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Hundreds of thousands of Kiwis cast their ballots in the first three days of early voting.

Early votes totalled 309,876 by Wednesday, up 31.6% from the 2023 election.

Oracle is opening new data centres in the UAE and Saudi Arabia to keep up with rising adoption of artificial intelligence , a senior executive has told The National . The technology company, which has cloud regions in Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the UAE, and Jeddah and Riyadh in Saudi Arabia, had already announced plans to open one in the kingdom’s Neom megaproje

(Bloomberg) -- Jio Platforms Ltd. surged in its debut, bucking a poor track record of India’s biggest share sales and giving investors a rare bright spot amid a bruising equity selloff.

Israelis voted in their highest numbers in over two decades in a tense national election to decide whether to stick with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right coalition.

Read the latest on Israel's election here Israelis are awaiting their general election results after voting in their highest numbers in decades on Tuesday at a pivotal moment for the Middle East. Votes were being counted overnight after a closely-fought contest between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main rival, former army general Gadi Eisenkot. A

OpenAI's chief executive Sam Altman urged companies to focus on the security threat from artificial intelligence as use of the technology soars globally. "If I could recommend, like, only one thing to a company right now to do with AI in the very short term … it would be to really understand the security threat landscape from AI and mitigate against that," M

The Australian sharemarket had a muted morning but finished in the green thanks to a rally by BHP and Rio Tinto shares.

Alarming statistics show food insecurity is soaring across Australia as struggling families face rising prices and a looming interest rate hike.

Airlines are reporting fewer people flew in the third quarter as airfare surged on fuel costs, but executives say travelers are mostly swallowing higher fares.