By AFPAmazon said on Monday it would invest up to $4 billion in AI firm Anthropic, as the online retail giant steps into an AI race dominated by Microsoft, Google and OpenAI.The success of OpenAI's ChatGPT, a chatbot released last year that is able t...

By AFPA second shipment of Ukrainian wheat reached Turkey via the Black Sea on Sunday, according to maritime traffic monitoring sites, despite Russian threats to attack boats heading to or from its neighbour and enemy.The Palau-flagged bulk carrier A...

Global stock markets diverged Friday as investors contemplated central bank signals that interest rates will remain high to combat stubborn inflation.Wall Street stocks opened higher, but proved unable to hold onto gains amid talk of persistently ele...

By AFPJapanese industrial giant Toshiba marked the end of an era as a listed company on Thursday as it announced that a private consortium had bought almost 80 percent of its shares.Remaining shareholders will be "squeezed out" after the $13.5-billio...

By AFPHospital chiefs on Wednesday warned of the danger to patient safety by the latest doctors strike, the first time consultants and junior doctors in England have walked out at the same time.The doctors and government are deadlocked over the medic...

By AFPA truck dumps another load of black sunflower seeds into the barn of Ukrainian farmer Oleksandr Ryabinin, where they scatter over the floor, releasing a nutty aroma when crunched underfoot.It is sunflower harvest time in Ukraine and Ryabinin ha...

By AFPThe US state of California sued five of the world's largest oil companies on Friday, alleging the firms caused billions of dollars in damages and misled the public by minimizing the risks from fossil fuels, according to a court filing.The suit,...

By AFPFrench startup Verkor said Thursday it has raised more than two billion euros ($2.15 billion) to build a gigafactory for electric car batteries, boosting Europe's efforts to develop a sector dominated by Asia.The plant is among a clutch of fact...

By AFPWhen Jennie Luhmann started searching for her family's "forever home," she found herself in a perfect storm -- few properties were available, buyers were making all-cash offers and interest rates were climbing.Outbid by others and pressured by...

By AFPThe de-globalisation of international trade is far from being a reality, but "the first signs of fragmentation" are appearing, the WTO warned Tuesday, concerned of the effects of the phenomenon on growth and development.The idea of "de-globalis...

By AFPThe European Commission cut its 2023 and 2024 eurozone economic growth forecasts on Monday, with the single currency area weighed down by Germany's poor performance.The commission, the EU's executive arm, predicted the German economy would cont...

By AFPAnnual inflation in Egypt hit 39.7 percent in August, official figures showed Sunday, an all-time high for the country as it grapples with a punishing economic crisis.It comes immediately after the previous record of 38.2 percent was recorded i...