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China-linked hackers hit Taiwan in unprecedented ‘autonomous’ AI cyber attack

AI agents ran simultaneous reconnaissance and break-ins in display of new phase of cyberwarfare

Rakuten’s shares plunge after mobile losses fuel investor fears

The Tokyo-based company's stock fell as much as 12% on Wednesday, their biggest intraday drop since April last year.

3 judges with diverse legal backgrounds join Islamabad High Court

Umair Majeed ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Sardar Mohammad Sarfraz Dogar on Tuesday administered oath to three newly appointed judges, raising the strength of the high court to 10, while three seats remain vacant. The…

Iran, US Harden Stances as Pakistan Says Deal Is Near

Pakistan’s defense minister said the US and Iran are “close to some sort of arrangement” over the Strait of Hormuz, even after both sides appeared to toughen their positions in the long-deadlocked negotiations. Bloomberg's Abeer Abu Omar…

The answer is obvious to all except the real climate change zealots: the anti-net zero movement

Poorer Americans are struggling to make ‘ends meet’, top Fed official says

Boston central bank branch head Susan Collins would back September interest rate rise if inflation remains hot

UK heatwaves may have cost economy £4.4bn in lost output so far this year, analysis finds

Verdant thinktank says cost could top £25bn a year by 2030 and calls for maximum temperature for working and urban redesign to cool down cities Repeated debilitating heatwaves this summer are likely to have cost the UK economy more than…

As construction slumps and manufacturing automates, 53mn Chinese now work for low wages in food delivery and…

As construction slumps and manufacturing automates, 53mn Chinese now work for low wages in food delivery and ride-hailing

JD Vance asked Ukraine to halt strikes on tankers using Russian port

Washington alarmed by Kyiv’s campaign on vessels collecting Kazakh oil from Novorossiysk

Israel’s campaign to make southern Lebanon ‘unliveable’

Israeli forces have systematically destroyed homes, roads, farmland and forests despite ceasefire with Hizbollah

How a bad trade pushed a US mortgage giant into a $2bn lifeline

Billionaire finance executive and Phoenix Suns owner Mat Ishbia forged a last-minute deal with Oaktree

Europe’s carbon mechanism is a tariff by another name

The EU has denounced US duties while imposing its own protectionist measures dressed up as climate policy