Tag: World news

Stellantis CEO under fire from Italian lawmakers as the group grapples with financial troubles

ROME -- Italian lawmakers on Friday questioned the head of Stellantis, the world's fourth largest automaker, over the group’s strategy, one day after...

United Airlines adding 8 new international destinations to itinerary for next summer

United Airlines is adding eight new international destinations to its itinerary for next summer.The airline, which said that this is its biggest international...

AI is having its Nobel moment. Do scientists need the tech industry to sustain it?

Hours after the artificial intelligence pioneer Geoffrey Hinton won a Nobel Prize in physics, he drove a rented car to Google's California headquarters...

Global stocks mixed after Wall Street declines; markets wait for China policy briefing

HONG KONG -- European markets opened higher while Asian stocks were mostly lower on Friday, with Chinese markets declining as investors awaited a...

Gunmen kill 20 miners in an attack in southwest Pakistan ahead of an Asian security summit

QUETTA, Pakistan -- Gunmen killed 20 miners and wounded another seven in Pakistan’s southwest, a police official said Friday, drawing condemnation from authorities...

An ex-judge from mainland China is set to take Macao's top job. What's at stake for the casino hub?

MACAO -- Some 400 pro-establishment electors are set to approve the sole candidate for Macao’s chief executive job on Sunday, making him the...