European stocks set to rise amid U.S-Iran ceasefire uncertainty
Shares in Europe are set to open higher on Friday as the fragile ceasefire between the U.S. and Europe continues…
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China faces possible inflationary spillovers, though its massive strategic stockpiling onshore and diversified sources of energy provided some cushion.
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Ceasefire or no ceasefire, the Middle East’s reshuffling is not yet done
Both sides have reason to end the war but share no common ground.
Meta Superintelligence Lab Releases Muse Spark: A Multimodal Reasoning Model With Thought Compression and Parallel Agents
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Israel to hold direct talks with Lebanon but no ceasefire, Netanyahu says
Lebanese officials had called for a ceasefire before talks begin.
Meta’s long-awaited AI model is finally here. But can it make money?
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Understanding Amazon Bedrock model lifecycle
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The future of managing agents at scale: AWS Agent Registry now in preview
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‘Endless fears’: Even if fighting stops, the damage to Iran’s children will endure
The BBC has been able to obtain testimony from parents and those trying to help children deal with the distress…
The Strait of Hormuz is not open as Iran controls access after ceasefire, UAE oil CEO says
Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber demanded a full reopening of the strait, warning that the oil supply disruption will increase if…
Introducing stateful MCP client capabilities on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime
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Israeli strikes in Lebanon ‘grave violation’ of ceasefire, Iran minister tells BBC
Iran’s deputy foreign minister says the US must choose between ‘war and ceasefire’.
‘Weeks, if not months’: Strait of Hormuz tanker traffic won’t normalize anytime soon
Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has yet to see a meaningful rebound and this could continue for weeks, warn…
Britain to call for toll-free Strait of Hormuz, says Lebanon must be part of Iran ceasefire
In an annual foreign policy speech, Cooper is expected to say that shipping must be toll-free through the strategically vital…
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Trump criticises Nato as alliance chief describes meeting as ‘very frank’
The US president says Nato “wasn’t there when we needed them” during the Iran war.
Google AI Research Introduces PaperOrchestra: A Multi-Agent Framework for Automated AI Research Paper Writing
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‘Poorly run, piece of ice’: Trump targets Greenland again as Iran war deepens NATO rift
Trump has set his eyes on Greenland again while venting frustration at NATO, as the diplomatic fallout from Iran war…
A Comprehensive Implementation Guide to ModelScope for Model Search, Inference, Fine-Tuning, Evaluation, and Export
In this tutorial, we explore ModelScope through a practical, end-to-end workflow that runs smoothly on Colab. We begin by setting…
Customize Amazon Nova models with Amazon Bedrock fine-tuning
Today, we’re sharing how Amazon Bedrock makes it straightforward to customize Amazon Nova models for your specific business needs. As…
U.S. has violated ceasefire agreement, Iran parliamentary speaker says
The two-week ceasefire agreement between the U.S. and Iran appeared at risk of unravelling less than a day after it…
First ships pass Strait of Hormuz since Trump-Iran ceasefire, but traffic remains low amid confusion
Iran is reportedly planning to demand that shipping firms pay tolls in cryptocurrency to let their oil tankers through the…
Trump threatens tariffs of 50% on countries ‘supplying military weapons to Iran’
President Donald Trump says the U.S. will impose tariffs of 50% on goods imported to the country from any nation…
A fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire sparks market relief — but no clear path to lasting peace
The fragile ceasefire agreement is likely to face significant challenges, analysts told CNBC, citing a significant trust deficit on both…
Z.AI Introduces GLM-5.1: An Open-Weight 754B Agentic Model That Achieves SOTA on SWE-Bench Pro and Sustains 8-Hour Autonomous Execution
Z.AI, the AI platform developed by the team behind the GLM model family, has released GLM-5.1 — its next-generation flagship…
U.S.-Iran ceasefire relief rally lifts global assets as oil plunges below $100
A 2-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran sparked a broad-based relief rally across risk assets, and even buoying traditional…
Iran ceasefire deal a partial win for Trump – but at a high cost
The path to the two-week ceasefire with Iran may have fundamentally altered the way the rest of the world views…
How to Combine Google Search, Google Maps, and Custom Functions in a Single Gemini API Call With Context Circulation, Parallel Tool IDs, and Multi-Step Agentic Chains
In this tutorial, we explore the latest Gemini API tooling updates Google announced in March 2026, specifically the ability to…
Trump suspends Iran attack for two weeks, subject to Hormuz Strait opening
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had asked Trump for a two-week delay of his Iran deadline, and for the Strait…
Manage AI costs with Amazon Bedrock Projects
As organizations scale their AI workloads on Amazon Bedrock, understanding what’s driving spending becomes critical. Teams might need to perform…
Tracking recent US-Israeli strikes on Iranian infrastructure
Attacks have targeted bridges, steel plants and pharmaceutical facilities, verified videos show.
