Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Emerges as Trump’s Top AI Ally

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has emerged as a key ally to President Donald Trump as Washington debates artificial intelligence regulation, according to industry experts and reports from CNBC. During a public phone call at the All-In Summit in Los Angeles on Monday, Trump told Huang that “the robots are not going to be taking over … Read more

Anthropic Claims DeepSeek and Moonshot Secretly Routed User Requests to Claude

American artificial intelligence giant Anthropic accused its Chinese rivals DeepSeek and Moonshot on Thursday of covertly routing customer requests to its Claude models, then displaying the responses to users as if they originated from their own systems. According to Anthropic’s 154-page report published Thursday, Kimi model developer Moonshot secretly directed user prompts through Claude, utilized … Read more

Carney Maintains Trump Contact as Canada Pursues Fair Trade Deal

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney stated that he spoke with US President Donald Trump in recent days, emphasizing that Ottawa remains prepared to reach a fair trade deal despite escalating economic tensions and retaliatory tariffs, according to reports. Trade Talks Stall Amid US Tariffs and Canadian Retaliation Ever since Trump took office again last year, … Read more

Canada Imposes Up to 50% Tariffs on $27.6B U.S. Goods

Canada’s retaliatory tariffs ranging from 15% to 50% on $27.6 billion worth of U.S. goods took effect on Tuesday, according to official reports. The measures target hundreds of American products, including dairy, agricultural equipment, paper, household appliances, and electronics, while tariffs on U.S. steel, aluminum, and iron products doubled to 50%. Impact of Canadian Tariffs … Read more

Iran’s Multifront Pressure Strategy Pushing US Toward a Deal

The emerging constraint on American power is not the strength of any single adversary, but the cumulative cost imposed by a broader anti-Western axis that includes Iran, Russia, China, and North Korea, according to geopolitical analysts. These four powers are not a monolithic alliance with a joint command center. Instead, they share an overlapping interest … Read more

China Vows Retaliation Over US Iran Sanctions Ahead of Xi-Trump Summit

Beijing has vowed to retaliate against Washington’s expanded Iran sanctions targeting Chinese entities, creating a potential confrontation that could undermine recent harmony in the US-China dynamic and spark a fresh dispute just weeks prior to President Xi Jinping visiting the US, according to observers. The diplomatic friction follows a U.S. announcement of fresh economic penalties … Read more

Smithsonian Races to Finalize Site for National Latino Museum

The Smithsonian Institution board of regents is scheduled to meet on 31 August to discuss housing the National Museum of the American Latino inside the historic Arts and Industries Building on the National Mall in Washington, DC, according to reporting by Robin Pogrebin of The New York Times. Opening the museum in a pre-existing structure … Read more

Iran Disputes Trump Claims Amid Traffic Slump

The Strait of Hormuz remained blocked and ship traffic hit a three-month low as peace talks between the United States and Iran stalled over the terms of ending their five-month war, according to a CNBC analysis of trade data and statements from government officials. U.S.-Iran Peace Talks Stagnate Over Interim Agreement Terms Negotiations to revitalize … Read more

Goldman Sachs: Japan Has Ample Firepower for Yen Intervention

Japan retains approximately $200 billion in cash and cash equivalents out of its roughly $1 trillion in total U.S. dollar reserves, providing authorities with ample firepower for additional currency interventions on the scale of last month’s historic operation, according to Goldman Sachs. The assessment highlights Tokyo’s capacity to defend the yen as the currency drifts … Read more