WASHINGTON: OpenAI has reached an agreement with the U.S. Defense Department to deploy its artificial intelligence models on the military’s classified cloud networks, the company said late Feb. 27, as President Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to stop using technology from rival AI firm Anthropic. OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman said the department,…
NEW YORK: U.S. stocks finished lower on Friday, Feb. 27, as a broad selloff in financial shares weighed on major indexes and capped a choppy week for markets. The S&P 500 slipped 0.4% to 6,878.88, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.1% to…
Business
NEW YORK: U.S. stocks finished lower on Friday, Feb. 27, as a broad selloff in financial shares…
CUPERTINO: Apple Inc. (AAPL) said on Feb. 24, 2026 it is on track in 2026 to purchase…
CALIFORNIA: Nvidia reported record quarterly revenue and profit on Wednesday, saying demand linked to artificial intelligence continued…
NEW YORK: Gold prices edged higher on Thursday as the U.S. dollar softened, lifting demand for the…
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has raised a temporary, across-the-board U.S. import tariff to 15% from 10%, applying the…
NEW DELHI: India joined the Pax Silica initiative on Feb. 20 by signing the Pax Silica Declaration…
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Friday announced a new 10% import duty on goods entering the United States…
BENTONVILLE: Walmart said fourth-quarter revenue rose 5.6% from a year earlier to $190.7 billion during the holiday…
News
NEW YORK: A powerful winter storm dumped heavy snow and blasted the U.S. Northeast with high winds, closing schools, restricting travel and snarling transportation from major highways to busy airports. Officials in multiple…
NEW YORK: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on the international community to overcome divisions and step up support for people in…
MENA Newswire, DAVOS: California has joined a World Health Organization coordinated outbreak response network, state officials said, a day after the United States formally completed its withdrawal from the U.N. health agency. Governor…
DAVOS: U.S. President Donald Trump publicly rebuked Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney this week after…
MENA Newswire, WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s administration is circulating plans for a new international body…
MENA Newswire, EDINBURGH: Researchers have produced the most detailed map yet of the landscape…
MENA Newswire, RALEIGH: Spring & Mulberry has expanded a voluntary recall of…
MENA Newswire, OREGON: A strong offshore earthquake with a reported magnitude of 6.2…
MENA Newswire, NEW YORK: The United Nations General Assembly has approved a regular budget of $3.45 billion for 2026, concluding a series of intensive negotiations among the 193…
Airlines cancelled more than 1,000 US flights as a powerful winter storm swept across the Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic, and New England.
LOS ANGELES, December 26, 2025: Los Angeles was placed under a severe flash flood warning late Wednesday as a powerful Pacific storm brought heavy rainfall, widespread…
SEATTLE, December 24, 2025: Amazon has blocked more than 1,800 suspected job applications linked to North Korean operatives over the past 18 months, according to the…
LOS ANGELES, December 23, 2025: Vince Zampella, the co-creator of the globally acclaimed Call of Duty video game franchise and a prominent figure in the interactive entertainment…
SACRAMENTO, California, Dec 23, 2025: One person was killed as heavy rain and flooding swept through parts of California over the weekend, prompting widespread travel disruptions…
Travel
MENA Newswire, WASHINGTON: International travel to the United States softened in 2025 as several major inbound markets posted lower volumes, with government and industry data showing year over year declines during key months and weaker performance from some of the country’s largest…
Sports
Aryna Sabalenka defeated Amanda Anisimova to defend her US Open title and win her fourth Grand Slam crown in a straight sets victory at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Automotive
MENA Newswire, ATLANTA: Mercedes-Benz USA has unveiled the 2027 S-Class Sedan as a major update to its flagship luxury sedan, adding new lighting signatures, a revised cabin technology stack and expanded personalization choices. The automaker said the model introduces an illuminated front grille…
MENA Newswire, DETROIT: Ford Motor Co. is recalling about 119,000 vehicles in the United States after federal…
STUTTGART, November 19, 2025: Porsche has introduced the first fully electric version of its flagship SUV,…
NORTH CAROLINA, Feb. 14: Toyota has opened its new battery manufacturing plant in North Carolina,…
Ram reintroduces the 5.7‑liter HEMI V‑8 with eTorque in the 2026 Ram 1500, now available for order and arriving at dealers summer 2025.
Alphabet’s Waymo begins testing electric driverless cars in Denver and Seattle as part of a wider expansion across challenging U.S. weather conditions.
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Technology
WASHINGTON: OpenAI has reached an agreement with the U.S. Defense Department to deploy its artificial…
CALIFORNIA: Meta Platforms and Advanced Micro Devices have signed a multi-year partnership to deploy up…
CAPE CANAVERAL: NASA has completed a key fueling and countdown rehearsal for Artemis II, running…
LOS ANGELES: Meta Platforms Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg took the witness stand on Feb. 18…
SAN FRANCISCO: Google has launched an official YouTube app for Apple Vision Pro, making “YouTube…
Lifestyle
TOKYO, November 13, 2025: Apple and ISSEY MIYAKE have announced a new collaboration called iPhone Pocket,…
Fresha secures a $31 million investment from JP Morgan to enhance its machine learning and AI-driven robotics.
Adidas Originals and Highsnobiety, a prominent platform in fashion, design, and culture, have announced the launch…
In a world where we are inundated with options for almost everything, the name Starbucks stands…
On August 23, which would have been Kobe Bryant’s birthday, Nike released a revamped classic: the Kobe 8…
