By Mohammad Yunus Yawar
KABUL (Reuters) - A helicopter used by the Afghan air force crashed as it attempted an emergency landing in central Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing one person and injuring 12, the defence ministry said.
The Mi17 aircraft encountered "technical issues" as it attempted to recover the bodies of people who had fallen into a river in the central Ghor province, Afghanistan's Taliban-run Ministry of National Defence... (continue reading...)
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The euro zone economy grew by 0.3% in the first quarter of the year, suggesting a slow recovery is now underway after six straight quarters of stagnant or negative growth, Eurostat said on Wednesday, confirming a preliminary estimate.
In the previous quarter, however, growth was confirmed at minus 0.1%, indicating that the bloc was in recession, as many economists had long predicted.
The economy shrank by 0.1% in... (continue reading...)
By David Shepardson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. senators, including Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, called on Wednesday for a big jump in government research funding of artificial intelligence as they debate new legal safeguards.
Generative AI - which can create text, photos and videos in response to open-ended prompts - has spurred excitement as well as fears that it could make some jobs obsolete, upend elections and... (continue reading...)
By Nick Carey
LONDON (Reuters) - Chinese electric vehicle maker Aiways will go public via a merger with U.S. special purpose acquisition company Hudson Acquistion Corp in a deal that should value the company around $400 million, the two companies said.
The deal is a lifeline for Aiways, which halted production at its Shangrao plant last summer as a fierce EV price war in China squeezed automakers' margins. The company is among a group of... (continue reading...)
BERLIN/ZURICH (Reuters) -Germany's Siemens will sell its Innomotics large motors and drives division to financial investor KPS Capital Partners for 3 billion euros ($3.25 billion), business daily Handelsblatt reported on Wednesday, citing financial sources.
Siemens will announce the deal on Thursday along with its financial results, said Handelsblatt.
Siemens declined to comment on the report.
KPS primarily invests in industrial... (continue reading...)
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