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Shinsegae Food debuts plant-based canned ham

Jul 29, 2022 09:36 am UTC| Business Economy

Shinsegae Food unveiled its newest product on Thursday, July 28, and this will be a stepping stone for the company as it plans to enter the global meat alternative market. The South Korean leader in the domestic meal...

Hyundai Card, Yanolja sign strategic partnership deal to issue PLCC

Jul 29, 2022 09:16 am UTC| Business Economy

Hyundai Card, a South Korean credit card company under Hyundai Motor Group, has signed a deal with Yanolja Co. Ltd. to engage in various business collaborations, including the release of private label credit cards or...

Twitter Blue price: Subscription service now costs $4.99 per month

Jul 29, 2022 09:16 am UTC| Technology Business

Just a little more than a year since Twitter Blue was launched, Twitter announced that its monthly subscription fee is getting a price increase. But users who were already subscribed to Twitter Blue will get to enjoy the...

Nestle announces acquisition of Purina Petcare in India

Jul 29, 2022 08:18 am UTC| Business Economy

Nestle unit has acquired the Purina Petcare brand in the country for ₹125.3 crore. The Swiss multinational food company made the announcement of its new acquisition in India on Thursday, July 28. As per Business...

Mark Zuckerberg says Meta and Apple will be in a ‘very deep, philosophical competition’ in building the metaverse

Jul 29, 2022 08:16 am UTC| Technology Business

Apple fans are not the only ones anticipating the iPhone makers entry into the AR/VR world. While the companys long-rumored AR/VR headset could enter the market in less than a year, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes its...

Jack Ma to step down and hand over control of Ant Group: Report

Jul 29, 2022 07:49 am UTC| Business Economy

Jack Ma, the Chinese business magnate, investor and philanthropist, is reportedly planning to give up his control of Ant Group. This plan is said to be under consideration for a long time now as it is one way to reduce...

Southwest Airlines cancels expiration dates for its flight credits

Jul 29, 2022 07:43 am UTC| Business Economy

Southwest Airlines announced on Thursday, July 28, that flight credits of its customers would no longer have an expiration date. The worlds largest low-cost carrier headquartered in Dallas, Texas, has scrapped the expiry...

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Economy

UN Chief Urges Nations to Close $100 Million UNRWA Funding Gap

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appealed to member states to urgently fill a $100 million funding gap facing the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), warning...

NATO Albania Summit Faces Uncertainty as Trump, Defense Spending Concerns Loom

Plans for NATO to hold its 2027 leaders summit in Albania have been thrown into question as alliance members prepare for next weeks gathering in Turkey, according to Reuters, citing a NATO diplomat, a European official,...

Chip Stocks Rally as Samsung and SK Hynix’s $1.3 Trillion Investment Plan Boosts AI Optimism

Chip-equipment stocks surged on Tuesday after reports that South Koreas semiconductor leaders, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, plan to invest up to $1.3 trillion in new semiconductor manufacturing projects, reinforcing...

U.S. Stocks End Q2 Higher as Strong Jobs Data and AI Rally Lift Wall Street

U.S. stock markets closed higher on Tuesday, wrapping up the second quarter and the first half of 2026 with solid gains as investors welcomed stronger-than-expected labor market data and a continued rebound in technology...

Wall Street Futures Rise Ahead of JOLTS Data, Nike Earnings, and U.S.-Iran Talks

U.S. stock futures moved modestly higher on Tuesday as investors prepared for the final trading session of the first half and second quarter of 2026, with attention centered on key economic data, Nikes earnings report, and...

Politics

Netanyahu Says Israel Will Stay in Southern Lebanon Until Hezbollah Threat Ends

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israeli forces will remain in southern Lebanon until the threat posed by Iran-backed Hezbollah is eliminated, signaling that Israel has no immediate plans to...

DOE Declares Power Grid Emergency as Extreme Heat Strains PJM Electricity Supply

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has declared an emergency across the nations largest power grid as extreme heat drives electricity demand to critical levels, raising concerns about power supply reliability. In an...

DOJ Orders Crackdown on Birth Tourism After Supreme Court Upholds Birthright Citizenship

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has instructed federal prosecutors to intensify investigations into alleged birth tourism schemes following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that rejected President Donald Trumps effort to...

Trump Suspends Some Morocco Fertilizer Tariffs to Ease U.S. Supply Shortage

U.S. President Donald Trump has authorized the temporary suspension of certain duties on phosphate fertilizer imports from Morocco in an effort to ease fertilizer shortages affecting American farmers, the White House...

Sheinbaum Says No One Is Above the Law After Abuse Video of Ex-Pemex Chief Emerges

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said her administration will not shield anyone from justice after a video surfaced appearing to show former Pemex chief Victor Rodriguez physically assaulting his wife, prompting a...

Science

Blue Origin New Glenn Explosion Could Delay Launch Operations Until 2028

Blue Origin is facing a significant setback after a dramatic explosion involving its New Glenn rocket severely damaged a launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida. According to NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, repairs to the...

Blue Origin New Glenn Rocket Explodes During Launch Pad Test, Delaying Space Ambitions

Blue Origin suffered a major setback after its uncrewed New Glenn rocket exploded during a launch pad test in Florida on Thursday, raising new challenges for Jeff Bezos space company as it competes with Elon Musks SpaceX...

SpaceX Delays Starship V3 Launch Ahead of Potential Record IPO

SpaceX on Thursday postponed the highly anticipated launch of its 12th Starship rocket test from Texas after technical issues interrupted the final countdown. The company now plans to attempt the Starship V3 launch again...

Trump Administration Releases New UFO Files and Apollo Mission Records

The U.S. Defense Department has released dozens of previously classified UFO-related files following an order from President Donald Trump, sparking renewed debate over unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) and government...

China vs. NASA: The New Moon Race and What's at Stake by 2030

The space race is back and this time, its a direct competition between the United States and China for dominance on the lunar surface. NASAs Artemis II mission recently made history when four astronauts flew farther into...

Technology

Nvidia Stock Rises as SemiAnalysis Sees AI Data Center Revenue Beating Wall Street Forecasts

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) shares rebounded on the final trading day of the quarter after bullish supply-chain research from independent semiconductor firm SemiAnalysis suggested the AI chipmakers data center business could...

TSMC CoWoS Capacity Forecast Raised as Mizuho Sees AI Server CPU Demand Surging Through 2027

Mizuho Securities Asia has increased its forecast for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.s (TSMC) advanced CoWoS packaging capacity, citing a much stronger outlook for artificial intelligence (AI) server processors and...

Anthropic Brings Claude AI Models to Microsoft Azure Foundry With NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs

Anthropic announced on Monday that its Claude family of artificial intelligence models is now available through Microsoft Foundry on Azure, powered by NVIDIAs GB300 Blackwell Ultra GPU systems. The rollout marks the first...

Apple Challenges India Antitrust Probe, Says CCI Copied Rivals’ Claims in App Store Case

Apple has intensified its legal battle with Indias antitrust regulator, arguing that investigators relied on copy-pasted allegations from rivals instead of conducting an independent review in a case that could reshape the...

Super Micro Shares Slide After Taiwan Raids Over Alleged Nvidia AI Chip Smuggling Probe

Super Micro Computer Inc. came under renewed scrutiny on Monday after Taiwanese authorities raided its local offices as part of an investigation into the alleged smuggling of Nvidia AI chips to China through the companys...