Nov 10, 2023
Explainer-Iran’s expanding oil trade with top buyer China

By Muyu Xu (Reuters) - China's oil imports from Iran have hit record highs as Iran ramps up output despite the threat of further U.S. sanctions. Existing sanctions were implemented over Iran's nuclear programme, and U.S. lawmakers are seeking to…

Nov 09, 2023
OpenAI seeks partnerships to generate AI training data

(Reuters) - ChatGPT maker OpenAI said on Thursday it intends to work with organizations to produce public and private datasets for training artificial intelligence (AI) models. Popular chatbot ChatGPT, which can generate poems and prose from simple prompts, is based…

Nov 09, 2023
Tesla to roll into South America with first steps in Chile

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Electric vehicle maker Tesla is looking to make inroads in South America by hiring personnel for a new operation in Chile and registering its name, according to public documents. Tesla Chile was registered and published in the…

Nov 08, 2023
Senior US diplomats head to Egypt to discuss humanitarian aid for Gaza

(Reuters) - U.S. Under Secretary of State Uzra Zeya and special envoy for Middle East humanitarian issues David Satterfield will meet with Egyptian and UN officials in Cairo to discuss facilitating humanitarian assistance into Gaza, the State Department said on…

Nov 08, 2023
Scientists detect oxygen in noxious atmosphere of Venus

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Oxygen accounts for about 21% of Earth's air, with the rest of our atmosphere primarily nitrogen. And most living things - including people, as we well know - need oxygen to survive. Earth's planetary…