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French AI startup Mistral said Monday it has secured $830 million in debt financing to fund a data center powered by thousands of Nvidia chips. Founded in 2023, Mistral is one of the few European startups building foundational AI models, looking to compete with the likes of OpenAI and Anthropic, albeit with a far smaller war chest. The company has increasingly looked to invest in the infrastructure needed to power AI, and in February it announced a 1.2-billion-euro plan to build data centers and compute capacity in Sweden.”Scaling our infrastructure in Europe is critical to empower our customers and to…

Budget airlines in Asia risk losing their price advantage as fuel prices rise and Middle East tensions disrupt key routes, forcing carriers to raise fares and cut expenses.Low-cost carriers rely on high passenger volumes and low fares, leaving them with thinner margins and less room to absorb fuel price swings and route disruptions than full-service airlines. Airline executives, speaking at the Aviation Festival Asia conference in Singapore, said they are now trying to cut costs, adjust fares and shift routes to avoid passing too much of the increase on to passengers.”[We have to] adjust the fares, and at the same…

An escalation in the US/Israel war with Iran has driven oil prices higher amid fears of a prolonged conflict, prompting ASX investors to swiftly dump bank and technology stocks.Over the weekend, Houthi rebels fired missiles at Israel and there were also growing fears of a potential US ground attack on Iran.That led to the ASX 200 dropping 55.3 points, or 0.6 per cent, on Monday to 8461, while the broader All Ordinaries fell 55.3 points, or 0.6 per cent to 8657.5.Seven of the 11 sectors ended the day in the red — with only energy, utilities, materials and consumer staples…

It was a devastating experience for Abdul Rahman Azzam, 65, to recently cut down the olive trees he had planted decades ago on his land south of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, following an Israeli decision to confiscate it for the construction of a road for an illegal Israeli settlement.The land slated for confiscation last December spans more than 513 dunams (51.3 hectares), 450 of which belong to the village of al-Fandaqumiya alone, with the remainder belonging to neighbouring towns such as Silat ad-Dhahr and al-Attarra.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listAs Palestinians commemorate the 50th anniversary of…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is calling for Republicans to provide Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with enough funding to last a decade.He believes Republicans can do that without the support of a single Democrat.”We can do it with just 50 votes,” Cruz said.Lawmakers in the Senate agreed early on Friday to advance funding for DHS that includes the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the Coast Guard, the Secret Service and seven other agencies — even as gridlock over ICE remains firmly in place.SCHUMER, DEMS BLOCK DHS FUNDING AGAIN, TRUMP INTERVENES TO PAY TSA…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Dominic Smith was playing with a heavy heart when he made his Atlanta Braves debut on Saturday night – his sixth team in four years.Smith’s mother, Yvette LaFleuer, died of cancer earlier this month. When Smith stepped up to the plate against the Kansas City Royals in the bottom of the ninth with the bases loaded, he said he could feel her presence with him. The Atlanta Braves celebrate at home plate after a walk-off grand slam from Dominic Smith, center, in the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Kansas…

Australian investors are beating a swift retreat as hopes of an end to the conflict in the Middle East fade, prolonging the chaos that has engulfed global equity and oil markets.

UNIFIL is stationed in southern Lebanon to monitor hostilities along the demarcation line with Israel – an area that is at the heart of clashes between Israeli troops and Iran-backed Hezbollah fighters.The mission, which will be halted at the end of 2026, has been sporadically caught in the crosshairs of both Israel and Hezbollah over the last couple of years.On Mar 6, Ghana’s armed forces said the headquarters of its UN peacekeeping battalion in Lebanon was hit by missile attacks, leaving two soldiers critically injured.Israel’s military later acknowledged that its tank fire had hit a UN position in southern Lebanon…