By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia has started documenting and screening thousands of detained Myanmar nationals as part of a repatriation program agreed with Myanmar, Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution said Thursday. Saifuddin said Myanmar had committed to ...
By SAM McNEIL Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is offering 10 billion euros ($11.4 billion) in funding for firms to erect seven AI gigafactories as it seeks to close the AI gap with U.S. and China, the 27-nation bloc's executive said on Thursday. The European Commission ...
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. companies signed roughly $60 billion in agreements and partnerships with the Iraqi government Friday, including deals intended to create alternative routes for shipping oil out of the Persian Gulf. The ...
By BEN FINLEY, FARNOUSH AMIRI, SAMY MAGDY and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Fighting between the U.S. and Iran has intensified over control of the Strait of Hormuz, but hopes for a possible diplomatic solution have shown stubborn signs of life. Pakistan's Foreign ...
By JUAN PABLO ARRAEZ, REGINA GARCIA CANO and MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelans took the search for missing loved ones into their own hands Friday in the aftermath of back-to-back earthquakes, citing the scarcity of government rescuers, as the human ...
LONDON (AP) — Much of western Europe has been baking under a "heat dome" this week, with temperatures soaring above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in many places. The extreme conditions have come in June, earlier in the summer than is usual. Records are tumbling by day and by ...