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Google hires Windsurf execs in $2.4 billion deal to advance AI coding ambitions

Windsurf CEO Varun Mohan, co-founder Douglas Chen, and some members of the coding tool's research and development team will join Google's DeepMind AI division

US President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump and Texas Governor Greg Abbott participate in a roundtable with first responders and local officials after catastrophic floods, at Hill Country Youth Center, in Kerrville, Texas, US, July 11, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

USA

Trump visits Texas flood zone, defends government's disaster response

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, is shown in this file photograph during his arrest on March 1, 2003. Photo: REUTERS/Courtesy USNews & World Report

USA

Divided US appeals court rejects plea deal for accused September 11 attacks mastermind

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks to the media at the BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 7, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes

USA

Trump says he will speak to Lula at some point as Brazil downplays tariff impact

Physical representations of the bitcoin cryptocurrency are seen in this illustration taken on 24 October 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

World+Biz

Bitcoin surges past $118,000 for first time as Crypto momentum grows

Israeli-American businessman Moti Kahana holds a flag during a mission to evacuate 200 Jews in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, March, 2022, in this handout picture released to Reuters July 10, 2025. Photo: GDC Inc./Handout via REUTERS

Africa

How a US mission to push a Trump deal in Congo unravelled

Bangladeshi garment workers make clothing in the sewing section of a factory in Gazipur, Bangladesh, April 9, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain/File Photo

USA

Some Walmart garment orders from Bangladesh on hold due to US tariff threat

Cranes at the Port of Los Angeles are empty of cargo ships as shown with a drone at in San Pedro California, US, May 13, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

USA

US customs duties top $100 billion for first time in a fiscal year

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World+Biz

Asian shares up on Nvidia high, investors unfazed by Trump's tariff moves

The US Supreme Court building is seen in Washington, US, January 21, 2020. File Photo: Reuters

USA

Supreme Court clears way for Trump to pursue mass federal layoffs

US President Donald Trump points a finger as he departs for Canada to attend the G7 Leaders' Summit, from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, US, June 15, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

USA

Trump said he threatened to bomb Moscow if Putin attacked Ukraine, 2024 fundraiser: CNN

US Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins looks on at Joint Base Andrews following US President Donald Trump's visit to Iowa, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US July 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo

USA

US farm secretary says 'no amnesty' for farmworkers from deportation

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio talks to reporters at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, April 4, 2025. Photo: Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

USA

Impostor uses AI to impersonate Rubio and contact foreign and US officials