5+ hour, 28+ min ago   (605+ words) Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre immediately criticized the initiative, accusing the prime minister of being out of touch with Canadian interests. "We will NEVER be the 51st U.S. state," Poilievre said in a social media post. "And we will NEVER be the 28th EU…...

5+ hour, 40+ min ago   (622+ words) Syria's central bank governor Mohammad Safwat Raslan attended a ceremony in Damascus on Sunday as QNB Syria launched the country's first locally issued electronic payment card on the Mastercard network, reconnecting the nation's banking sector to global financial systems after…...

13+ hour, 5+ min ago   (607+ words) Trump separately addressed preparations for a bilateral summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping scheduled for Sept. 24, rejecting speculation that Beijing might cancel the high-level meeting. "No, I have with him great relationship. He wants to get along and we want…...

13+ hour, 10+ min ago   (618+ words) "Damascus and Ankara have made progress that surpasses all other bilateral relationships," he said, pointing to the signing of around 40 agreements and memorandums of understanding that have established institutional links between 22 Syrian ministries and their Turkish counterparts. Shaibani added that…...

18+ hour, 6+ min ago   (562+ words) US technology giant Google has assembled a senior team of hardware engineers and industry executives in Israel to develop a new artificial intelligence chip for robotics and autonomous systems, recruiting former leaders from chipmakers Hailo and NVIDIA to drive the…...

18+ hour, 8+ min ago   (695+ words) Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian warned at the 18th BRICS Plus Summit on Sunday that US and Israeli military operations have proven economic resilience is "unsustainable" without guaranteed security, stating that attacks on critical infrastructure inevitably carry consequences that extend far beyond…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (603+ words) Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday called on the expanded BRICS coalition to safeguard "stable and unimpeded" global supply chains as the US-Israeli war with Iran disrupts shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, telling the 18th BRICS Leaders' Summit in New…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (413+ words) Türkiye hosts GITEX AI summit to drive $10B tech investment The two-day GITEX AI summit opens in Istanbul on Wednesday with more than 350 global and local firms showcasing Türkiye’s artificial intelligence infrastructure, as Ankara targets $10 billion in private-sector investments and 1 gigawatt…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (553+ words) The expanded grouping now represents approximately 49.5 percent of the world's population, 40 percent of global GDP and 26 percent of global trade, according to figures cited by the organization. The last summit was held in Rio de Janeiro in 2025. Global South confidence…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (507+ words) Xi urges BRICS to keep supply chains 'stable, unimpeded' Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday urged expanded BRICS members and partner countries to maintain "stable and unimpeded" supply chains amid disruptions to the Strait of Hormuz, calling the Global South…...