14+ hour, 29+ min ago   (305+ words) TOKYO, Sept 14 (Reuters) – A candidate backed by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s government won Okinawa’s gubernatorial election on Sunday, ousting an opponent of Tokyo’s military build-up ​across the strategically important island chain near Taiwan and ‌China. Genta Koja, 42, defeated two-term…...

23+ hour, 29+ min ago   (307+ words) By Bo Erickson and Padraic Halpin DOONBEG, Ireland, Sept 13 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday a lot of “very negative forces” are bringing things up about AI that ​won’t happen and said that he wanted to make ‌sure…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (621+ words) Sept 10 (Reuters) – Chinese AI chipmakers including Huawei Technologies and Cambricon have sharply raised prices for current and next-generation AI processors, three people familiar with the matter said, as soaring costs for high-bandwidth memory squeeze efforts to build domestic alternatives to…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (325+ words) NEW YORK, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Elena Rybakina became the first player representing Kazakhstan to secure the world number one ranking on Wednesday, as she reached the U.S. ​Open semi-finals in a campaign that once appeared in ‌jeopardy. The second seed retired…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (801+ words) NEW DELHI, Sept 9 (Reuters) – India’s Serious Fraud Office has recommended Xiaomi be investigated for alleged irregularities in its business model and compliance with foreign investment law, potentially intensifying scrutiny of the smartphone maker, a government document shows. China’s Xiaomi was…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (319+ words) NEW YORK, Sept 9 (Reuters) – From the qualifying courts to the quarter-final stage, Zheng Qinwen exited the U.S. Open on Wednesday having sparked a career comeback, enjoying ​a return to form in a run few expected ‌in New York. The Olympic…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (416+ words) BEIJING, Sept 8 (Reuters) – China’s car exports stayed robust in August as BYD and other automakers shipped a record number of vehicles overseas, in sharp contrast to a sluggish domestic market where their sales fell for the ​11th month in a row....

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (655+ words) BEIJING, Sept 9 (Reuters) – China on Wednesday marked half a century since the death of Mao Zedong, founder of the People’s Republic, who brought roughly a quarter of the world’s population under Communist Party rule and whose spectre still haunts China’s…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (58+ words) whbl.com Republican lawmakers criticize Ford business ties to China WASHINGTON, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Republicans in Congress on Wednesday ​joined criticism of Ford Motor over its business ties to Chinese firms after ​Transportation ⁠Secretary Sean Duffy ⁠sharply criticized the No. 2 U....

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (237+ words) BEIJING, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Tencent-backed AI chipmaker Shanghai Enflame Technology will make its Shanghai stock market debut on September 11, an ​exchange filing showed on Wednesday. Enflame, one ‌of China’s leading AI chip startups known locally as the “four little GPU dragons…...