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Chinese leader Xi Jinping is expected to press President Donald Trump to halt US arms sales to Taiwan in talks this week, Reuters reported, fueling Taipei’s concerns over a frozen $14 billion deal that Trump has described as “a very good negotiating chip.” Taiwan has encouraged f

Donald Trump took credit for ending wars and confronting Iran in a defiant speech before world leaders at the UN General Assembly Tuesday, even as the US president faces mounting obstacles to his agenda at home and abroad. Trump’s approval rating fell to a record low, according t

President Donald Trump hailed “productive” talks between US and Iranian officials on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly Tuesday, hours after he threatened to “annihilate” Iran unless it agreed to end the war. Oil prices fell as Trump said talks would continue, after earlier

Hi, this is Evelyn, writing to you from Beijing. Welcome to the latest edition of The China Connection — a snapshot of what I'm seeing and hearing from local businesses. I'm joined again by my Singapore-based colleague Anniek Bao, as we unpack expectations inside and outside Chin

In FocusThe US-China tech war has evolved since the last Xi-Trump summit. Who has the edge now? The two sides have found new sources of leverage across AI, chips, rare earths and wider technology supply chains since the US leader’s May visit to Beijing When the presidents of the

Meta’s latest AI app, Muse, could be the social giant’s next major hit, new data suggests. According to just- released estimates from market intelligence provider Apptopia, Muse’s app on mobile devices has been downloaded more times during its first 12 days on the market than Cha

Meta's Muse AI personal agent tool has only been out for nearly two weeks, and it's topping the app store charts. The social media giant's Muse app is currently ahead of popular services like OpenAI's ChatGPT, Polymarket and Kashi on Apple's iOS app store for the category of free

Rare look at the remote engine rooms powering China's AI ambitions The BBC's Laura Bicker is in Inner Mongolia where dozens of Chinese data centres are being built, as the country aims to lead the world in artificial intelligence. She explains how attitudes differ between people

President Donald Trump disclosed, in a filing released Tuesday, more than 1,100 securities transactions made on his behalf in July, including sales of as much as $25 million each of Microsoft and Amazon shares, as his sprawling investment portfolio underwent another month of heav

President Donald Trump disclosed, in a filing released Tuesday, more than 1,100 securities transactions made on his behalf in July, including sales of as much as $25 million each of Microsoft and Amazon shares, as his sprawling investment portfolio underwent another month of heav

Snorkel AI, a startup that helps AI labs and corporations build training datasets and simulated environments, has raised a $350 million Series E at a $3.5 billion valuation. The new round, which was led by Insight Partners and S32, valued the seven-year-old startup at nearly trip

The prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo rejected framing the country’s relations with Washington as solely based around minerals, and offered a frank account of the cause of early Ebola cases remaining undetected. The relationship is a broad economic partnership sp

The News An AI crisis communications line between the US and China should be a “starting place” for relations between the superpowers on the technology, OpenAI’s head of national security policy said. Sasha Baker said at Semafor’s Next 3 Billion event on Tuesday that she is “caut

Out of nowhere, a woman’s right arm and leg started shaking uncontrollably. In the moments leading up to the experience, she seemed well; she had no headache, confusion, or weakness. But for about a minute, half of her body juddered. The woman, a rice farmer in the Philippines, h

US to build two military bases in Greenland under new deal with Denmark - Published The US, Denmark and Greenland have signed a defence deal that allows Washington to build two new military bases in the Arctic territory, while reaffirming Copenhagen's sovereignty over it. Before

AI - Frontier AI keeps racing despite calls to slow downAnthropic and OpenAI debut Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Sol and Luna - Windows CLOSEDQUORUM malware uses AI models to autonomo

Royal Caribbean is nearing a $3 billion deal to take a 50% equity stake in Sandals, according to a person familiar with the matter. The person, who asked not to be named because the talks had not been made public, said the deal values the Caribbean resort chain at $6 billion and

OpenAI and Anthropic both recently released new models aimed at lowering costs. Anthropic announced Opus 5.5, the latest version of its main mass-market workhorse model, used for tasks like coding and other complex knowledge work. And OpenAI announced GPT-6 Sol and Luna, the late

Trump says he can do business with Burnham but criticises 'terrible' Chagos deal - Published US President Donald Trump has said Andy Burnham is a man he can do business with, after the two leaders met in person for the first time. Trump said UK-US relations are "more up now" that

The global economy has so far shrugged off $100 oil. It won’t forever. “Winter is coming,” Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund said at Semafor’s Next 3 Billion event in New York, warning that prices will keep climbing. The Iran war — and the

Qualcomm unveiled its newest Android phone chipsets, which will be tuned for on-device artificial intelligence and will compete with Apple's A20 Pro in iPhones. The new chips, under the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 brand name, will be built on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said on Tuesday it canceled roughly 315,000 Affordable Care Act marketplace enrollments covering about 760,000 people last month, alleging unauthorized enrollments, characterized by Vice President JD Vance as "rampant fraud." The enf

The News Amazon’s chief sustainability officer said Tuesday the company needed to “do better” on communicating the environmental impact of its vast data center buildout, amid growing opposition to the projects in the US and Europe. “There is a lot of debate, backlash against data

Plot targeting Manchester's Jewish community disrupted, say police - Published Two men have been arrested over a suspected terrorist plot to target the Jewish community in Manchester, police have said. The men, both in their 30s, were arrested on Sunday on the eve of Yom Kippur -