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Top Shot – U.S. President Donald Trump (left) and Chinese President Xi Jinping arrive for a meeting at Gimhae Air Base adjacent to Gimhae International Airport in Busan on October 30, 2025.Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump’s threat to impose 25% tariffs on countries doing business with Iran raises the risk of derailing Washington’s fragile trade deal with China, Tehran’s largest trading partner. President Trump announced Monday night that the United States will begin imposing a 25% tariff on imports from countries that do business with Iran. In a post on Truth Social, he said the order…
Slackbot, the automated assistant built into Slack, the Salesforce-owned enterprise messaging platform, is ushering in a new era of AI agents. And Salesforce CTO Parker Harris expects it to become as popular as OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The cloud software giant rolled out a new version of Slackbot on Tuesday. The company says this new AI agent version of Slackbot is generally available to Business+ and Enterprise+ customers, allowing them to search for information, draft emails, schedule meetings, and more, all within the Slack platform. With your permission, you can also connect to, interact with, and find information in other enterprise products…
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff delivers the keynote address at the beginning of the Dreamforce conference in San Francisco on October 14, 2025.Jessica Christian | San Francisco Chronicle | Getty Imagessales force is powering its Slack app with generative artificial intelligence to help users find relevant information and sort through the communication clutter. After announcing plans to bring generative AI to its virtual assistant Slackbot in October, Salesforce announced Tuesday that it will now be available to Business+ and Enterprise+ Slack subscribers.”Slackbot lives inside Slack, so it understands your conversations, files, channels, and the people you work with,” the company said…
We are learning more about some of those killed in recent days as protests rock Iran. The internet blackout has been extended into a fifth day, but several details have emerged, often through human rights groups with ties to the country. Norway-based human rights group Hengau said the dead included a sculptor from the eastern city of Mashhad. Citing a report he received, Hengo said Mehdi Sarashur, a married father of two, was killed when security forces fired live ammunition at protesters. Hengo said that in addition to his own art, Salashur was also a sculpture instructor and ran a…
Fans of Africa’s two top soccer nations have had their plans for the 2026 FIFA World Cup changed due to a travel ban imposed by Donald Trump’s US administration.In December, Senegal and Ivory Coast were added to the list of countries that will partially restrict entry to the United States from June 11 to July 19, joining Canada and Mexico.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listFans rooting for two West African teams at the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco were left disappointed by restrictions that effectively bar anyone who does not already have a visa from traveling…
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) held a press conference on the occasion of his visit to Bosch. This is the last stop on his India trip.Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesGerman Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday that Iran’s embattled regime appeared to be at an end as mass protests continued across the country. Speaking to reporters during his visit to India, Mertz reiterated his call on Iranian authorities to stop violence against protesters, adding that he hoped for a peaceful end to the escalating crisis. “If a regime can only maintain power by force, it is effectively…
The use of voice AI in sales, marketing, customer support, and consumer applications has skyrocketed in recent years. As a result, business for model providers is increasing and investor interest is also increasing. Driven by this demand, DeepGram today announced that it has raised $130 million in an AVP-led Series C round at a valuation of $1.3 billion. Existing investors including Alkeon, In-Q-Tel, Madrona, Tiger, Wing, and Y Combinator also contributed additional capital to the round. Additionally, new investors joined the round including Alumni Ventures, Columbia University, Princeville Capital, Twilio, and SAP. The company has raised more than $215 million…
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox.Happy Tuesday. Nothing signals the holidays are over like the start of a new corporate earnings season.Stock futures are falling this morning following the winning day.Here are five important things investors need to know to start their trading day.1. Turn that frown upside downU.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell holds a press conference after two days of Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meetings at the U.S. Federal Reserve Board on December 10, 2025 in Washington, DC, USA. Kevin Lamarque | ReutersThe criminal investigation into Federal Reserve…
Ukraine battled on Sunday to restore power to tens of thousands of people left without heat in frigid temperatures after a week of heavy Russian aggression collapsed the country’s energy infrastructure. In Kiev, heating was restored to about 85% of apartment buildings in a day after the entire city lost power, heat and water on Saturday. But the city’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, said more than 1,000 buildings remained without heat. Daytime temperatures can drop to -10°C (14F). Ukraine’s Prime Minister Yulia Sviridenko said Russia had been targeting energy infrastructure every day for the past week as temperatures plummeted. “The enemy…
A tower crane stands on top of an urban residential building in the afternoon light on January 9, 2026 in Chongqing, China.Chen Xin | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesBEIJING—China’s expansion into high-tech industries is not large enough to offset the country’s real estate slump, leaving the economy more exposed to trade tensions, U.S.-based research firm Rhodium Group said in a report on Monday.The report says that from 2023 to 2025, new industries such as artificial intelligence, robotics and electric vehicles will increase economic output by just 0.8 percentage points, while real estate and other traditional sectors will collectively decline…