SEOUL, Oct 18 (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics will use TSMC’s 3-nanometre process to produce base dies for Nvidia’s next-generation custom high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips, the Seoul Economic Daily reported on Sunday. The move would mark the first time Samsung has worked with the Taiwanese contract
By Clotaire Achi LIMOGES, France, Oct 18 (Reuters) – Residents in Limoges recoiled in horror on Sunday at the city’s fire-ravaged town hall, an ornate 19th century neo-Renaissance building which survived two world wars but was torched by a masked mob during the worst unrest to convulse France in yea
BRUSSELS, Oct 18 (Reuters) – The European Union “strongly condemns” attacks by violent settlers in the West Bank, including against European diplomats, the bloc’s foreign policy spokesperson said on Sunday. The statement came a day after Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot said Israeli settlers a
Oct 18 (Reuters) – IT consulting firm Accenture is looking to sell its Chinese operations for up to $1.5 billion, the Financial Times reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. • Accenture has hired JPMorgan to work on a strategic rev
Oct 18 (Reuters) – Microsoft has pulled out of a data center deal with British cloud provider Nscale, Britain’s Telegraph newspaper reported on Sunday. The US tech giant, one of Nscale’s two largest customers, recently terminated its agreement for the data center in Loughton, Essex, according to the
MADRID, Oct 18 (Reuters) – Two people were arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences in Spain’s northwestern Basque Country, police said on Sunday. A 34-year-old man and a woman, 22, who are both Spanish but who have not been named, are under investigation after a police search on September 26. “A
By Gram Slattery and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (Reuters) – While the Iran war smolders, Saudi Arabia fights the Houthis and a new rift opens in US-Ukraine relations, Secretary of State Marco Rubio travels on Sunday to Uzbekistan, a nation far removed from the biggest US foreign policy challenge
(Corrects to add dropped ‘not’ in paragraph 3) By Amanda Stephenson CALGARY, Oct 17 (Reuters) – People were killed and injured in a serious incident that resulted in a fire on one of Canada’s busiest military bases in Alberta, Defense Minister David McGuinty said on Saturday. “I’m saddened to share
By Field Level Media Oct 18 (Field Level Media) – Florida State running back Ousmane Kromah was carted off with an apparent left ankle injury during the second quarter of Saturday’s game at No. 3 Miami. Kromah was headed for the corner of the end zone when he was tackled from behind by Miami linebac
(Highland Heights, KY) — President Trump hit the campaign trail for Republican candidates in Kentucky today. Speaking at Northern Kentucky University near Cincinnati, he urged supporters to get out and vote calling the upcoming election the most important midterm in the history of our country. Trump
By Sofia Menchu Oct 17 (Reuters) – Guatemalan lawyer Juan Francisco Solorzano Foppa, known for his high-profile fight against corruption in the Central American country, died after being shot on Saturday by two men while visiting a sports center in Guatemala City, a crime condemned by President Bern
Oct 17 (Reuters) – A Lebanese military delegation will present Beirut’s demands for an end to Israeli attacks in Lebanon at a trilateral meeting in Tampa, Florida, on October 20, the Lebanese presidency said in a post on X on Saturday. Lebanon and Israel have held a number of direct talks in recent
By David Latona MADRID, Oct 17 (Reuters) – Spain’s hard-left parties on Saturday presented separate candidate lists for a snap election after talks on a nationwide pact collapsed, reducing Socialist prime minister Pedro Sanchez’ chances of staying in power at the head of a leftist coalition. Spain’s
By Ali Sawafta and Mohammed Torokman TAYBEH, West Bank, Oct 17 (Reuters) – Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian civilians, European diplomats and a French mayor in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, Belgium’s foreign minister said, a day after settlers beat an American photojournalist. Maxime Prev
By Andrea Shalal and Rae Wee BANGKOK, Oct 17 (Reuters) – High debt levels, rising debt-service costs and a sharp drop in official development assistance are forcing developing countries and institutions that help them to rethink development and look for new sources of funding, including from the pri
