Musk: SpaceX raised $40B in debt deal, predicts neocloud shakeout
Elon Musk said on Sunday that SpaceX had closed $40 billion in debt financing for graphics processing units, underscoring the soaring cost of building AI computing capacity.
Audi defends decision to stand by Trump on $4B U.S. factory in Georgia
PERRY, Georgia/BERLIN >> The head of German automaker Audi defended on Sunday the company’s planned $4 billion investment in a new U.S. plant, announced by President Donald Trump as he campaigns for the November midterm elections.
Brazil votes in tense runoff between Lula and Bolsonaro
SAO PAULO/RIO DE JANEIRO >> Brazilians voted on Sunday in a tight runoff vote that could move Latin America’s largest nation sharply rightward, bringing it closer to the United States as part of a broader conservative shift across…
Saudis say Riyadh airport partly reopens despite renewed Houthi threats
Saudi Arabia said its main airport resumed operations at two terminals on Sunday even as Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis vowed to keep striking the facility, which they called a “military target”.
Trump invokes 9/11 in attacking Senate Muslim candidate El-Sayed
DETROIT >>President Donald Trump at a Sunday campaign rally ratcheted up his push to link U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed to Muslim extremists, comparing him to the 9/11 attackers while saying Democrats would let violent anti-American…