BRASILIA (Reuters) – Antonio Delfim Netto, one of Brazil’s most prominent economists who was the economics tsar of the military government in the 1970s and 1980s, died on Monday at the age of 96. His office said he died after a week in hospital “due to complications in his health …

A SERIES of economic, trade and cultural celebrations will be held at the newly completed Sunshine Central in Air Itam, Penang, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Malaysia and China. Suiwah Corporation Bhd managing director Datuk Hwang Thean Long said a Chinese product expo would also be …

VIENNA (Reuters) – Austrian advocacy group NOYB on Monday filed a complaint against social media platform X accusing the Elon Musk-owned company of training its artificial intelligence (AI) with users’ personal data without their consent in violation of EU privacy law. The group led by privacy activist Max Schrems announced …

In 2019, Sanchali Pal decided she’d had enough of spreadsheets. For six years, the former consultant had been using Excel to manually track the carbon emissions of her purchases, a routine she says saved her about US$2,000 a year by encouraging more secondhand shopping, fewer flights and less meat consumption. …

The death of former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki on Aug 9 highlighted her key role in one of Silicon Valley’s most legendary origin stories. When Larry Page and Sergey Brin started Google in 1998, they rented out Wojcicki’s Palo Alto garage to use as a “worldwide headquarters”. During a 2014 …

PARIS, Aug 11 — From a colourful, sometimes controversial opening ceremony to boxers caught up in a gender row to respectful bows on the gymnastics podium, the 2024 Olympics served up many memorable moments. AFP Sport looks at 10 of the best: Rain on opening ceremony parade — Organisers promised …

LONDON: The “victory selfies” being captured by athletes on the podium at the Paris Olympics have sparked a spike in sales of the foldable phone being used to take them, phone maker Samsung said. The technology giant is a long-term Olympic partner, and for this year’s Games is offering those …

SOUTHPORT, England (Reuters) – The parents of one of three girls murdered at a Taylor Swift-themed event in northern England last month called for an end to the nationwide rioting that followed their deaths at an emotional funeral for their young daughter. Alice da Silva Aguiar, 9, and two other …