North Korea promises another spy satellite launch attempt

North Korea promises another spy satellite launch attempt

(1/3) A still photograph shows what appears to be North Korea’s new Chollima-1 rocket launched in Cholsan County, North Korea on May 31, 2023 in this image released by Korea Central News Agency. North and taken from a video. KCNA via REUTERS SEOUL, June 1 (Reuters) – North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong, sister of leader … Read more

Electric vehicle maker Lucid to raise $3 billion, mostly from Saudi PIF

Electric vehicle maker Lucid to raise  billion, mostly from Saudi PIF

May 31 (Reuters) – Lucid Group (LCID.O) said it expected to raise around $3 billion through an equity offering, nearly two-thirds of which would come from the Public Investment Fund ( PIF) of Saudi Arabia, sending shares of the luxury electric-vehicle maker down 9% after market hours. PIF, which owns more than 60% of the … Read more

Russia reports attacks on oil refineries and town near border with Ukraine

Russia reports attacks on oil refineries and town near border with Ukraine

Five killed in Luhansk village – Moscow-backed official Four injured in Ukrainian shelling of border town governor Refinery strikes latest attacks on Russian infrastructure MOSCOW/KIEV, May 31 (Reuters) – Russia said Ukrainian artillery struck a Russian city for the third time this week and drones hit two oil refineries in a spike in attacks on … Read more

NATO troops on guard in northern Kosovo for third day amid protests

NATO troops on guard in northern Kosovo for third day amid protests

LEPOSAVIC, Kosovo, May 31 (Reuters) – NATO peacekeepers guarded town halls in ethnically polarized northern Kosovo for a third day on Wednesday as Serbia’s defense minister inspected troops deployed near the border with his former province after violent unrest this week. The unrest prompted NATO to send additional troops to the region and the alliance … Read more

Lula’s call for South American unity clashes with opposing views on Venezuela

Lula’s call for South American unity clashes with opposing views on Venezuela

(1/8) Colombian President Gustavo Petro, Bolivian President Luis Arce, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Argentinian President Alberto Fernandez and Chilean President Gabriel Boric hold hands as they pose during the South American Summit at Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia, Brazil on May 30 Learn more BRASILIA, May 30 (Reuters) – Divergent views on Venezuela … Read more

North Korea launches space satellite; warnings lifted in South Korea and Japan

North Korea launches space satellite;  warnings lifted in South Korea and Japan

SEOUL/TOKYO, May 31 (Reuters) – North Korea launched what it calls a space satellite southwards on Wednesday, the South Korean military said, triggering emergency alerts and brief warnings of evacuation in parts of South Korea and Japan. North Korea had said it would launch its first military reconnaissance satellite between May 31 and June 11 … Read more

NATO to deploy more troops to Kosovo town to fight violence

NATO to deploy more troops to Kosovo town to fight violence

ZVECAN, Kosovo, May 30 (Reuters) – NATO troops secured a town hall in Zvecan in Kosovo and the alliance said on Tuesday it would send more troops to the area, a day after 30 troops from the Nato and 52 protesters were injured in clashes and the EU and US called for a de-escalation of … Read more

Nvidia set to become the top US chipmaker valued at over $1 trillion

Nvidia set to become the top US chipmaker valued at over  trillion

May 30 (Reuters) – Nvidia Corp (NVDA.O) was on track on Tuesday to cross $1 trillion in market capitalization for the first time, making it the first U.S. chipmaker to join the trillion club. dollars. Shares of the company last rose 3.5% to $402.91 in premarket trading. Meta, valued at around $670 billion at the … Read more

AI means anyone can now be a programmer, says Nvidia chief

AI means anyone can now be a programmer, says Nvidia chief

TAIPEI, May 29 (Reuters) – Artificial intelligence means anyone can now be a computer programmer because all they have to do is talk to the computer, the CEO of Nvidia Corp said on Monday ( NVDA.O), Jensen Huang, hailing the end of the “digital divide”. Nvidia has become the world’s most valuable listed semiconductor company … Read more

Wildfire in Halifax, Canada prompts evacuation orders for thousands of homes

Wildfire in Halifax, Canada prompts evacuation orders for thousands of homes

(1/3) Smoke from the Tantallon wildfire rises above homes in Bedford, Nova Scotia, Canada, May 28, 2023. REUTERS/Eric Martyn HALIFAX, May 29 (Reuters) – A wildfire in the eastern Canadian city of Halifax has prompted mandatory evacuation orders for thousands of homes, and officials said residents would not be allowed to return until the municipal … Read more