Anthropic signs $35B deal with Lambda for Nvidia-backed cloud computing. Six-year deal. $135B total this year alone. Race with OpenAI toward IPOs. Apple raising prices due to chip costs.
King Haakon VIII sworn in as Norway's new monarch before parliament. Queen Mette-Marit absent, recovering from lung transplant. King Harald's coffin lies in state. Funeral Sep 9.
Malaysia's Sarawak state hit hazardous API 407 from Indonesian forest fires. Schools shut, masks sold out. Asthma and conjunctivitis rising. Cloud-seeding planned.
US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll submits resignation amid tensions with Defense Secretary Hegseth. Army without permanent civilian or uniformed leadership as Iran war enters seventh month.
Exploring the Minett region in southern Luxembourg. Minette iron ore gave the landscape its red colour and built the steel industry. Belval furnaces, Usina Festival, Blues Express, Bettembourg Park.
China's Xi Jinping visits Egypt as US sanctions threat looms over Iran links. Banque Misr cut off. Joint military exercises. Xi-Sisi meeting Wednesday. Gaza, Iran, Red Sea on agenda.
China-Nepal flood toll crosses 1,000 dead. 4,500 missing. 100 workers trapped in hydropower tunnels. DNA sampling before burial. 583 foreigners missing in Nepal, 261 in China.
Iran President Pezeshkian offers to match US return to June deal before Putin meeting at SCO summit. Strait of Hormuz remains key contention. Xi says Russia-China ties more solid.