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ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming reclaims top spot in China’s rich list, thanks to his firm's AI push

ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming reclaimed the top spot on a list of China’s richest people, driven by his company's push into artificial intelligence. The rankings released by The Hurun Research Institute on Tuesday reflected that the country's high-tech sectors were rising but others like consumer and real estate were under pressure. The institute, which has published the list annually since 1999, found a record 1,529 people with more than 5 billion yuan (about $750 million), up 6.6% from last year. The number of billionaires based on their net wort

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Taiwan central bank sees strong tech demand driving exports into 2027

Taiwan's central bank said on Tuesday that strong technology demand would drive exports into next year, though economic growth in 2027 will likely moderate after this year's high base.Taiwan is a major semiconductor manufacturer and home to TSMC, the world's largest contract chipmaker and supplier to companies like Nvidia, which are powering the trend towards AI.Here are some details from the central bank's report:• "Looking ahead to next year, demand for emerging technology applications is expected to remain strong, which should continue to drive Taiwan's exports and private investment," t

HSBC quarterly profit jumps but shares slide after flat revenue for wealth business

US futures and Asian stocks advance following a rally on Wall Street

Moody's sees positive shift in Japan's growth, resilience remains key test

Moody's sees encouraging signs in Japan's return to sustained growth and stable inflation, but a key test will be whether that resilience can withstand future shocks, the rating agency's Japan sovereign analyst told Reuters on Tuesday.Moody's rates Japan at A1, its fifth-highest investment-grade rating, with a stable outlook, unchanged since its 2014 downgrade of Japan from Aa3."We're starting to see what looks more like sustained growth and inflation expectations that are reasonably well anchored around 2%," said Martin Petch, a vice president at the sovereign risk group of Moody's Ratings."

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Justice Department charges former FBI Director James Comey for third time

The Justice Department criminally charged James Comey over a decade-old allegation that he ordered his staff to leak classified information to a reporter, the third time that prosecutors have levied criminal allegations against the former FBI director.Comey is charged over allegedly leaking a sensitive national security document when he was FBI director in October 2016, according to court records made public Monday, allegations that his attorneys said were investigated previously without resulting in charges.“It would almost be funny if it weren’t such an appalling abuse of the Department

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15-year-old arrested in Florida A&M shooting that wounded 11 after homecoming game

A 15-year-old will be charged as an adult in a weekend shooting that wounded 11 people at Florida A&M University following the school's homecoming football game, authorities said Monday. A fight broke out before the shooting Saturday night, and it appears that none of the victims were intended targets, according to Tallahassee police. The youngest victim is 11 years old. Authorities arrested Anthony Rivers III on Sunday and charged him with attempted second-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a delinquent, police said in a statement. Court records did

US has plans for major Iran strikes if Trump chooses

Judges skeptical of Trump administration effort to force California to set aside mail ballots

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Trump escalates anti-Muslim attacks against El-Sayed in Michigan, drawing Arab American rebuke

President Donald Trump intensified his anti-Muslim rhetoric against Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed on Sunday, portraying him as a threat to national security and questioning his loyalty to the United States in remarks that drew a sharp rebuke from a former top Arab American ally. Trump called El-Sayed, a former Detroit health official, a “jihadist” who was “on the side of the terrorists” and would “have to go through a metal detector before he’s allowed to go into the Senate.” He also repeatedly invoked the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, drawing a com

US appeals court appears skeptical of Trump DOJ's lawsuit over California voter rolls

A federal appeals court appeared skeptical on Sunday of a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump's administration that seeks to force California officials to set aside thousands of mail-in ballots the administration says were sent to noncitizens ahead of midterm elections.During a rare weekend oral argument, two judges on a three-judge panel of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals sharply questioned a Justice Department lawyer about the lawsuit, a high-profile effort by the Trump administration to boost the federal government's role in elections ahead of the November 3 midterms. The Departme

Brazil’s Lula wins historic fourth term, Flavio Bolsonaro refuses to concede

Trump invokes 9/11 in urging Michigan voters to oppose Muslim Senate candidate El-Sayed

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Iran hosts Saudi Arabia and regional powers as fears grow of return to war

Saudi Arabia and its allies dispatched top security officials to Iran for talks on Monday amid fears of a fresh US-Israeli offensive that could plunge the Middle East into further instability.Pakistani military chief Asim Munir and Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin joined Saudi Arabia’s defense minister, Prince Khalid bin Salman, in Tehran for meetings with Iran’s top officials, including national security chief Mohsen Rezaei and President Masoud Pezeshkian.Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry said the visit by Prince Khalid and representatives of the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement coun

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US Marine indicted over alleged murder of woman in Okinawa

Japanese prosecutors have indicted a US Marine on suspicion of murdering and robbing a woman in Okinawa earlier this month, multiple Japanese media outlets have reported, in a case that has prompted renewed outrage over the conduct of US troops in the country.Lance Corporal Devin Jacob Ballard, a 20-year-old Marine assigned to the III Marine Expeditionary Force at Futenma Air Station, is charged with killing a woman by strangling her with a phone cord at a hotel in Naha, Okinawa’s capital, and stealing her backpack containing a wallet, public broadcaster NHK and others, reported on Sunday.An

UK police says letter with claims against Meghan's father was not shared with other law enforcement

Good mood among fans attending the first NFL game in Paris, a day after protests and clashes

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Musk accuses Ukraine of violating Starlink’s terms of service following dispute over coverage

��s terms of service, after Kyiv said that access to the service had been restored.In a post on X Saturday, Musk said that Ukraine’s armed forces had “violated Starlink terms of service and used it for offensive drone strikes to kill people.”“That loophole was closed last week,” he added, referring to the restrictions temporarily placed on the service last week which limited speeds to 100 miles per hour. Musk also maintained that Starshield is a separate system controlled by the US government.Musk also underscored Ukraine’s reliance on the service, saying it “remains critical to

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Louvre and other museums closing for Saturday protests as French authorities deploy 70,000 officers

Some 70,000 law enforcement officers will be deployed across France on Saturday while the Louvre and several other major Paris museums will be closed as authorities seek to prevent renewed violence during planned protests. Protests last week devolved into mayhem, with people setting fires, storming public buildings, smashing shop windows, looting and clashing with police. It was France's most violent unrest in years. Demonstrators plan to take to the streets again Saturday to denounce the high cost of living. Students, members of the CGT labor union and activists f

Vance intensifies rapidly and could become a major Category 3 hurricane off Mexico's Pacific Coast

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Netanyahu's political survival on the line as Israel votes

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a fight for political survival in Israel's election on Tuesday, with voters weighing his

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Appeals court rejects Trump DOJ demand to set aside 20,000 California mail ballots

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Anthropic set to make stock market debut as questions swirl about safety of AI

Trump administration's firing of prosecutor Maurene Comey was unlawful, judge rules

The abrupt firing of Maurene Comey as a federal prosecutor by President Donald Trump's administration was unlawful, a US judge ruled on Monday in a victory

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Judge: Maurene Comey was illegally fired from Justice Department

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Gas under Trump 2.0 is now more expensive than it was under Biden

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Anthropic taps a deep well of distrust as it eyes its Australian AI debut

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Fed to hit pause on rate hikes, but maybe not for long

Federal Reserve policymakers have telegraphed they will not raise US short-term borrowing costs again this week, but with inflation concerns still front and center,

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From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls