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China’s President Xi Jinping (R) and US President Donald Trump visit the Temple of Heaven in Beijing on May 14, 2026. Xi warned Trump that the issue of Taiwan could push their two countries into “conflict” if mishandled, a stark opening salvo as a superpower summit set to tackle numerous thorny issues began in Beijing on May 14. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty ImagesSouth Korea’s benchmark Kospi notched a fresh record high on Friday, leading gains in Asia-Pacific markets as investors tracked the second day of high-stakes talks between…
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CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Nvidia should be allowed to sell artificial intelligence chips into China, arguing the U.S. would be better served by keeping Chinese companies reliant on American technology rather than forcing them to develop competing products. “You force them to build their own chips, they will catch up and with seemingly unlimited electricity, they will surpass us,” the “Mad Money” host said Thursday, as Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was in China alongside President Donald Trump for high-stakes diplomatic summit. Nvidia’s ability to sell advanced AI chips into China has been constrained for years following export restrictions introduced during…
The exterior of a BYD electric vehicle showroom, operated by Schiller Auto, in Budapest, Hungary, on May 27, 2024.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAs President Donald Trump meets Chinese President Xi Jinping this week, lawmakers in both parties are warning the White House not to use the U.S. auto market as a bargaining chip in any deal with Beijing.The warning stems in part from Trump’s January suggestion that he could welcome Chinese automakers if they built vehicles in the U.S. with American workers — remarks that were later walked back but still rattled auto-state lawmakers, unions and industry groups. Trump…
Tech billionaire and Tesla founder Elon Musk walks through the Great Hall of the People with his son X Æ A-XII.Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesElon Musk’s lead counsel, Steven Molo, apologized to the jury for his absence on Thursday, with the Tesla and SpaceX CEO accompanying President Donald Trump in China as closing arguments were made in the Musk-Altman trial.”This is something he is passionate about,” Molo assured the jury about Musk’s attention to the trial.The trial in federal court stems from a lawsuit Musk brought against his OpenAI co-founders, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, alleging they…
By Andrew Chung May 14 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ensured that the abortion pill can continue to be prescribed through telemedicine and dispensed by mail, as the justices restored for now a 2023 federal rule challenged by Republican-governed Louisiana that had made access to the medication easier. The justices granted requests by two manufacturers of the abortion pill, called mifepristone, to lift a lower court’s block on the rule that was issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration during Democratic former President Joe Biden’s administration, while Louisiana’s legal challenge plays out. The brief order was…
Vocal fry, aka “creaky voice,” is a distinctive drop in pitch, usually at the end of sentences, associated with the speech patterns of young women in particular. Britney Spears is the go-to example of the trend, having famously used it in her 1998 smash hit, “Hit Me Baby (One More Time),” and she’s far from the only one. But what if that popular gender-based stereotype is wrong? Jeanne Brown, a graduate student at McGill University, has found that vocal fry is actually more common in men than women, detailing her experimental findings in a talk at this week’s meeting of…
Wes Streeting also resigns as health secretary, saying he has lost confidence in Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership. Source link
A screen displays an image of Gemini co-founders Tyler Winklevoss and Cameron Winklevoss, and the Gemini logo, during the company’s IPO at the Nasdaq MarketSite, in New York City, U.S., Sept. 12, 2025. Jeenah Moon | ReutersGemini Space Station, the crypto exchange founded and led by the Winklevoss brothers, saw shares surge in extended trading after it announced a $100 million capital injection from Winklevoss Capital Fund, the crypto billionaires’ venture capital fund.The fund bought shares of the company’s Class A common stock at $14 each, paid in bitcoin.The announcement came as part of the company’s first-quarter financial update. Shares…
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick testifies during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing on February 10, 2026 in Washington, DC. Lutnick is facing bipartisan calls for his resignation after revelations that came to light in the latest release of Epstein files. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesHouse Democrats on Thursday demanded Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s resignation, alleging he publicly lied about his relationship with notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and refused to “come clean” during a subsequent closed-door interview.”The facts are clear: you lied to the American people and attempted…