Building real-time conversational podcasts with Amazon Nova 2 Sonic
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One gunman killed and two injured in shooting at Israeli consulate in Istanbul
No Israeli diplomats are currently in Turkey and the Istanbul consulate has been empty for the past two-and-a-half years.
Trump warns Iran’s ‘whole civilization will die tonight’ unless deal struck
The near closure of the Strait of Hormuz since the war began has led to a historic oil supply shock,…
JD Vance arrives in Hungary to back Orbán’s re-election bid
The US vice-president’s visit is the latest show of White House support for the Hungarian leader.
Australia’s most-decorated living soldier charged over alleged war crimes
Ben Roberts-Smith, who denies all wrongdoing, previously lost a landmark defamation case over the alleged murders.
Universal Music stock rises 10% after Pershing Square’s $64 billion takeover proposal
Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square said Universal Music’s stock price has “languished” due to a range of issues that can be…
European stocks tick higher as Iran war deadline unsettles markets
European stocks opened higher on Tuesday as investors brace themselves ahead of President Trump’s deadline for Iran to open the…
Clock ticks on Trump’s Iran ultimatum with little sign of breakthrough
The US president is in a delicate political position as the final hours to Tuesday’s deadline for Iran to open…
Meta AI Releases EUPE: A Compact Vision Encoder Family Under 100M Parameters That Rivals Specialist Models Across Image Understanding, Dense Prediction, and VLM Tasks
Running powerful AI on your smartphone isn’t just a hardware problem — it’s a model architecture problem. Most state-of-the-art vision…
Oil prices rise as Trump reaffirms Tuesday deadline for bombarding Iran’s power plants, bridges
Crude prices ticked higher after Trump repeated the Tuesday deadline for escalating attacks on Iran’s power plants and bridges.
Trump threatens to take out Iran in ‘one night’ if no deal before deadline
The US president wants Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global energy route, before his Tuesday deadline.
An Implementation Guide to Running NVIDIA Transformer Engine with Mixed Precision, FP8 Checks, Benchmarking, and Fallback Execution
In this tutorial, we implement an advanced, practical implementation of the NVIDIA Transformer Engine in Python, focusing on how mixed-precision…
‘We’re sinking deeper’: Iranians brace for infrastructure strikes as Trump deadline nears
Ordinary Iranians respond to the US president’s threat to destroy Iran’s power plants and bridges unless it opens the Strait…
Build AI-powered employee onboarding agents with Amazon Quick
Enterprises often struggle to onboard new team members at scale. Human resources (HR) teams spend time on manual tasks that…
XRP Headed For A Price Shock, Japan’s Financial Heavyweight Says
A 10 billion yen blockchain bond launched earlier this year by SBI Holdings may say more about Japan’s XRP ambitions…
The 40 minutes when the Artemis crew loses contact with the Earth
As the astronauts pass behind the Moon they will experience a moment of silence and solitude as communication with the…