By Casey Hall and Sophie Yu SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Sales fell for the first time ever at China’s blowout mid-year e-commerce sales festival as consumers remain cautious about spending as the economy sputters, according to third-party data estimates released on Wednesday. Combined gross merchandise volume (GMV), a widely used proxy for e-commerce sales, reached 742.8 billion…
By Guy Faulconbridge and Josh Smith MOSCOW/SEOUL (Reuters) – Vladimir Putin, on his first visit to North Korea in 24 years, signed a mutual defence pledge with Kim Jong Un on Wednesday, underscoring just how far Russia has recast its relations with the only country to test a nuclear weapon this century. Putin, who is…
(Reuters) – Dell Technologies is assembling half of the racks for the supercomputer that xAI is building, billionaire Elon Musk said in a post on social media platform X on Wednesday. The U.S. businessman has recently told investors that his artificial intelligence startup xAI is planning to build a supercomputer to power the next version…
By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) – Urgent action must be taken in the Red Sea to stop attacks on merchant shipping by Yemen’s Houthis, leading industry groups said on Wednesday, after the sinking of a second ship. Iran-aligned Houthi militants first launched drone and missile strikes on the important trade route in November in what…
