SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Tech firms huge and small will converge in Shanghai this weekend to showcase their artificial intelligence innovations and support China's booming AI sector as it faces U.S. sanctions.
Chinese companies from heavy hitters Huawei and Alibaba to ambitious startups will dominate the two-day World AI Conference, but Western names like Tesla, Alphabet and Amazon will also participate.
Chinese Premier Li Qiang will address the... (continue reading...)
By Leika Kihara
TOKYO (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's trade deal with Tokyo opens scope for the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates again this year, sources say, a prospect the central bank may start to telegraph by offering a less gloomy view on the economic outlook.
But a near-term rate hike is hardly a done deal with the timing dependent on whether the economy can withstand the impact of U.S. tariffs, said four sources familiar... (continue reading...)
By Casey Hall and Sophie Yu
SHANGHAI/BEIJING(Reuters) -China's largest e-commerce platforms show no signs of halting an "instant retail" price war unusual in its resilience to state criticism, indicating the almost existential importance placed on instant retail as the future of e-commerce.
Their fight in instant retail, where delivery can be as quick as half an hour, risks the wrath of authorities not averse to crackdowns and wary that... (continue reading...)
By Shoon Naing and Artorn Pookasook
SURIN, Thailand (Reuters) -Thailand and Cambodia exchanged heavy artillery fire on Friday as their worst fighting in more than a decade stretched for a second day, despite calls from the region and beyond for an immediate ceasefire in an escalating border conflict that has killed at least 16 people.
Thailand's military reported clashes from before dawn in the Ubon Ratchathani and Surin provinces and said... (continue reading...)
HANOI (Reuters) -At least nine people, including children, were killed in central Vietnam when a bus crashed early on Friday, the government said.
The accident, which took place at 1:45 a.m. in the central province of Ha Tinh, left another 16 injured, the government said in a statement.
Traffic accidents are common in Vietnam, with road crashes killing 5,024 people in the first half of this year, down from 5,343 in the same period of 2024,... (continue reading...)
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