Tag: World news

Canada's defense investment plans put it on track to meet NATO guideline, minister says

BRUSSELS -- Canada looks on track to meet NATO’s military spending guideline by the end of the decade, Defense Minister Bill Blair said...

What happened this week in the UK election campaign, from manifesto launches to robots and Haribos

LONDON -- The U.K.'s general election campaign has now passed the halfway mark, and finally the main political parties have published their plans...

A peace summit for Ukraine opens this weekend in Switzerland. But Russia won't be taking part

GENEVA -- Switzerland will host scores of world leaders this weekend to try to map out the first steps toward peace in Ukraine...

Weak replacement parts caused fatal roller coaster derailment: Swedish officials

COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Swedish accident investigators on Friday said the country's oldest amusement park didn't properly test new parts for a roller coaster...

Stock market today: Asian shares mixed after AI hopes nudge Wall St to records. BOJ stands pat

TOKYO -- Asian shares were mixed Friday after Wall Street’s continued frenzy around artificial-intelligence technology nudged indexes on Wall Street to more records.Japan’s...

AI startup Perplexity wants to upend search business. News outlet Forbes says it's ripping them off

The artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI has raised tens of millions of dollars from the likes of Jeff Bezos and other prominent tech...