CAIRO, Oct 17 (Reuters) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Saturday Egypt would take any measures necessary to defend Saudi Arabia if asked, amid escalating Houthi attacks on the kingdom, and parliament announced an emergency session on Sunday. “It is inconceivable that we would allow
BUDAPEST, Oct 17 (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has asked neighbours Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Hungary to allow the transit of Ukrainian grain cargoes because of a Black Sea blockade, Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar said on Saturday. Magyar, who agreed with Zelenskiy t
By Simon Lewis, Steve Holland and Daniel Flynn WASHINGTON/KYIV, Oct 17 (Reuters) – From US threats to cut off intelligence support for Ukraine to a diesel deal that could help Russia fund its war, it has been a bad week for ties between Kyiv and its most important ally, Washington. Frustrated by hig
By Joshua McElwee ROME, Oct 17 (Reuters) – Pope Leo is expected to leave hospital on Saturday afternoon following surgery for lung cancer, the Vatican said, after blood tests and chest imaging found him fit to return home four days after his operation. The 71-year-old pontiff, who has not been seen
(Corrects spelling of Simon Yuan’s surname throughout) By Selena Li Bangkok, Oct 17 (Reuters) – Listings of Chinese AI supply chain companies are expected to stand their ground weathering rising valuation concerns and increasingly sharper scrutiny, a Citi banker working with Chinese companies said.
By Clotaire Achi and Janis Laizans PARIS, Oct 17 (Reuters) – Demonstrations began across France on Saturday in what was expected to become a major nationwide protest against high prices and the fraying of a model intended to provide a basic level of opportunity and social security. The protests bega
Oct 17 (Reuters) – Former Giro d’Italia winner and Olympic champion Richard Carapaz joined NSN Cycling Team on Friday, after leaving EF Education-EasyPost a year before the end of his contract. The 33-year-old Ecuadorean, who won the Giro in 2019 and road race gold at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, sig
SYDNEY, Oct 17 (Reuters) – Australia on Saturday confirmed its first case of H5N1 bird flu on the sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island, with the deadly virus found in the remote territory’s vulnerable elephant seal population. • Australia’s Chief Veterinary Officer Beth Cookson said official testing confi
By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (Reuters) – The US Justice Department on Friday warned Los Angeles County and California election officials they could be liable as abettors of a federal crime if they count mail ballots returned by more than 20,000 people the Trump administration says are probably
Oct 17 (Reuters) – Police arrested Indian “cockroach” movement founder Abhijeet Dipke, according to several media reports on Saturday, after he was detained on Friday ahead of a Delhi rally that drew hundreds of people waving the national flag and demanding the resignation of India’s election chief.
By Ruma Paul, Jennifer Rigby, Sam Jahan and Zia Chowdhury SYLHET, Bangladesh, Oct 17 (Reuters) – Bangladesh is battling to contain the world’s worst measles outbreak, a crisis exacerbated by weak data, inadequate outreach and vaccination gaps that experts say offers a warning to other nations about
Oct 16 (Reuters) – Anthropic is offering Blackstone a yield of more than 10% to finance its latest chip deal, the Financial Times reported on Friday. Blackstone funds would invest $9 billion in the debt backed by Anthropic’s five-year lease payments on the chips, the report said, citing people famil
Oct 16 (Reuters) – Anthropic has signed a lease with EverWind for data center capacity at Point Tupper, Nova Scotia, marking the Claude maker’s first data center agreement in Canada, a company executive said on Friday. Here are some more details: • Separately, EverWind unveiled plans to invest more
Oct 16 (Reuters) – Anthropic representatives have quietly pitched Capitol Hill lawmakers on a draft bill to regulate frontier AI safety and security, Politico reported on Friday, citing three people with knowledge of the efforts. The bill would let the government block a model’s release or use only
Oct 16 (Reuters) – Fans can expect a clash of two defensive powerhouses when the WNBA Finals kick off on Saturday between the Dream and the Golden State Valkyries, with Angel Reese ready to deliver after a career-best season for Atlanta. The two sides accounted for six of the WNBA’s 10 All-Defensive
