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Trump says he discussed release of political prisoners with Xi

WASHINGTON, Sept 30 - US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he discussed the release of political prisoners with Chinese President Xi Jinping when the two leaders met last week.

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While Spain blocks evictions, Portugal forges on with bill to hasten them

LISBON, Sept 30 - Portugal's parliament approved on Wednesday, in the first reading, a contentious rental market overhaul aimed at speeding up evictions and ending rent controls on new leases in what the centre-right government hopes will encourage landlords to put more homes on the market.

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Ukraine urges US to sanction entities supporting Russia's Starlink rival

WASHINGTON, Sept 30 - Ukraine is urging the United States to impose sanctions on several Russian entities that it says are helping develop Moscow's Rassvet satellite network as a domestic alternative to SpaceX's Starlink, its acting ambassador said on Wednesday.

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Constellation, Amazon sign 20-year power deal to support Maryland nuclear plant

Sept 30 : Constellation Energy and Amazon.com on Wednesday announced a 20-year power purchase agreement that will support the expansion of the Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant in Maryland.Demand for nuclear energy is increasing as technology companies seek dependable sources of power for AI-driven computing infra

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Brazil's Nubank says it is not pursuing deal with Monzo

SAO PAULO, Sept 30 : Brazilian digital lender Nubank said on Wednesday it is not pursuing a transaction with Monzo, after media reports had said Nubank was in early-stage talks to acquire the British digital bank.• In a securities filing, Nubank said it regularly evaluates opportunities that could support g

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Google announces Gemini 4 flagship AI model after months of delays

Google announces Gemini 4 flagship AI model Argon, designed for complex tasks and cybersecurity, aiming to compete with OpenAI and Anthropic models.

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Trading Day: Shrugging off a volatile September, markets shuffle into Q4

NEW YORK, Sept 30 : US stocks gyrated on Wednesday, caught in the tug-of-war of mixed signals. Cooler-than-expected inflation data tempered rate hike expectations from the Federal Reserve, while upbeat GDP, consumer spending and private payrolls data underscored US economic resilience. Even so, rising crude p

Anwar-ordered UiTM Holdings review widens scrutiny of Malaysia’s bumiputera institutions

Anwar Ibrahim’s push to tighten oversight of Malaysia’s Malay-linked institutions, is raising political questions ahead of the next election.

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Micron forecasts quarterly revenue above estimates

Sept 30 : Micron Technology forecast quarterly revenue above estimates on Wednesday, signaling it expects the AI-driven memory chip boom to continue powering its growth.The generative AI boom has made high-bandwidth memory essential for data centers, benefiting companies such as Micron, a key supplier to Nvi

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Trump says he has done a ‘bad job’ in US explaining his economic record

Donald Trump admits he has done a poor job explaining his economic record as midterm elections approach amid rising gas prices and low consumer confidence.

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Toyota to invest $1.34 billion in Argentina production plant

Sept 30 : Automaker Toyota Motor will invest $1.34 billion to develop a production plant in Argentina, Economy Minister Luis Caputo said on Wednesday.The plant will produce a fully electric vehicle, Caputo said, and is expected to generate $1.28 billion in annual exports and create over 2,600 jobs during its

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Poland to set quicker air defence procedures, defence minister says

WARSAW, Sept 30 - Poland will deploy new rules of engagement to counter threats in its airspace from the beginning of October, Polish Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said on Wednesday during a press briefing.

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Exclusive-Anthropic's IPO pitch embraces AI's promise and peril

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK, Sept 30 : Anthropic is planning what could be the largest initial public offering in history. But if AI continues on its current trajectory, humans may not be around much longer to enjoy it. That and other paradoxes flow through the roughly 300-page initial public offering prospectus

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Synopsys, OpenAI strike deal to develop AI model for chip design work

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 30 : Synopsys, a maker of software used in designing computing chips, said on Wednesday that it has struck a deal to share revenue with OpenAI as the two develop an AI model for the chip business.GPT-Synopsys, as the model will be called, will be specifically trained and tuned to take on c

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Zimbabwe helicopter crash kills six, government spokesperson says

HARARE, Sept 30 - A helicopter carrying six people crashed in Zimbabwe's Marondera rural area, east of Harare, on Wednesday, killing all on board, government spokesperson Nick Mangwana said on X.

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Israel’s Netanyahu meets passengers of diverted flydubai flight at Tel Aviv airport

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu met flydubai passengers after a pilot was subdued following an attempted crash on a Tel Aviv-bound flight.

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Rwanda open to hosting migrants transferred from Europe, EU lawmakers say

BRUSSELS, Sept 30 - Rwanda had held preliminary discussions with some EU member states about potentially hosting facilities for migrants transferred from those countries, two European Parliament lawmakers said on Wednesday, citing discussions with Rwandan officials.

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AI infra firm Accelevation's shares fall in tepid Nasdaq debut

Sept 30 : Data center infrastructure firm Accelevation fell 2.5 per cent in its Nasdaq debut on Wednesday, after pricing its IPO below its marketed range, signaling that investors are turning cautious on the AI story as spending uncertainty looms. Accelevation provides power distribution, cooling, structural

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Vatican envoy discusses humanitarian issues, visits POWs in Russia, Foreign Ministry says

Sept 30 - Papal envoy Cardinal Matteo Zuppi discussed humanitarian issues in the Ukraine war in talks with Russian officials and visited Ukrainian prisoners of war, Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

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In 2023, New York mother Casey McIntyre arranged a fundraiser to erase strangers' medical bills after her death; by December 2024, her memorial campaign had funded more than $120 million in debt relief

Before dying from stage four ovarian cancer at age 38, New York mother Casey McIntyre arranged a final message that turned her personal loss into

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Indian family in Plano calls police as Texas journalist Sara Gonzales knocks on door with H-1B abuse allegation: 'I was terrified'

An Indian family living in Plano called the police when journalist Sara Gonzales visited their house with her H-1B allegations, as she had been doing for

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Slovak PM Fico's party calls on coalition to end disputes as government frays

Sept 30 - Slovakia's main ruling party Smer-SSD said on Wednesday that maintaining the government's majority required a large effort and called on partners to keep internal disputes out of policy.

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Google asks EU court to suspend order to open up to AI chatbots, search engine rivals

BRUSSELS, Sept 30 : Alphabet's Google has asked an EU court to suspend EU regulators' order to open up its trove of search data to OpenAI and rival search engines as it steps up its fight against landmark rules aimed at reining in the power of Big Tech.The company, which on Tuesday took the European Commissio

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Israel to ramp up pilot checks after flydubai scare

Sept 30 - Israel is set to ramp up security checks on pilots flying into the country, a spokesperson for the prime minister's office said, after it said a co-pilot on a flydubai flight to Tel Aviv had stabbed the pilot and attempted to crash the plane.