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SQM has entered a preliminary agreement to form a joint venture with state-owned copper producer Codelco, a deal that would fulfil President Gabriel Boric’s mandate that strategic lithium projects should begin as or shift to public-private partnerships. The joint venture risks diluting Tianqi’s current interests in SQM’s lithium business, and cutting it out of further possible access to the quality lithium resources.
“I have seen four different schemes or proposals to circumvent what many “I have seen four different schemes or proposals to circumvent what many other jurists or lawyers — including in some administrations in this country — regard as a very serious legal obstacle that can be construed as a violation of the legal international order.” She added that work was “ongoing” on the proposals.
The other day I met a British academic who said something about artificial intelligence that made my jaw drop.
The number of students using AI tools like ChatGPT to write their The number of students using AI tools like ChatGPT to write their papers was a much bigger problem than the public was being told, this person said.
Chinese ecommerce group PDD Holdings has reported a more than doubling of quarterly revenues, hailing 2023 as a “pivotal” year during which its ultra-cheap shopping site Temu turbocharged growth
Nasdaq-listed PDD, which owns the fast-growing marketplace Nasdaq-listed PDD, which owns the fast-growing marketplace Temu that is making waves in the US and Europe, on Wednesday reported revenues of Rmb89bn ($ 12bn) for the three months to December, a 123 per cent increase from the previous year and far above analysts’ estimates.
Privately held German pharma group Boehringer Ingelheim and Zealand Pharma’s survodutide treatment had a “statistically significant improvement” for 83 per cent of patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), compared with a placebo, after a 48-week, mid-stage trial.
An alleged Ponzi scheme run by a Harvard MBA who solicited money from fellow alumni of the prestigious US business school has been shut down by a New York court after collecting more than $ 2.9mn.
Microsoft has struck a deal with French artificial intelligence start-up Mistral as it seeks to broaden its involvement in the fast-growing industry beyond OpenAI.
Microsoft, OpenAI are Nvidia are among the investors backing a Silicon Valley start-up that aims to introduce artificial intelligence-powered humanoid robots to the workforce and transform the global labour market.
Rising sales of hybrid cars helped Toyota beat estimates in the third quarter as the world’s largest automaker raised full-year profit forecasts and provided further vindication of its bet on the technology.
His comments will add to pressure on Ivy League colleges to reform preferential admissions, which a lawsuit before the Supreme Court last year revealed accounted for about 30 per cent of Harvard’s undergraduate intake. The policy is not used by its prestigious neighbour MIT, but has so far only been abandoned by a handful of other leading colleges including Johns Hopkins.
Texas is battling the largest wildfire in the history of the state and the second largest on record in the US, as a series of blazes ripped across the state’s north-west in unusually dry conditions after a warm winter.
Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg has asked a court to prevent Donald Trump from publicly disparaging jurors, witnesses, lawyers or court staff in the lead-up to his criminal trial next month.
Dozens of Palestinians were killed on Thursday during a chaotic attempt to get humanitarian aid into northern Gaza, during which Israeli forces opened fire on civilians.
Russian officials have refused to tell Alexei Navalny’s family the probable cause of his death or whereabouts of his body, which the late opposition activist’s team claims is a Kremlin-orchestrated cover-up.
New York attorney-general Letitia James said Thursday her office had secured New York attorney-general Letitia James said Thursday her office had secured the court order to freeze funds controlled by Vladimir Artamonov, after being alerted of the suicide of one of his clients who lost $ 100,000.
The Smokehouse Creek fire, which broke out on The Smokehouse Creek fire, which broke out on Monday, had spread to cover almost 1.1mn acres on Thursday, surpassing the massive East Amarillo Complex fire in 2006, which scorched almost 1mn acres.
Ministers remain in talks with Britain’s second-largest steelmaker, Chinese-owned British Steel, which operates two **blast furnaces** at its site in Scunthorpe, over a separate funding package.
Rightwing populists in the shape of Donald Trump and Italian premier Giorgia Meloni were quick to offer congratulations to Milei, the **mop**-haired television economist who beat economy minister Sergio Massa by a convincing 11 percentage points.
For Israel, October 7 2023 is a date that will live in **infamy**.
OpenAI’s release of its ChatGPT chatbot a year ago **touched off** an AI boom that has drawn billions of dollars in investment and spawned dozens of start-ups.
The crowd was behaving like gamblers at a **racetrack**, betting on spring foals.
Emissions need to be cut by 43 per cent by 2030 to keep to the 1.5C warming threshold at which scientists expect **irreversible** changes to the planet to occur, but have continued to rise annually instead.
UK gilts rallied sharply on Tuesday as traders seized on comments from a senior Bank of England policymaker suggesting it may be willing to consider interest rate cuts in the middle of next year.
Turkey has raised $ 2.5bn in its first deal on the dollar bond market since April as the country’s broad economic policy shift lures back investors who abandoned Turkish assets in recent years.
We’ve become bored of used to the perpetual prospect that self-inflicted political ineptitude in the Land of the Free might take the world’s ultimate ‘safe asset’ into default. Yes, this could wreak havoc and devastation across the financial system, bring about the end of days, etc etc.
