BRIMLEY — The Bay Mills and Sault Ste. Marie tribes hosted First Lady Jill Biden and Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff at Bay Mills Community College on Thursday to talk about the importance of investing in local communities. Biden and Emhoff were joined on stage by Bay Mills Indian Community President Whitney Gravelle, Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians […]
(Bloomberg) — Snowflake Inc. is in talks to acquire startup Reka AI for more than $1 billion, expanding the software maker’s effort to offer generative AI capabilities, according to people familiar with the matter. Most Read from Bloomberg Reka AI makes large language models — software trained on massive swaths of the internet that can […]
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The government of South Sudan and rebel opposition groups on Thursday signed a “commitment declaration” for peace during high-level mediation talks in Kenya, described as key step in efforts to end the conflict in South Sudan that has long crippled its economy. The content of the agreement was not made public […]
Chances of restarting formal talks to mend Cyprus’ decades-long ethnic division appeared dimmer on Wednesday as the leader of the breakaway Turkish Cypriots told a UN envoy that he saw no common ground with Greek Cypriots for a return to negotiations. Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said that he conveyed to the UN secretary general’s […]
Tiger Woods admitted there was a “long way to go” to complete a peace deal in golf’s civil war and hinted that his part in the process could rule him out of being Ryder Cup captain in 2025. Negotiations between the PGA Tour, DP World and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund – which bankrolls LIV […]
Wawa unveiled the new store design that the company is planning to bring to the Wilmington area on May 14, 2024. The Philadelphia-based convenience store chain has an expansive vision for North Carolina, according to officials with the company. On Tuesday, Wawa hosted the first of a three-stop Community Partnership Tour in Wilmington to share […]
By Alexander Cornwell DUBAI (Reuters) – Negotiations between China and an Arab bloc for a free trade agreement have stalled over concerns by Saudi Arabia that cheap Chinese imports could undermine its ambitions to transform the kingdom into an industrial powerhouse, sources say. Saudi Arabia has backed renewed efforts over the past two years for […]
Moscow/Beijing – Following the start of his fifth term in office, Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to China this week for his first foreign visit. The Kremlin leader is expected to arrive in Beijing on Thursday at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping and stay until Friday, China’s state news agency Xinhua reported. […]
GENEVA (AP) — Top envoys from the U.S. and China huddled in closed-door talks in Geneva on Tuesday to lay out their national approaches to the promise and perils of emerging artificial intelligence technology. The talks, which Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping agreed to launch in last 2023, are meant to open up bilateral […]
Following the start of his fifth term in office, Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to China this week for a rare visit abroad and his first official trip to a foreign country as part of his new tenure. The Kremlin leader is expected to arrive in Beijing on Thursday at the invitation of Chinese […]
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Protests against price hikes continued for the fourth day in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir with demonstrators clashing with police, officials said Monday, while government talks began with the International Monetary Fund in pursuit of billions of dollars in new support. The violence that has gripped the region since Friday has left at least […]
ISTANBUL (AP) — Greece’s leader arrived in Turkey’s capital on Monday for talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as both countries pursue a normalization program and seek to put aside decades-old disputes. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was welcomed by Erdogan and a military guard of honor at the presidential palace in Ankara before the […]