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Under Tim Cook, Apple attained $4.6 trillion market capitalisation, built an efficient supply chain network that sold over three billion iPhones, and effectively stewarded Steve Jobs’ legacy. While Mr. Cook’s era will be remembered for scale and operational efficiency, those twin markers of growth could not have been accomplished without an underlying solid product line-up….
Iran attacks U.S. targets despite Trump threats Iran attacked U.S. military bases in Kuwait, despite President Donald Trump threatening further strikes in a fresh flare-up six months into the war. Mr. Trump said his military was prepared to attack Iran “any time we want” after extensive U.S. bombardment of sites across the country left at…
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Much like Odysseus and his crew visiting islands in search of replenishments during their voyage back home after the Trojan War, the USS Abraham Lincoln, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier in the U.S. Navy, arrived in Thailand on Wednesday (September 2, 2026) for a pit stop during its journey home. The entry of the carrier into…
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The company said the layoffs were aimed at making the platform “simpler and faster” [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS Ride-hailing giant Uber will be laying off around 10 percent of its staff as part of “significant organizational changes,” CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said in a message to employees released on Wednesday. “Today, we’re making a number of…
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A motorcade believed to be carrying former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, arrives at the Metropolitan Detention Center. | Photo Credit: AP Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife asked a judge on Wednesday (September 2, 2026) to dismiss the drug trafficking indictment against them on the grounds that they…
The one-year restriction, which impacts nearly 600,000 public school pupils through eighth grade, will be closely watched across the United States [File] | Photo Credit: AP New York is banning student use of artificial intelligence until high school, the city’s mayor announced Wednesday, in a move designed to protect children’s education and mental health. The…
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People walk by The New York Times building in Manhattan, New York City. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Trump administration is wading into a legal fight between OpenAI and the New York Times, backing the ChatGPT-maker’s argument in a closely watched case over how it builds its AI technology by ingesting and processing millions of…
India on Wednesday (September 2) delivered a fifth tranche of over five tonnes of essential medicines to flood-ravaged Nepal, alongside an 11-member rescue team. The death toll from last week’s flash floods in Nepal has risen to over 1,000 after rescue workers recovered more bodies from affected areas, according to Nepalese authorities. While emergency teams…
Police respond to a shooting in downtown Minneapolis on September 2, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Two people have died and several more were injured, including three police officers, when a gunman opened fire in the U.S. city of Minneapolis on Wednesday (September 2, 2027), police said. The suspect was also dead, Garrett Parten, a…
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Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin. File | Photo Credit: AP A U.S. Coast Guard-operated Gulfstream V jet carrying Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin safely diverted to Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday (September 2, 2026) after suffering an engine failure. The pilot declared an emergency after the right engine failed on a flight from Atlanta…
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