Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China's MiniMax releases H3 video model
By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, July 31 (Reuters) - Chinese AI firm MiniMax released a new video-generation model on Friday that can process text, images, video and audio, stepping up competition in a fa...
Jul 30, 2026
China's Xi urges deeper anti-graft fight in military, Xinhua reports
BEIJING, July 31 (Reuters) - China's President Xi Jinping urged senior leaders of the ruling Communist Party on Friday to deepen the fight against corruption in the military and to advance the moderni...
Jul 30, 2026
New York sues Kalshi, says its prediction markets are illegal gambling
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK, July 31 (Reuters) - New York's attorney general sued Kalshi on Friday, claiming that its prediction market platform violates state laws against illegal gambling. In a pet...
Jul 30, 2026
Russia's Africa Corps kills Mali civilians in 'indiscriminate' attack, rights group says
By Portia Crowe DAKAR, July 31 (Reuters) - Russian paramilitary group Africa Corps killed eight civilians, including three children, in Mali last month, Human Rights Watch said on Friday, during air s...
Jul 30, 2026
Indonesia arrests Malaysian pilot for allegedly smuggling 26 kilograms of MDMA, customs office says
JAKARTA, July 31 (Reuters) - Indonesia arrested a Malaysian pilot who allegedly smuggled 26 kilograms of the mind-altering drug MDMA into the capital Jakarta while on the job and under the influence o...
Jul 30, 2026
Explainer-What is US President Donald Trump's 'Board of Peace'?
By Kanishka Singh and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON, July 30 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday his so-called Board of Peace reached a deal for the total disarmament of Hamas and other ...
Jul 30, 2026
Factbox-Tesla's China operations, the EV maker's global production powerhouse
SHANGHAI/BEIJING, July 31 (Reuters) - Tesla is considering a separation of its China business to pave the way for a potential merger with SpaceX, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing a person fami...
Jul 30, 2026
Rare Japan-Korea joint intervention shakes up yen and won
By Ankur Banerjee and Yena Park SINGAPORE, July 31 (Reuters) - Japan and South Korea have stepped in to buy their currencies, possibly with involvement from the United States, in a rare coordinated in...
Jul 30, 2026
South Korea reviews near-shootdown of US military drone near border
By Kyu-seok Shim and Heejin Kim SEOUL, July 31 (Reuters) - South Korean military inspectors will visit an army corps on Friday to review an incident in which troops nearly shot down an unidentified ai...
Jul 30, 2026
Soccer-Infantino's adviser quits as FIFA's World Cup stake plan triggers confederation backlash
July 31 (Reuters) - A senior adviser to FIFA President Gianni Infantino resigned in protest at plans to sell a stake in the World Cup on Friday, as European football threatened a boycott and regional ...
Jul 30, 2026
