By AFP/Isabel Kua with Danny Kemp and Daniel RookChina said Tuesday it would impose tariffs on imports of US energy, vehicles and equipment, firing a return salvo in an escalating trade war between the world's two biggest economies.US President Donal...

By AFPPresident Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order aiming to kickstart the creation of a US sovereign wealth fund that he said could be used to save TikTok."Other countries have sovereign wealth funds, and they're much smaller countries...

By AFP/Hiroshi Hiyama and Katie ForsterUS tech giant OpenAI on Monday unveiled a ChatGPT tool called "deep research" that can produce detailed reports, as China's DeepSeek chatbot heats up competition in the artificial intelligence field.The company...

By AFPElon Musk and his aides have taken control of the US Treasury Department's payments system, triggering a lawsuit charging he is illegally getting access to private data of millions of Americans.Musk, the world's richest person, is leading Presi...

By AFP/Claire GounonA miner in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan poured water over a block of jade, exposing the green stone that is part of the Taliban authorities' push to capitalise on the country's rich mineral resources.Touting the return of...

By AFP/Daxia ROJASThree data centres squatting alongside the cruise ships and freighters in French Mediterranean port Marseille are testing water-saving cooling methods by pumping out an old coal mine.Efforts like these are under the spotlight as gen...

By AFP/Aurelia END with Beiyi SEOW and Michel COMTEPresident Donald Trump announced broad tariffs Saturday on major US trading partners Canada, Mexico and China, claiming a "major threat" from illegal immigration and drugs -- a move that sparked prom...

By AFPThe world's longest wind-powered cargo ship was launched Friday in Turkey, offering a promising way to slash carbon emissions from merchandise trade.The 136-metre (450-foot) Neoliner Origin was floated at the Turkish port of Tuzla, and will now...

By AFPUS President Donald Trump reiterated Thursday his threat to place 100 percent tariffs on BRICS nations, as the deadline loomed for him to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico.Trump had previously threatened 100 percent tariffs on BRICS nations -...

By AFP/Katell PRIGENTBernard Arnault, the billionaire boss of the world's biggest luxury conglomerate LVMH, has picked a fight with the French government by suggesting that companies could flee France for the United States to escape a planned tax hik...

By AFP/Peter CATTERALLWith around six million dollars and a stockpile of chips acquired before Washington banned their export to China, startup DeepSeek has produced what Chinese tech titans couldn't -- a world-class AI chatbot.The success will come...

By AFPSocial media giant Meta on Wednesday reported surging profits and revenue for 2024, announcing ambitious plans to expand its artificial intelligence infrastructure in the year ahead.The bullish projection about the company's AI future sent shar...