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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has received a warm welcome to the White House from United States President Donald Trump in a visit that has emphasised the deepening ties between Riyadh and Washington.The White House rolled the literal red carpet out for Prince Mohammed, known as MBS, on Tuesday. Trump greeted him with a ceremony that featured marching bands, flag-carrying horsemen and a military flyover.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe opulent display of hospitality signalled Trump’s embrace of what he sees as a new Middle East driven by financial investments and US partnerships with allies in the…

Firms in the asset management industry are turning increasingly to generative and agentic AI to streamline operations, improve decision-making, and uncover new sources of alpha (the measure of an investment strategy’s ability to outperform the market after accounting for risk). The trend is continuing with the latest partnership between Franklin Templeton and Wand AI, marking a shift toward more autonomous, data-driven investment processes.Franklin Resources, operating as Franklin Templeton, has entered into a strategic partnership with enterprise AI platform, Wand AI, to begin the enterprise deployment of agentic AI in Franklin Templeton’s worldwide platform. Wand’s Autonomous Workforce and Agent Management technologies…

NGO says Swiss food giant is ‘putting the health of babies at risk for profit’ by adding sugar to babyfood.Published On 18 Nov 202518 Nov 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareSwiss food giant Nestle has been adding sugar to babyfood to help it stoke sales in Africa, Asia and Latin America – after cutting it from products sold in European markets, according to a report from an NGO.Released on Tuesday by Swiss-based “global justice organisation” Public Eye, the report, entitled How Nestle gets children hooked on sugar in lower-income countries, accuses the company of “putting the health of babies…

In its pursuit of a direct-to-consumer (DTC) first business model, Levi Strauss is weaving AI and cloud platforms into its core operations.The nearly 175-year-old apparel company is leveraging Microsoft technologies to modernise its consumer experiences and improve internal productivity. Levi Strauss’ approach provides a case study for other enterprises in using a unified technology stack to address a specific commercial objective.AI ‘superagent’: A unified front-end for operations at Levi StraussA central component of this initiative is the development of agentic AI solutions. Levi Strauss is deploying an Azure-native “orchestrator agent” embedded within Microsoft Teams, which functions as a “superagent”.This agent…

Richardson is the second interim official US President Donald Trump has appointed to lead FEMA since the start of his second term.Published On 17 Nov 202517 Nov 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareDavid Richardson, the acting head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), is stepping down, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).Monday’s announcement ends a troubled tenure. It comes just six months after Richardson took the job and while the Atlantic hurricane season is still under way.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listRichardson, a former Marine Corps officer, is the second FEMA head to leave…

Author: Olga Zharuk, CPO, TeqblazeWhen it comes to applying AI in programmatic, two things matter most: performance and data security. I’ve seen too many internal security audits flag third-party AI services as exposure points. Granting third-party AI agents access to proprietary bidstream data introduces unnecessary exposure that many organisations are no longer willing to accept.That’s why many teams shift to embedded AI agents: local models that operate entirely in your environment. No data leaves your perimeter. No blind spots in the audit trail. You retain full control over how models behave – and more importantly, what they see.Risks associated with…

Bangladesh has beefed up security as trial mulls charges of crimes against humanity for Hasina – currently in exile in India – due to 2024 crackdown on protests that killed hundreds.Published On 17 Nov 202517 Nov 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareTensions are high in Bangladesh as a tribunal has convicted fugitive former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on charges of crimes against humanity.Security was beefed up in the capital Dhaka and across the country as rival factions anticipated the ruling of the special tribunal, which was announced on Monday.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe prosecution is seeking…

Federal Aviation Administration says airlines can resume normal schedules from Monday.Published On 17 Nov 202517 Nov 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareFlights in the United States are set to return to normal after the country’s aviation authority announced an end to restrictions introduced during the government shutdown.Airlines will be able to return to their normal schedules from 6am Eastern Time (11:00 GMT) on Monday after the lifting of an emergency order reducing the number of flights, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement on Sunday.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe FAA ordered reductions in flights…

Chief investigator declines to say how many arrested; some were identified by videos on social media.Published On 16 Nov 202516 Nov 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareSyria has arrested members of the country’s security and military services as part of a probe into sectarian violence in the southern province of Suwayda earlier this year that left hundreds dead.Judge Hatem Naasan, head of a committee investigating the eruption of violence in Suwayda in July, said that members of security services and the military “who were proven to have committed violations” based on findings and videos posted online had been detained.Recommended Stories list…

The exchanges have been the only progress of any note in negotiations between the two countries as the war rages on in its fourth year.Ukraine is working to resume prisoner exchanges with Russia that could bring 1,200 Ukrainians home, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says, a day after his national security chief announced progress in negotiations.“We are … counting on the resumption of POW exchanges,” Zelenskyy wrote on X on Sunday. “Many meetings, negotiations and calls are currently taking place to ensure this.”Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listRustem Umerov, secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council, said on Saturday…