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Global AI trade could revive after recent pullback, J.P. Morgan says

The recent pullback in the global AI trade has improved investor positioning, made valuations attractive and could spur a re-engagement, particularly in semiconductor stocks, J.P. Morgan analysts said on Monday.Here are a few details:• "Tech may not return to past levels of success...still, the fundamental case is constructive and there are plenty of opportunities within the AI complex," J.P. Morgan analysts led by Mislav Matejka said in a note• The brokerage said investor positioning in AI has become cleaner, valuations have fallen significantly across most areas and capital spending is

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Trump's mail voting crackdown tests Postal Service leader who says he's 'not political'

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Swedish opposition leader Andersson says she cannot form government in current situation

(Refiles to fix typo in headline, add missing word in last paragraph)STOCKHOLM, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Swedish Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson said on Monday she would tell the speaker of parliament that she was unable to form a government in the current situation, after an election earlier this month gave her centre-left bloc a narrow majority. Her decision came after the Left Party said over the weekend it would back a candidate for parliament speaker from the rival Moderate Party, which Andersson said undercut her attempt to build a government."Of course, I take the Left Party's

Britain seeks compromise over blocked Orange Order march in Northern Ireland

US and China release reciprocal $30 billion product lists for tariff cuts after Trump-Xi meeting

Japan's currency diplomat Mimura urges markets to heed 'very clear' warning on yen

Japan's top currency diplomat Atsushi Mimura said on Monday markets should take at face value the "very clear" message Tokyo and Washington delivered last week on the yen, signalling his resolve to act against excessive falls in the currency.US President Donald Trump raised concerns about yen weakness at a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, Japan's Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said on Friday, offering an unusually detailed account of the leaders' talks on currencies."Japan's prime minister, finance minister and the US have sent a very clear message. Markets should take t

Nvidia releases AI safety software it says could have stopped Hugging Face hack

Record high support for New Zealand Greens boosts chance of centre-left coalition, poll shows

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UK police arrest five men on suspicion of terror offenses near air base used by US forces

British police on Sunday arrested five men on suspicion of terror and explosives offenses close to an airbase in England that is used by US long-range bombers in the war against Iran.Army bomb disposal units are at the scene while dozens of houses nearby have been evacuated as a precaution with the investigation ongoing.The arrests were made after information was received from residents in the area soon after midnight, according to Richard Ocone, a senior detective in the county of Gloucestershire. The men have not been identified and no clue has been given about a possible motive.A senior off

Supreme Court lets Trump administration use revamped federal voter eligibility database for now

The Supreme Court on Friday lifted restrictions on a controversial federal voter database before November’s elections, granting President Donald Trump a temporary win in his aggressive campaign against noncitizen voting. The court's three liberal-leaning justices publicly dissented from the decision. The emergency order allows states, for now, to use the Trump administration's revamped version of a Department of Homeland Security program, called Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or SAVE, in their efforts to verify the eligibility of voters on their

Trump wants to take a page out of the Biden energy playbook

Inside Trump’s plan for the ‘biggest DOJ election observer effort in history’

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US Senate rejects resolution curbing Trump's Iran war powers

The US Senate on Thursday narrowly rejected a Democratic-led resolution aiming to stop the Iran war until hostilities are authorized by Congress. The Senate voted 50 to 49 to reject the resolution, which had passed the House of Representatives in July. The vote was largely along party lines, with most of President Donald Trump's Republicans rejecting the measure and almost every Democrat voting for it. (Reporting by Patricia Zengerle; Editing by Chris Reese)

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Man who was shot during 2024 Trump campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, has died

James Copenhaver, one of three campaign rally attendees shot in 2024 during an assassination attempt on then-candidate Donald Trump, has died in Pittsburgh, his lawyer said Thursday. He was 76. Copenhaver was in the bleachers during the event in Butler, Pennsylvania, when a 20-year-old gunman opened fire from a nearby rooftop, grazing Trump’s right ear with one bullet. Copenhaver was struck in the arm and in the abdomen, wounds that left him with lingering injuries and walking with a cane. Two other attendees were also shot — David Dutch, who surv

