US blacklists Singapore's Megaspeed over alleged Nvidia chip diversion to China after Bessent presses Lutnick
The Commerce Department added the AI cloud firm to its Entity List days after the Treasury Secretary confronted Howard Lutnick over months of delay, testing the fragile US-China trade truce.
WASHINGTON — The US Commerce Department on Friday added Megaspeed, a Singapore-based artificial intelligence cloud company, to its Entity List. The department accused the firm of helping Chinese companies obtain advanced Nvidia processors barred from export to China. The move followed a reported private clash...
IAEA tells board it cannot account for Iran's 60% enriched uranium stockpile as Tehran keeps inspectors out
A confidential quarterly report circulated before next week's Board of Governors meeting says the agency has lost track of Iran's near-weapons-grade material, sharpening the Security Council dispute.
The International Atomic Energy Agency told member states on Friday that it could no longer verify the size or location of Iran's stockpile of uranium...
Richemont half-year sales rise as Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels jewellery demand offsets watch slump
The Swiss luxury group reports double-digit jewellery growth at constant currencies, while a strong franc and weak watch sales weigh on reported profit.
Richemont, the Geneva-based owner of Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels, reported higher first-half sales on Friday. Booming demand for high-end jewellery more...
ULA's Vulcan rocket returns to flight from Cape Canaveral after redesigned Northrop Grumman boosters perform cleanly
United Launch Alliance's heavy-lift rocket reached orbit on its first mission since a second solid rocket booster anomaly grounded it, easing pressure on the US Space Force's launch schedule.
United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket lifted off from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Friday. It was the...
World Diabetes Day eve: health bodies warn most of world's 800m people with diabetes go untreated
Diabetes charities and health agencies urged governments on Friday to widen screening and cut drug prices before Saturday's World Diabetes Day, citing a vast global treatment gap.
Health agencies and diabetes charities warned on Friday that most of the world's estimated 800 million adults with diabetes are not receiving treatment. They...
Real American Freestyle keeps Dvalishvili and Usman Nurmagomedov on Abu Dhabi card after brawl
The wrestling league declined to suspend either fighter after the viral melee, opting for separate security arrangements rather than pulling a headline name from its Gulf debut.
Real American Freestyle confirmed on Friday that Merab Dvalishvili and Usman Nurmagomedov would both compete at its Abu Dhabi event. The wrestling league...
BBC Children in Need raises more than £30m on Friday-night appeal as Pudsey telethon returns to BBC One
The annual charity broadcast from Salford brought together BBC stars, soap specials and viewer fundraising, with organisers confirming an on-the-night total above £30m.
BBC Children in Need raised more than £30m on Friday night during its annual telethon on BBC One and iPlayer, the charity confirmed as the live broadcast...
Pope Leo returns to Chiclayo as tens of thousands greet their former bishop in Peru's north
On the third day of his Peru visit, the American-born pontiff celebrated an open-air Mass near the city he led as bishop for eight years, in a homecoming locals compared to a festival.
Pope Leo XIV celebrated an open-air Mass near the Pampas de Pimentel, a coastal town outside Chiclayo city, in northern Peru, on Friday before a crowd the...
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