1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (767+ words) China will lead the creation of an open source platform among BRICS members to promote cooperation on large language models, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Sunday. Xi said that BRICS countries should also accelerate efforts to establish a global…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (753+ words) Georgia’s busiest sea gateway has reached its capacity limit, adding urgency to plans for a major expansion of Poti port as the country seeks to strengthen its role in the Middle Corridor trade route between Asia and Europe. Zviad Chkhartishvili,…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (625+ words) U.S. President Donald Trump has pledged to send every American adult a $5,000 payment if the Republicans keep control of the House of Representatives and the Senate in November's midterm elections. Speaking at the Republican Party's midterm convention in Dallas, Trump said…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (425+ words) Asian countries are seeking to unlock investment and ease cross-border financing as digital technologies transform financial markets, a key focus of the first CICA Finance Summit in Astana, attended by representatives from 16 member states. Many of the proposals centred on…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (505+ words) Saudi Arabia’s Delta Energy International has signed a 25-year, $200 million oil and gas contract with Afghanistan’s Ministry of Mines and Petroleum, launching exploration and extraction work in the country’s western Kushk-Tirpul basin. The Afghan government said the initial investment would…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (794+ words) U.S. President Donald Trump has said aircraft produced by Canadian manufacturer Bombardier should no longer be sold in the United States, intensifying a growing trade dispute between Washington and Ottawa. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump argued that…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (660+ words) North Korea and Russia have opened their first road bridge, further strengthening ties between the two countries as they deepen their strategic partnership. The bridge, named after Yakov Novichenko, a Soviet Red Army soldier, spans the Tumen River and connects…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (709+ words) At least five people were killed and five others injured when an Amazon Prime Air cargo plane overran a runway and crashed while landing at Miami International Airport on Sunday, 6 September, local officials said. The Boeing 767 freighter, operated by cargo…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (560+ words) Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has plunged to its lowest level since May following a sharp escalation in attacks on tankers by U.S. and Iranian forces. Oil prices extended gains on Monday as renewed U.S.-Iran attacks on vessels in and…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (598+ words) Russian President Vladimir Putin held more than three hours of talks with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Moscow on efforts to end the Ukraine war. Russia said one person was killed and four others injured in overnight Ukrainian…...