Not everyone thinks AI will kill us all

What we know after officials say ICE detained a US citizen and left him injured in Chicago suburb

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2 giant pandas arrive in Atlanta under a US-China government agreement

Two giant pandas arrived in Atlanta on Sunday morning as part of an agreement between the Chinese and American governments. Ping Ping and Fu Shuang departed Chengdu in southwestern China early Sunday aboard a dedicated “FedEx Panda Express” Boeing 777 aircraft, officials said. A new agreement between Zoo Atlanta and the China Wildlife Conservation Association makes Atlanta one of three zoos in the U.S. to house giant pandas, along with the San Diego Zoo in California and the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C. “This is a thrilling day for Zoo At

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2 giant pandas arrive at Zoo Atlanta in a rare loan from China

Two giant pandas on loan from the Chinese government as part of Beijing’s long tradition of “panda diplomacy” have arrived at Zoo Atlanta.The pandas — a male named Ping Ping and a female named Fu Shuang — arrived on a FedEx flight Sunday from Chengdu, in southwestern China. They are the third pair of pandas to arrive in the US in the past two years, and their arrival at Zoo Atlanta comes with great fanfare given how rare the bears are in US zoos.“We are elated to welcome Ping Ping and Fu Shuang and could not be more excited about sharing that joy with our Members, guests, city, and

South Africa police hunt suspects after three shootings leave more than 30 people dead

Trump admin cancels funding for refugees, immigrants and others in move lawmakers argue is illegal

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Trump declines to say if Ukraine can manufacture Patriot missiles to fend off Russian attacks

President Donald Trump on Saturday declined to say whether he agreed to allow Ukraine to manufacture Patriot missiles to fend off Russian attacks, an assertion made by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a day earlier.The two leaders met on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York earlier this week. Zelensky told reporters on Friday that during their meeting Trump said that Ukraine “will receive a license to manufacture Patriot missiles.”But when asked by CNN on Saturday about a potential licensing agreement, Trump confirmed he and Zelensky spoke about the critic

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Iran says it is awaiting ‘definitive’ US response despite Trump rejecting latest proposal

Iran says it is waiting on the “definitive” response to its latest proposal on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, despite US President Donald Trump publicly rejecting the offer.Under the plan, Iran would open the critical waterway within a week and resume nuclear talks if the US met certain conditions, including lifting a naval blockade and waiving sanctions on oil.“We saw the first reaction from the US president, but nothing has been conveyed to us from the mediators yet,” said Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.He added: “Of course, the US president has also said many good thing

Trump attends Texas-Tennessee game with no apparent disruption to coaches' communications

Pope Leo XIV declines to credit himself for White Sox playoff return

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‘Please fight’: How an elderly woman’s eviction put Spain’s housing crisis in the spotlight

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Trump administration begins airing 2024 Trump campaign ad in latest taxpayer-funded messaging

The Trump administration is using taxpayer funds to air a television advertisement from Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign in the latest in a series of ads promoting the president ahead of the midterms that the White House maintains are “public service announcements.”

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White House airs another government-funded ad, this time with Trump warning of ‘final battle’

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Facing a barrage of Republican anti-trans ads, some Democrats are changing how they respond

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‘It’s devastating’: The US-Canada trade war is putting protein on the menu

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A California sheriff seized ballots. The court ruling shutting the probe will resonate nationwide

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Trump posts series of attacks on GOP congresswoman who criticized him on immigration

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Two senior FBI agents ousted over investigation into alleged harassing calls to wife of Trump adviser Stephen Miller

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5 men arrested near UK air base used by US in Iran war on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act

British police have arrested five men near RAF Fairford, an air base used by the United States during its war with Iran, on suspicion of preparing an act of terrorism

At UN, Russia and Germany's top diplomats hold first talks since 2022

The foreign ministers of Russia and Germany met in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on Saturday in the

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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