Urgent: Trump says countries doing business with Iran face 25 pct tariff
NEW YORK, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that any country doing business with Iran will pay a tariff rate of 25 percent on any business conducted with the United States.
Flash: Trump says any country doing business with Iran will pay tariff of 25 pct on any and all business being done with U.S.
Flash: Trump says any country doing business with Iran will pay tariff of 25 pct on any and all business being done with U.S.
U.S. stocks close higher
NEW YORK, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks ended higher on Monday.
Over 2,300 traffic accidents leave 348 dead in Russia's New Year holidays
MOSCOW, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- A total of 2,329 traffic accidents happened on Russia's roads during the New Year holidays, leaving 348 people dead and 3,515 others injured, the Russian State Traffic Inspectorate reported Monday.
Bulgaria's 3rd most populous district under flu epidemic measures
SOFIA, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Bulgaria's Health Ministry announced on Monday that Varna District, the country's third most populous, has become the first to impose temporary anti-epidemic measures due to spreading influenza and acute respiratory diseases.
Chemical incident leads to fumes, evacuations in South Africa's Cape Town
CAPE TOWN, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- A chemical incident at an industrial site in Cape Town, South Africa's legislative capital, sent a plume of fumes over the Montague Gardens area on Monday afternoon, forcing evacuations and prompting a multi-agency emergency response, city officials said.
Apple, Google strike Gemini deal for revamped Siri in major win for Alphabet
Jan 12 (Reuters) - Apple will use Google's Gemini models for its revamped Siri coming later this year under a multi-year deal that deepens the tech giants' alliance in the artificial intelligence era and bolsters Alphabet's position in the race against OpenAI.
Meta to exclude Italy from rival chatbot ban on WhatsApp
BRUSSELS, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms will exclude Italy from its ban on rival AI chatbots on WhatsApp following an order from the country's antitrust authority, according to a notice sent to AI providers and developers seen by Reuters.
Alphabet hits $4 trillion valuation as AI refocus lifts sentiment
Jan 12 (Reuters) - Alphabet briefly hit $4 trillion in market valuation on Monday, as the Google parent's sharpened artificial intelligence focus allayed doubts about its strategy and thrust it back to the forefront of the high-stakes race.
Morocco targets $10 billion AI contribution to GDP by 2030
RABAT, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Morocco is targeting a 100 billion dirhams ($10 billion) boost to its gross domestic product from artificial intelligence by 2030, the minister in charge of digital transition said on Monday, as the country steps up its investment in training programmes, sovereign data centres and cloud services.
