Google burning through cash with spiralling AI costs
Alphabet reported negative free cash flow of $5.9 billion in recent quarters as AI infrastructure spending surged, though revenue grew 23% year-over-year.
Wildberries: Russia’s businesses under strain from Ukraine’s attacks on retail warehouses
Ukrainian drone strikes on Wildberries warehouses have destroyed an estimated £750 million in goods, leaving hundreds of Russian small business sellers facing major losses with limited prospects for compensation.
‘A statement of freedom’: T-shirt slogan goes viral and book sales rocket in Taiwan after Hong Kong raids
A T-shirt slogan worn by a Hong Kong bookstore employee arrested during raids has sparked viral support in Taiwan, with book sales surging amid concerns over press freedom in Hong Kong.
Amish Shah wins Democratic congressional primary in Arizona, a blow to the party establishment
Emergency physician Amish Shah won Arizona’s Democratic primary for a competitive House seat, defeating the establishment-backed candidate in a rebuke to party leadership and establishing a November matchup with Republican Jay Feely.
What a reporter learned covering the impact of USAID cuts on aid workers-turned-sex workers in Nepal
An AP reporter investigated how unemployed aid workers in Nepal, many of them LGBTQ+, turned to sex work after USAID’s dissolution eliminated 280,000 jobs worldwide.
‘Overdue reunion’: aviation hero’s long lost granddaughter uncovers secret past
An 81-year-old woman has discovered she is the granddaughter of aviation pioneer Arthur Whitten Brown, who completed the first nonstop transatlantic flight in 1919, after decades of not knowing her biological family.
Asian shares are mostly higher and Mideast tensions push Brent crude past $97
Asian shares mostly gained on Thursday as Brent crude surged past $97 per barrel due to escalating Middle East tensions, while U.S. futures declined amid AI stock volatility.
Thursday briefing: Now he has the power to do it, can Andy Burham really end homelessness in the UK?
New Prime Minister Andy Burnham has pledged to end rough sleeping in the UK, as rough sleeping numbers hit record highs despite doubled government spending on homelessness in recent years.
Jantar Mantar, CJP, Wangchuk : Indian activist on hunger strike for 26 days loses 11kg, says ‘still alive’
Indian activist Sonam Wangchuk has lost 11kg during a 26-day hunger strike supporting a youth-led education reform movement, remaining hospitalized but refusing to end his fast without government assurances.
Guatemala races to save 60,000 case files of testimony about abuses during armed conflict
Guatemala is racing to preserve 60,000 case files documenting testimony about abuses during its 1960-1996 armed conflict, fearing a change in government could threaten preservation efforts.