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Why Middle East travel is growing faster ‘than any other region’

Editor’s Note: This CNN series is, or was, sponsored by the country it highlights. CNN retains full editorial control over subject matter, reporting and frequency of the articles and videos within the sponsorship, in compliance with our policy. Last week, travel and tourism industry representatives from more than 150 countries gathered at the annual Arabian Travel […]

OpenAI unveils new ‘smarter, faster’ version of ChatGPT

ChatGPT maker OpenAI has unveiled a new flagship version of the technology that powers the AI chatbot. The chatbot can more capably interact with the world using audio, images, and text. Called GPT-4o, the new model can better understand any input combination of audio, text and images, and respond in a similar fashion, while also […]

China consumer prices rise at faster rate in April

Chinese policymakers have repeatedly tried to get consumers to open their wallets but the results have so far been mixed (STR) China’s inflation rate quickened last month, official data showed Saturday, as the government works to boost spending in the world’s second-largest economy. The consumer price index (CPI) rose by 0.3 percent year-on-year in April, […]

Russia to grow faster than all advanced economies says IMF

[Getty Images] An influential global body has forecast Russia’s economy will grow faster than all of the world’s advanced economies, including the US, this year. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects Russia to grow 3.2% this year, significantly more than the UK, France and Germany. Oil exports have “held steady” and government spending has “remained […]

NASA is seeking a faster, cheaper way to bring Mars samples to Earth

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s plan to bring samples from Mars back to Earth is on hold until there’s a faster, cheaper way, space agency officials said Monday. Retrieving Mars soil and rocks has been on NASA’s to-do list for decades, but the date kept moving forward, as costs ballooned. A recent independent review […]