Elon Musk says SpaceX and Tesla are considering a merger that would form a $3.5 trillion mega company.
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A judge also doubled the daily fine for noncompliance with a previous court order governing political content.
HSBC bought $130m worth of shares in firms tied to Israel’s military, in breach of Islamic law compliance requirements.
Protesters in Albania say demonstrations will intensify as Prime Minister Edi Rama rejects calls to resign.
GDP growth picks up from Q2 amid AI-driven boom in exports.
Claude creator says fund could be used for donations to NGOs and ‘direct distributions to specific populations’.
Newsom signed an executive order to examine kill switches for AI models and other measures he had earlier vetoed.
Low-income countries spend up to 14 percent of their revenue on debt repayments, IMF chief says.
The messages, reported by a Brazilian daily, say the platform recommended Bolsonaro’s profile and his WhatsApp channel.
Beijing’s gold purchases reflect a shift away from reliance on US dollar assets, experts say.
