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Perplexity AI seeks valuation of about $9 billion in new funding round
Perplexity started the year with a roughly $500 million valuation and has continued attracting significant…
China cuts benchmark lending rates by 25 basis points
The move was expected. China’s central bank governor indicated last week that the loan prime…
‘They want something different’: Two reports predict a big shift in travel behavior in 2025
Trend reports from Expedia and Booking.com show vacationers are forgoing splashy trips to global hot…
How Liberty Media became one of the world’s most valuable sports empires
As global lockdowns began in 2020, sports fans surged online and Liberty Media had a…
Priest shot dead in southern Mexico after leaving Sunday service
Community remembers Marcelo Perez as outspoken champion of Indigenous, labour rights in Mexican state of…
Trump visits McDonald’s as Harris speaks to churchgoers in swing state push
US presidential candidates zero in on battleground states of Pennsylvania and Georgia as Election Day…
‘Historic’: Egypt declared malaria free by the World Health Organization
Forty-four countries have been declared malaria free, but there were still 249 million cases in…
Israel ‘demolished’ watchtower in latest attack on UN Lebanon peacekeepers
UNIFIL says Israeli forces ‘deliberately’ damaged one of its positions in southern Lebanon.
Gallant says Israel ‘destroying’ Hezbollah as bombing of Lebanon escalates
Israel has intensified attacks across Lebanon, leaving cities and villages devastated.
US election: Legal experts question Elon Musk’s planned cash giveaways
Plan to give $1m per day until November 5 election could violate law against using…
India’s envoy to Canada rejects involvement in Sikh activist’s killing
Sanjay Kumar Verma, who is being expelled from Canada, says had ‘nothing at all’ to…
Could the US Senate flip to the right? Eight races to watch this election
Democrats hold a slim majority in Congress’s upper chamber. But that lead could erode with…
Sudan’s army claims first defection of senior RSF commander
The reported defection comes as Sudan’s army attempts to push back its former ally, the…
Are BRICS countries already challenging the US-led world order?
US economist Richard Wolff weighs in on BRICS, the systemic problems of the US economy,…
Georgians rally in support of EU membership ahead of elections
EU froze accession talks after Georgia government passed controversial ‘foreign influence law’ earlier this year.
Ukraine strikes key Russian explosives manufacturer, general staff says
Kyiv has also struck storage infrastructure at a military airfield, in a rare aerial attack…
Mandela travelled on Trump’s plane in 1990: Who paid for it?
Donald Trump chartered a 727 for Nelson Mandela’s 1990 trip to the US. But it…
Israel releases footage of its military rounding up Palestinians in Gaza
The Israeli army has released footage showing dozens of Palestinians being rounded up in besieged…
Libyan arrested in Germany on suspicion of planning Israeli embassy attack
Prosecutors said accused exchanged information with a member of ISIL and was planning to use…
