April 7 (Reuters) – Efforts to facilitate talks between the U.S. and Iran are still ongoing, two Pakistani sources with knowledge of the discussions told Reuters on Tuesday, as U.S. strikes on Iran intensified and President Donald Trump’s deadline to unleash “hell” neared. One of the sources, a senior security official, said Iran’s overnight strike…
BUDAPEST, April 7 (Reuters) – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban offered last year to help Russian President Vladimir Putin “in any way”, such as by hosting a summit in Budapest to settle the war in Ukraine, Bloomberg News reported, citing the transcript of a phone call. A Hungarian government spokesman did not immediately respond to…
DUBAI, April 7 (Reuters) – Iran has set preconditions for talks on a lasting peace with the United States, a senior official told Reuters on Tuesday, including an immediate halt to strikes, guarantees that attacks will not be repeated, and compensation for damage. The official said Tehran rejects any ceasefire with the U.S. that is…
ROME, April 7 (Reuters) – The Iran war has put U.S. global leadership on the line, Italy’s Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said, expressing fear about the “madness” of nuclear escalation. Like some other NATO allies reluctant to join U.S. President Donald Trump’s attacks on Iran, Italy last week denied permission for U.S. military aircraft to…
April 7 (Reuters) – Taiwan opposition leader Cheng Li-wun arrived in China on Tuesday on what she says is a mission of peace, happening at a time Beijing has ramped up its military and political pressure against the democratically governed island. Cheng, chairwoman of the largest opposition party, the Kuomintang or KMT, will be in…
TAIPEI, April 7 (Reuters) – Taiwan opposition leader Cheng Li-wun left for China on Tuesday for a “peace” mission and a potential meeting with President Xi Jinping, as a senior Taiwanese minister detailed the number of Chinese warships currently deployed around the island. Cheng, chairwoman of the Kuomintang (KMT), Taiwan’s largest opposition party, is travelling…
Pakistan on Saturday pushed back against media reports claiming that its initiative to facilitate talks between the United States and Iran had run into obstacles after an initial exchange of proposals. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Pakistan counters reports of US-Iran talks collapse, calls claims ‘figment of imagination’ (REUTERS) Calling the reports “baseless” and a…
KYIV, April 3 (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the frontline situation for Ukraine was the best in 10 months, adding that Kyiv’s troops had foiled a Russian offensive last month. “The offensive they were planning for March was thwarted by the actions of our armed forces. That is why the Russians will now simply…
MOSCOW, April 3 (Reuters) – Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia’s powerful Security Council, said on Friday that Moscow should drop its “tolerant attitude” towards Ukraine’s possible EU membership. “The EU is no longer just an economic union. It can transform, and rather quickly, into a full-blown military alliance, one overtly hostile to Russia, and…
China is focusing on large language models in the artificial intelligence space. Blackdovfx | Istock | Getty Images Chinese semiconductor firms have reported record revenue last year driven by AI demand, a shortage of memory chips and U.S. export restrictions that have pushed Beijing to bolster its homegrown tech industry. Analysts and the companies themselves…