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Volcano Engine, the cloud computing unit of Chinese tech giant ByteDance, said on Monday it has secured an “exclusive AI cloud partnership” with the Spring Festival Gala – a marquee slot that underlines the company’s ambition to turn its artificial intelligence cloud business into a national-scale platform. Volcano Engine said the deal – built on “cutting-edge multimodal large models and cloud computing technologies” – would see it “play a pivotal role in broadcasting, online interactions and...

Recent data on China’s external accounts presents a conundrum: while the country’s trade surplus has broken records, surpassing the US$1 trillion benchmark in the first 11 months of the year, growth in its official foreign exchange reserves has lagged. This seeming paradox prompts a question – where did the money go? Analysts said the gap reflects how much of the surplus has flowed back overseas through asset investment, largely made by private-sector players, leaving China’s external accounts...

The announcement caps a crisis year for many U.N. organizations as the U.S. and other Western donors have cut billions in funding.

The upmarket cinema chain faces a leadership shake-up weeks after it cut its revenue forecasts.

The upmarket cinema chain faces a leadership shake-up weeks after it cut its revenue forecasts.

The upmarket cinema chain faces a leadership shake-up weeks after it cut its revenue forecasts.

Jimmy Fowlie, a writer for SNL, has pleaded for help in finding his sister who has been missing since November

The suspect accused of planting pipe bombs at the RNC and DNC headquarters in Washington D.C., on the night before the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, has confessed, according to a new government filing. Federal prosecutors say the suspect, Brian Cole, disliked both political parties and felt “extreme acts of violence would be justified.”

President Donald Trump says a deal to end the war between Russia and Ukraine is “getting a lot closer” after his meeting at Mar-a-Lago with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and phone call with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Meanwhile, Trump is expected to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the U.S. aims to push ahead with phase two of the Gaza ceasefire. NBC’s Gabe Gutierrez reports for TODAY.

Philadelphia police are investigating a deadly shooting inside a home in the city's Logan neighborhood.

Police are investigating a hit-and-run crash involving a pedestrian in New Castle County, Delaware.

The US has offered Ukraine "solid" security guarantees for 15 years with a possibility of an extension but Kyiv is seeking a longer period, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday after meeting Donald Trump.