53+ min ago   (296+ words) HONG KONG, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Beijing-based artificial intelligence company Z.AI Co Ltd raised a total of $5 billion from a Hong Kong share placement of ​about $2 billion and a concurrent convertible bond sale ‌of about $3 billion, the company said in a…...

35+ min ago   (138+ words) VILNIUS, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Lithuania closed Vilnius airport on Sunday and ​NATO summoned at ‌least one fighter jet in response to a possible sighting of a drone in Lithuanian ‌airspace, ​the country’s National ⁠Crisis Management Centre ⁠said. The air alert was…...

36+ min ago   (160+ words) Sept 13 (Reuters) – GE HealthCare Technologies is in talks over a possible $1 billion deal to buy ​radiopharmaceutical developer Sofie Biosciences, ‌the Financial Times reported on Sunday citing people familiar with the matter. • A deal for ‌Sofie, ​which specializes in radioactive chemicals…...

40+ min ago   (409+ words) BUDAPEST, Sept 13 (Reuters) – World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said on Sunday that the governing body’s position on the exclusion of Russian athletes had not changed ahead of an upcoming Court of Arbitration for ​Sport case, while acknowledging the need for…...

1+ hour, 53+ min ago   (520+ words) KYIV/MOSCOW Sept 13 (Reuters) – Russia attacked a truck near Ukraine’s border with Poland, Polish and Ukrainian officials said on Sunday, the latest strike to hit areas near NATO as Moscow and Kyiv intensify their long-distance strikes to try to shift…...

1+ hour, 38+ min ago   (292+ words) ISTANBUL, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Turkish authorities have detained 26 people and searched the offices of six LGBTQ+ associations in a series of raids that followed allegations ​of prostitution and obscenity, prosecutors said. The crackdown is ‌part of a campaign that the government…...

1+ hour, 50+ min ago   (517+ words) BUDAPEST, Sept 13 (Reuters) – World Athletics president Sebastian Coe believes his sport has spent too long asking spectators to wait, and he points to the new Ultimate Championship as evidence of how athletics can move faster to attract younger audiences. The…...

1+ hour, 50+ min ago   (377+ words) TORONTO, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Actor Mahershala Ali was excited when he got a call from filmmaker Bassam Tariq about playing a three-dimensional character in a film in which his weapon of choice ​was a blade. This time, it was not a…...

2+ hour, 46+ min ago   (191+ words) KYIV, Sept 13 (Reuters) – A Russian drone struck near the Ukrainian-Polish border in the small town of Yahodyn overnight, ​Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha ‌said on Sunday. The minister corrected his earlier statement saying the drone struck on the border crossing…...

3+ hour, 11+ min ago   (525+ words) (Corrects spelling of headline tag) NEW DELHI, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping unveiled on Sunday initiatives in areas ranging from AI to trade to deepen cooperation among the “Greater BRICS” emerging economies, as Beijing seeks to weld the grouping…...