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No sweat: Humanoid robots run a Chinese half-marathon alongside flesh-and-blood competitors

No sweat: Humanoid robots run a Chinese half-ma...

YOUNG GON SONG

Updated 6:08 AM GMT+9, April 20, 2025 BEIJING (AP) — In one small step for robot-kind — thousands of them, really — humanoid robots ran alongside actual humans in a...

No sweat: Humanoid robots run a Chinese half-ma...

YOUNG GON SONG

Updated 6:08 AM GMT+9, April 20, 2025 BEIJING (AP) — In one small step for robot-kind — thousands of them, really — humanoid robots ran alongside actual humans in a...

Strange sell-off in the dollar raises the specter of investors losing trust in the US under Trump

Strange sell-off in the dollar raises the spect...

YOUNG GON SONG

By  BERNARD CONDON Updated 11:58 PM GMT+9, April 18, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — Among the threats tariffs pose to the U.S. economy, none may be as strange as the sell-off...

Strange sell-off in the dollar raises the spect...

YOUNG GON SONG

By  BERNARD CONDON Updated 11:58 PM GMT+9, April 18, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — Among the threats tariffs pose to the U.S. economy, none may be as strange as the sell-off...

Trump says he’s joining Bessent and Lutnick for trade negotiations with Japanese at the White House

Trump says he’s joining Bessent and Lutnick for...

YOUNG GON SONG

By  DARLENE SUPERVILLE and MARI YAMAGUCHI Updated 9:16 PM GMT+9, April 16, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he’s joining some of his top economic advisers on Wednesday for negotiations at...

Trump says he’s joining Bessent and Lutnick for...

YOUNG GON SONG

By  DARLENE SUPERVILLE and MARI YAMAGUCHI Updated 9:16 PM GMT+9, April 16, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he’s joining some of his top economic advisers on Wednesday for negotiations at...

Asian shares deepen losses after another Wall St retreat as tariffs due to take effect

Asian shares deepen losses after another Wall S...

YOUNG GON SONG

By  ELAINE KURTENBACH Updated 10:51 AM GMT+9, April 9, 2025 BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares sank again on Wednesday as the latest set of U.S. tariffs, including a massive 104% levy...

Asian shares deepen losses after another Wall S...

YOUNG GON SONG

By  ELAINE KURTENBACH Updated 10:51 AM GMT+9, April 9, 2025 BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares sank again on Wednesday as the latest set of U.S. tariffs, including a massive 104% levy...

The Latest: Trump’s tariffs unleash trade war and calls for negotiations

The Latest: Trump’s tariffs unleash trade war a...

YOUNG GON SONG

By  THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Updated 1:36 AM GMT+9, April 6, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump’s big raise in tariffs has triggered an escalating trade war and sent global markets plummeting. The S&P 500 fell 6% Friday,...

The Latest: Trump’s tariffs unleash trade war a...

YOUNG GON SONG

By  THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Updated 1:36 AM GMT+9, April 6, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump’s big raise in tariffs has triggered an escalating trade war and sent global markets plummeting. The S&P 500 fell 6% Friday,...

Stock market today: More swerves hit Wall Street as Trump’s “Liberation Day” nears

Stock market today: More swerves hit Wall Stree...

YOUNG GON SONG

By  STAN CHOE Updated 12:42 AM GMT+9, April 2, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are swerving through another shaky day of trading Tuesday, with uncertainty still high about just...

Stock market today: More swerves hit Wall Stree...

YOUNG GON SONG

By  STAN CHOE Updated 12:42 AM GMT+9, April 2, 2025 NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are swerving through another shaky day of trading Tuesday, with uncertainty still high about just...