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This handout natural-colour image acquired with MODIS on NASA’s Terra satellite taken on February 5, 2025 shows the Strait of Hormuz (L)

Crucial shipping route

Facts about Strait of Hormuz shipping blockade

French carmaker Renault says it is developing a ground-based drone for military and civilian use

For military and civilian use

Renault says developing ground-based military drone

Donald Trump told the Financial Times that he wanted to 'take the oil in Iran' and could take the country's Kharg Island 'very easily'

Conflict moves into fifth week

Oil prices rise, stocks diverge tracking Mideast war developments

The Middle East war has unleashed a deluge of AI-generated visuals on X

AFP fact-checkers identify three such systems

Dubious AI detectors drive 'pay-to-humanize' scam

Anthropic has released tools such as Claude Code that excel at helping developers write software

A state of mental exhaustion

Life with AI causing human brain 'fry'

A fan takes photos at an event in London to mark the 50th birthday of US tech giant Apple

Five Apple anecdotes as iPhone maker marks 50 years

Unusual bursts of trading in the oil and stock markets this week have raised suspicions some traders knew of US President Donald Trump's intentions

Fishy trades before major news spark insider trading allegations

Coal-fired power plants remain the top source of energy for electricity-hungry AI data centers

World's largest energy conference

At 'Davos of energy', AI looks to gas to power its rapid expansion

The moratorium on e-commerce duty is a hot topic at the WTO's 14th ministerial conference

Tariffs on digital services?

E-commerce in the crosshairs at WTO in digital taxes battle

Volkswagen is battling problems from weak demand to Chinese competition

Repurposing infrastructure

Volkswagen in talks with defence firms on use of Germany plant: CEO

Almost 40 percent of Germany's long-distance trains arrived late last year

40 percent arrived late in 2025

German state railway loss widens, passengers warned of trouble ahead

The war has sent the global price of oil skyrocketing, roiling supply chains to many countries in Asia and beyond

As pressure on energy prices rises

Oil climbs, stocks slide as Iran war uncertainty reigns

Reform is on the agenda at the WTO's ministerial conference in Cameroon

Heightened tensions

US lays it on the line as WTO mulls future of global trading

Stop making sense: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

'Ripe for exploitation'

ChatGPT's taste for literary nonsense sparks alarm

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer spelled out Washington's approach as the WTO's MC14 meeting kicked off

'Corrective response'

US flexes 'new order' trade policy as WTO meet kicks off

Germany's chemical industry is in crisis due to high energy costs and fierce competition

Germany unveils rescue plan for struggling chemical sector

Cathay Pacific aircraft are seen outside the maintenance hanger at the international airport in Hong Kong on September 3, 2024

Hong Kong giant

Cathay Pacific raises fuel surcharge on all flights by 34%

US messaging app Snapchat has around 97 million monthly active users in the 27-nation bloc

Grooming exposure, illegal drug sales...

EU probes Snapchat over suspected child protection failings

Demonstrators took to streets in Berlin earlier this week to protest AI being used to create sexually-explicit deepfakes

'Third-largest economy in the world'

AI making cyber attacks costlier and more effective: Munich Re

De Profil, géint deen ermëttelt gëtt, huet iwwer Instagram zu gewalttätege Videoen opgeruff.

Privacy versus safety

Instagram quietly removes end-to-end encryption in direct messages

The German economy has been hit by a manufacturing slump, high energy cost, and weak demand in key markets

In line with forecasts

German business morale falls as war puts recovery on ice: survey

Chinese toymaker Pop Mart's shares fell more than 20 percent despite strong annual earnings because of a perceived over-dependence on the Beijing-based firm's popular Labubu dolls

Over-dependence?

Labubu maker Pop Mart's shares fall 23% despite surging earnings

European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde said the ECB was well positioned to deal with the energy shock

ECB won't be 'paralysed' in face of energy shock: Lagarde

Oil and gas prices soared Thursday following Iranian attacks on Gulf energy infrastructure

'Worse could be to come'

Data canary shows economy already suffering from Middle East war

Xiaomi, one of the world's largest smartphone makers, has expanded rapidly since its launch in 2011 to produce home appliances and electric vehicles

Xiaomi quarterly profit slumps despite annual EV gains

Berlin campaigned against a planned EU ban on combustion-engine cars

Environmental campaigners

German court rejects landmark climate case against BMW, Mercedes

Luxembourg developer turns licence plates into mailboxes with new road communication app

Ras Laffan Industrial City is Qatar's principal site for production of liquefied natural gas. Seen here in 2017, it came under attack on Thursday, raising worries about supplies even after the Strait of Hormuz reopens

Stocks drop, oil jumps as Mideast war persists

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