Oil prices tumbled to the lowest in more than three months on Tuesday, reversing all gains made since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, with hedge funds betting that the conflict will not draw in oil-rich neighbouring countries.
Brussels has called on several member states to stop subsidising companies’ and households’ energy costs, claiming the measures to curb the crisis triggered by Ukraine war soon risked breaching EU budget guidelines.
Christine Lagarde has said it is too early to “start declaring victory” in the European Central Bank’s push to tame inflation, calling for rate-setters — and markets — to “allow some time” to see how fast disinflationary forces take effect.
Under the potential agreement, which was first reported by Bloomberg, Binance co-founder and chief executive Changpeng Zhao may also face criminal charges, the person added.
The US Department of Justice is seeking more than $ 4bn from Binance to settle a criminal investigation that has ensnared the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange and its co-founder.
An artificial intelligence “hit squad” unit will be set up at the heart of Whitehall with a remit to shrink the size of the UK civil service and bolster public sector productivity.
The Bank of England governor warned on Monday it was too early to declare victory over inflation even after the weaker price growth reported this month, as he predicted UK monetary policy will have to stay restrictive for “quite some time yet”.
JPMorgan Chase chief executive Jamie Dimon hit out again at a variety of proposed new US bank regulations, telling lawmakers that the rules risked hurting low-income customers and would add more risks to the financial system.
The global economy is on track for its worst half-decade of growth in 30 years, the World Bank has warned in its latest projections for 2024, as higher borrowing costs and geopolitical tensions weigh on output.
Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has called on Boeing to improve quality control, warning his airline’s profits will fall and fares will rise because of manufacturing issues plaguing the US group and its rival Airbus.
Ford lost $1.3bn in operating earnings due to the United Auto Workers’ strike of nearly six weeks, the company said on Thursday, a day after striking a deal with the union.
Qatar sentenced eight Indian former naval officers to death on Thursday after finding them guilty of spying on the Gulf state’s submarine programme for Israel.
The government will also spend to **blunt** the pain of inflation, such as by increasing pensions for elderly people and benefits for the poor, and it is forgoing €6bn of potential revenue by pegging income tax thresholds to inflation.
TikTok Shop has been slow to attract consumers in western markets but it has gained huge **traction** in south-east Asia, especially in Indonesia and Vietnam, where social shopping habits are more developed
One senior Biden administration official said the idea of boosting co-operation among Atlantic littoral countries **predated** Ukraine war, and reflected a recognition that countries in the north and south Atlantic had for too long been treated as “separate entities”.
"The choice of these five new sports is in line with the American sports culture and will showcase iconic American sports to the world, while bringing international sports to the United States. These sports will make the Olympic Games LA28 unique," said IOC President Thomas Bach. "Their inclusion will allow the Olympic Movement to engage with new athlete and fan communities in the US and globally."
Cricket and baseball/softball will return to the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028, after the 141st International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session approved the proposal on Monday. Flag football, lacrosse and squash will also feature at Los Angeles 2028 as additional sports.
A privately owned high-speed passenger train service launched Friday between Florida’s two biggest tourist hubs. The Brightline train is a $5 billion bet by owner Fortress Investment Group that eventually 8 million people annually will take the 3.5-hour, 378-kilometer trip between Miami and Orlando — about 30 minutes less than the average drive.
Voters in two German states used a pair of regional elections on Sunday to chastise the three parties in chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition, as projections showed an upsurge in support for the radical right.
Opening the media kit reveals its considerate contents. In the category of lifestyle essentials, there are insulated cups, silk U-shaped pillows, and a towel. Additionally, the media kit includes a mascot toy, Cheng Cheng (randomly selected from three designs); a commemorative badge of the games in Hangzhou; an exquisite aromatic sachet infused with the essence of Song Dynasty culture; and to facilitate the work of media journalists, the kit also contains a notebook and a pen.
At The 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, the Asian Games Organizing Committee has also prepared media kits for journalists. According to Xinhua News Agency, after journalists "unboxed" the kits, they discovered that everything, from the backpack itself to the contents inside, including memorabilia, lifestyle essentials, and media work supplies, were all "Made in Zhejiang."
Four years after its production, director Zhang Yimou's film "Under the Light" is now set to release on September 28th, during the Mid-Autumn Festival.This film features an impressive cast of veteran actors, including Lei Jiayin, Zhang Guoli, and Yu Hewei. This combination of such esteemed actors and Zhang has garnered significant attention. As of September 11th, the total number of viewers interested in the film on both the Maoyan and Taopiaopiao platforms has reached 270,000.Based on the theme of combating corruption and crime, the movie revolves around the investigation of a complex criminal case with far-reaching implications. The story follows Su Jianming (played by Lei Jiayin) and Li Huilin (played by Zhou Dongyu) as they join forces to uncover hidden threats and powerful organizations and groups.
In the first half of 2023, China's film industry has seen a surge in hit movies, delivering both critical acclaim and box office success.As the summer season gives way to the National Day holiday film season, the second half of the year promises a cinematic spectacle with ten highly anticipated releases.