and applications,…

Since returning from this year’s World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, I have been asked repeatedly for my biggest takeaways. Among the most widely discussed issues this year was artificial intelligence – especially generative AI (“GenAI”).&#823…

SAN SALVADOR — President Nayib Bukele on Sunday secured a thumping victory in El Salvador’s elections after voters cast aside concerns about erosion of democracy to reward him for a fierce gang crackdown that transformed security in the Central America…

Chinese shares gyrated on Monday, sinking to 5-year lows after market regulators sought to reassure jittery investors with a promise to crack down on stock price manipulation and “malicious short selling.”…
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Open this photo in gallery: Caterpillar equipment at the construction machinery trade fair Bauma China, in Shanghai, China, on Nov. 25, 2020.ALY SONG/Reuters
Caterpillar CAT-N reported a higher quarterly profit on Monday, buoyed by strong demand for it…

China's defense minister, Dong Jun, gave his full support to Russia's war in Ukraine during a video call with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Shoigu.
China's newly appointed defense chief and Shoigu discussed boosting military coopera…

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India is not co-operating with the RCMP’s investigation into the murder of a Sikh separatist leader in B.C., despite contentions from a federal official that India is aiding the probe, the country’s High Commissioner to Canada says.&#8230…

Donald Trump raised the specter of a fresh trade war with China on Sunday after saying he would slap tariffs of at least 60% on imports of Chinese goods should he be re-elected in November.…
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Luckin Coffee (OTCPK:LKNCY) is a Chinese coffee chain founded in 2017 with a digital-first business model that had been rapidly growing to overtake Starbucks (SBUX) before accounting fraud issues led to bankruptc…

As China watchers call into question Beijing's claimed GDP growth figure for last year, a Japanese financial reporter estimates the world's second-largest economy not only expanded less than reported—but also contracted.…
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Gold prices fell at the start of the week against a stronger dollar and uptick in the benchmark U.S. 10-year bond yield, as as traders pared back bets for aggressive rate cuts by the Federal Reserve this year following Friday's solid U.S.…
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We have seen how deepfakes have proliferated the internet, imitating some of the most popular people around for a nefarious agenda, and sometimes even for the purpose of defrauding unsuspecting people.…
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Open this photo in gallery: A worker installs an installation plate into a battery pack at Lion Electric Company's lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility in Mirabel, Que., on Sept. 14, 2023.Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press
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Smartphone shipments remained flat in India in 2023 despite a 25% growth in Q4 2023.
Samsung occupied the top spot in the smartphone market with an 18% share.
Apple crossed the 10 million shipments mark for the first time in 2023.…
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President Joe Biden on Sunday ticked through all the reasons he says a second Donald Trump presidency would be ugly for the country as he urged Nevada Democrats to vote for him in the state’s presidential primary this week and for his party at large in…