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By Laurie Chen BEIJING, Aug 17 (Reuters) – AI and alcohol have three main similarities, according to Beijing bar owner Song De: hallucinations, bubbles and distillation. As AI enthusiasm sweeps across China, Song hopes his bar can ride the wave. He opened AGI Bar, named after the concept of artificial general intelligence where AI systems surpass human intelligence, last year in Zhongguancun, the capital’s high-tech neighbourhood in Haidian district. It […]

By Lawrence Delevingne BOSTON, Aug 17 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump-backed World Liberty Financial is collaborating with a Hong Kong-based venture offering artificial-intelligence models developed by Chinese companies the U.S. administration has flagged for national security concerns. WorldClaw, founded earlier this year, offers customers access to a suite of AI models and accepts World Liberty’s crypto tokens as payment. The Trump family, through its ownership stake, earns revenue from the […]

By Fabian Cambero and Nicolas Cortes SANTIAGO, Aug 17 (Reuters) – A team led by Chilean researchers has produced the most complete genetic map yet of one of only two flowering plants that grow naturally in Antarctica, potentially helping the development of crops resistant to extreme weather. Colobanthus quitensis has long attracted scientific interest because it can survive the freezing temperatures, lack of water and high levels of ultraviolet radiation […]

By Lisa Baertlein and Tim McLaughlin LOS ANGELES/BOSTON, Aug 17 (Reuters) – U.S. railroad Union Pacific collected $91.1 million more in fuel surcharges than it paid for fuel during the second quarter, far outpacing rivals, according to a company filing with the Surface Transportation Board and first reported by Reuters.  Those excess surcharges boosted Union Pacific’s profit, underlining criticism from some shippers that surcharges meant to recoup rising petroleum costs […]

By Jack Queen NEW YORK, Aug 17 (Reuters) – A former street gang leader accused of masterminding the 1996 drive-by shooting death of hip-hop star Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas faces opening statements on Monday in a murder trial tied to a long-unsolved crime that became a seminal moment in rap history. Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 63, is charged in Clark County, Nevada, with a single count of murder using […]

DUBAI, Aug 17 (Reuters) – Iran said on Monday that two French embassy employees involved in a diplomatic dispute last month would not be allowed to return to Iran. Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said the two had violated the Vienna Convention – which defines the rules and privileges of diplomatic missions –  engaging in activities supporting Iranian civil society. “Insisting that these individuals were engaged in activities related to […]

By Ananda Teresia NAGEKEO, Indonesia, Aug 17 (Reuters) – As the earth shook around her, tearing apart homes, buildings, and bridges in eastern Indonesia, Maria Florida Nogo Kelen was giving birth to her daughter. The 39-year-old went in for emergency surgery as a 7.7 earthquake and a series of aftershocks ravaged the East Nusa Tenggara province, the country’s worst disaster since 2022, fighting off the tremors and her declining health […]

Aug 17 (Reuters) – Two drones attacked the office of the Kurdistan Regional Government’s prime minister in Iraq on Monday, the KRG security agency said.  The attacks were launched from Iranian territory and no human casualties were reported, according to a KRG statement. (Reporting by Ahmed Rasheed; Writing by Tala Ramadan; Editing by Michael Georgy) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

FRANKFURT, Aug 17 (Reuters) – A market correction to tech stock exuberance in the U.S. is likely and could have far-reaching consequences due to limits in fiscal and monetary policy buffers to blunt the potential economic hit, a European Central Bank blog post said on Monday. Investors have been piling into technology stocks on bets that AI will fundamentally alter the global economy, and valuations for top tech companies are […]