Mount Ruang erupted spectacularly last month and has been spewing ash that forced nearby airports to close and flights to be cancelled.
The outlay, to be done over the next four years, doubles the investment of subsidiary Amazon Web Services in the city state.
US chip maker Nvidia is investing in Wayve Technologies, joining a US$1.05 billion funding round for the UK start-up that wants to get its autonomous-driving technology into cars.
Apple is developing a chip to run AI tools on servers, but it is unclear if the tech giant will deploy it, The Wall Street Journal reported.
New law will require people lobbying on behalf of a foreign government to register that activity publicly. A public inquiry is looking into allegations China meddled in Canadian elections.
A tank-destroying drone known for helping Ukraine push back on Russian advances is getting a major infusion of support.
The hike highlights Saudi Arabia’s efforts to keep the market tight amid fading war risk in the Middle East, which has helped drive oil prices in London lower.
Rishi Sunak is facing calls to consider policies including an immigration cap and a withdrawal from the European Court of Human Rights, even though the prime minister has urged the party to ‘stick to the plan’ ahead of a general election expected in the second half of the year.
China International Capital Corp is planning to demote some of its senior bankers and cut their pay, people with knowledge of the matter said, an unusual move that could lead to voluntary departures.
Giving in to Hamas would be a huge victory for the group and Iran, and project a ‘terrible weakness’, PM Netanyahu said, while also ordering the closure of ‘incitement’ news channel Al Jazeera.
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said the two issues were part of an ‘integrated vision’ for peace in the Middle East and could not be disentangled.
With summer now approaching, Palestinians and relief organisations are increasingly concerned about people living in makeshift shelters that intensify heat rather than protect people from it.
US defence chief Lloyd Austin said the grouping would look at undertaking more maritime drills, as well as providing greater security assistance to Manila.
Huawei is the sole funder of a research competition that has attracted hundreds of proposals from scientists, including those at top US universities.
US lawyers representing young people and their families allege that the overseas version of TikTok protects children in China in ways that the US version does not.
Foreign Minister Winston Peters said Wellington do not want to see developments that ‘destabilise’ the region’s security.
Speaking at Trump’s hush money trial, lawyer Keith Davidson testified about his concern that he may have helped the businessman win the White House.
The outages came two days after Singapore’s financial regulator announced an end to the six-month ban on non-essential activities it had imposed on the country’s biggest bank.
A return of Chinese travellers, who spent almost US$248 billion on trips abroad in 2019 before the pandemic, is key to filling a big hole in the global travel industry.
The United States and Saudi Arabia are said to be nearing a pact that would offer the kingdom security guarantees and lay out a possible pathway to diplomatic ties with Israel if it brings the war in Gaza to an end.
TikTok reported that more than 500,000 merchants were selling to US users on its app at the end of 2023, more than double the number from three months earlier, as the service stepped up its e-commerce effort.
To go to market with Tesla’s Full Self-Driving system, Elon Musk had no choice but to join a Chinese partner for a mapping licence on the mainland.
Twitch, the live-streaming platform known for video game content, has launched Discovery Feed, allowing users to scroll through short clips from longer videos.
Manila’s defence chief said the Philippines has a ‘range of options’ to counter China, signalling that he wants maritime operations to be ‘less telegraphic’.
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Indonesia has offered the island of Bali and the nation’s new capital Nusantara as potential locations for Microsoft’s new research facility and data centre.
But applications from foreigners for higher-skilled employment passes have picked up in line with improved business expectations, said a report released on Tuesday.
Bangkok’s heat index – a measure of how hot it feels like when humidity is taken into account – was listed as above 52 degrees Celsius (125 degrees Fahrenheit) on Tuesday.
The US and its allies are concerned that the International Criminal Court may issue arrest warrants for Israeli officials just as the country is getting closer to a ceasefire agreement with Hamas, potentially jeopardising a deal.
Regulators who want to get a grip on an emerging generation of artificially intelligent killing machines may not have much time left to do so, governments have been warned.
