Tag: USA
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What does ‘agentic’ AI mean? Tech’s newest buzzword is a mix of marketing fluff and real promise
For technology adopters looking for the next big thing, “agentic AI” is the future. At least, that’s what the marketing pitches and tech industry T-shirts say. ... -
Epstein email says Trump ‘knew about the girls’ as White House calls its release a Democratic smear
Jeffrey Epstein wrote in a 2019 email to a journalist that Donald Trump “knew about the girls,” according to documents made public yesterday [Macau time], but ... -
Starbucks workers kick off 65-store US strike on company’s busy Red Cup Day
More than 1,000 unionized Starbucks workers plan to strike at 65 U.S. stores Thursday [yesterday, Macau time] to protest a lack of progress in labor negotiations ... -
Furor over editing of Trump speech sparks ‘existential crisis’ at the BBC
The sudden resignation of two top bosses at the BBC over the editing of a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump dealt a huge blow to the broadcaster, which is ... -
Flight cancellations and delays worsen as US gov’t shutdown drags on
The pain Americans are facing at airports across the country is expected to get worse this week if Congress is unable to reach a deal to ... -
Trump pardons ex-NYPD officer who was convicted of helping China stalk an expat
President Donald Trump granted a pardon Friday to a former New York police sergeant who was convicted of helping China try to scare an ex-official into going back to ... -
Hungary’s Orbán to seek Trump’s blessing to keep buying Russian oil
When Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán visits President Donald Trump in the White House today, his priority will be convincing the U.S. administration to turn a ... -
Anatomy of a news story: ‘60 Minutes’ invites audience into the editing process with Trump interview
During his “60 Minutes” interview, President Donald Trump called Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer a “kamikaze,” complained about investigators searching through his wife›s closet, spoke in detail about ... -
Tariffs are Trump’s foreign policy tool, but court could change how he uses them
President Donald Trump sees tariffs — or the threat of them — as a powerful tool to bend nations to his will. He has used them ... -
FIFA opens 2nd phase of ticket sales with exclusive slots for US, Canada, Mexico
FIFA began the process of selling another 1 million tickets for next year’s World Cup yesterday, with the opening of a new ticket draw marking the ... -
Trump’s immigration crackdown weighs heavy on the labor market
Maria worked cleaning schools in Florida for $13 an hour. Every two weeks, she’d get a $900 paycheck from her employer, a contractor. Not much — ... -
Advice to feed babies peanuts early and often helped 60,000 kids avoid allergies, study finds
A decade after a landmark study proved that feeding peanut products to young babies could prevent development of life-threatening allergies, new research finds the change has made a ... -
SpaceX launches the 11th test flight of its mega Starship rocket with another win
SpaceX launched another of its mammoth Starship rockets on a test flight Monday, successfully making it halfway around the world while releasing mock satellites like last ... -
Mississippi school homecoming celebrations turn deadly as 8 people are killed in separate shootings
High school homecoming celebrations in Mississippi ended in gunfire, with two separate shootings on opposite sides of the state Friday night that left at least eight ... -
New US sanctions target 50 people, companies and ships for allegedly aiding Iran’s oil and gas trade
The Trump administration yesterday imposed sanctions on a group of 50 people, companies and ships largely out of the United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong and China, ... -
Buildings are turning to ‘ice batteries’ for sustainable air conditioning
Every night some 74,000 gallons of water are frozen at Norton Audubon Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. The hospital used to get all of its air conditioning ... -
Gov’t shutdown draws closer as Congress leaders head to the White House
Democratic and Republican congressional leaders are heading to the White House for a meeting with President Donald Trump today [Macau time] in a late effort to ... -
Trump in speech to UN says world body ‘not even coming close to living up’ to its potential
UNITED NATIONS — President Donald Trump returned to the United Nations on Tuesday to boast of his second-term foreign policy achievements and lash out at the ... -
US and China ‘talking past each other’ on key issues, says US lawmaker visiting Beijing
BEIJING — The United States and China are talking past each other on key issues, said a U.S. lawmaker leading a bipartisan congressional delegation to Beijing ... -
Trump reveals Murdochs, Dell could take part in TikTok deal
President Donald Trump said prominent billionaires – including media mogul Rupert Murdoch and tech founder Michael Dell – could be part of a deal in which ... -
Foreign disinformation about Kirk’s killing seeks to widen divisions
Russia moved to amplify online conspiracy theories about Charlie Kirk’s killing just hours after it happened, seeding social media with the frightening claim that America is ... -
US Federal Reserve wrestles with how many interest rate cuts to make and how fast
With the Federal Reserve widely expected today [Macau time] to reduce its key interest rate by a quarter-point to about 4.1%, economists and Wall Street investors will be ... -
Trump’s travel ban keeps applicants from coming to the US for college
With the Taliban barring women from college in her native Afghanistan, Bahara Saghari set her sights on pursuing higher education in the United States. Saghari, 21, ... -
Hundreds of thousands of illegal vapes smuggled from China in US nationwide crackdown
Federal agents seized hundreds of thousands of illegal vaping products in raids across the country yesterday [Macau time] as the Trump administration moved to crack down ... -
Graphic video of Kirk shooting was everywhere online
They were careful with the explicit imagery — as usual. But did it make any difference? Traditional news organizations were cautious in their midafternoon coverage of ... -
Suspect apologizes to potential jurors
The man charged with trying to assassinate Donald Trump while he played golf last year in South Florida stood before a group of potential jurors in ... -
Trump’s push to change Department of Defense to ‘War Department’ would turn back the clock to WWII
President Donald Trump’s push to rename the Department of Defense goes beyond subjective word choices about whether to change a name that’s been in place since ... -
Tariffs, migration and cartels will top Rubio’s trip
Security, sovereignty, tariffs, trade, drugs and migration — all hot-button issues for the Trump administration and its neighbors in the Western Hemisphere — will top Secretary ... -
Welcome would be welcomed if sincere
It is good to hear US President Donald Trump say that he welcomes Chinese students to study in the United States. “I hear so many stories ... -
World shares sink after Trump escalates feud with the Federal Reserve
Shares sank yesterday in Europe and Asia after President Donald Trump announced he was firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. The announcement came after trading closed Monday on ... -
US, allies join Indonesia in military drill amid rising concerns over China
Indonesia and the United States began annual joint military exercises yesterday together with forces from a dozen other countries, as the U.S. pushes its allies to take threats ... -
Las Vegas tourism is down due to tariffs, immigration crackdown
Tourism in Las Vegas is slumping this summer, with resorts and convention centers reporting fewer visitors compared to last year, especially from abroad, and some officials ... -
Trump vows to change how elections are run, but the Constitution doesn’t give him that power
President Donald Trump Monday [yesterday, Macau time] vowed more changes to the way elections are conducted in the U.S., but based on the Constitution there is ... -
Library book returned, with a note: ‘Grandma won’t be able to pay for it anymore’
A library book has been returned nearly 82 years after it was borrowed from the San Antonio Public Library. It came with a letter noting that ... -
Trump warns of ‘severe consequences’ if Putin does not agree to stop war after summit
U.S. President Donald Trump warned early today (Macau time) that there will be “very severe consequences” if Russian President Vladimir Putin does not agree to stop ...
