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ASML CEO says EU Commission should not try to direct 'strategic projects'

‘Albania is not for sale’, protesters say over Kushner-linked luxury resort near a protected wetland

The €1.4 billion (S$2.1 billion) project is being led by Jared Kushner’s investment firm Affinity Partners.

‘Embryonic spines’: Trump faces growing Republican pushback

Republicans worry his focus on pet projects – like an Ultimate Fighting Championship bout – make him look out of touch.

South Korea's KEPCO wins Saudi Jafurah power project, seen worth $1.4 billion

‘Our pool is bigger than skyscrapers’: Amid war, Trump touts Washington projects

He compared the scale of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool with the height of famous buildings.

Ukrainian company tests ballistic missile for air defence system

KYIV, June 3 - Ukraine's largest missile and drone maker, Fire Point, has conducted a flight test of a ballistic missile that will serve as the foundation of a project to create a missile air defence system, the company's CEO, Iryna Terekh, said on Wednesday.

US looks to unblock Strait of Hormuz with quiet version of Project Freedom

The US military is trying less public ways of protecting vessels in the vital waterway.

MSC says vessel hit by projectiles in Iraq's Umm Qasr port on Monday, crew safe

ROME, June 2 - MSC, the world's largest shipping group, said on Tuesday its Sariska V vessel was struck by two projectiles while in Iraq's Umm Qasr port on Monday, adding that all crew members were safe and unharmed.

F4 reunion project F Forever to perform in Singapore this August

F Forever, the reunion project comprising members of the iconic Taiwanese boy group F4 and Mayday member Ashin, will perform at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in August this year.

Chief Megaron vows to take the legacy of Brazil's indigenous leader Raoni forward

PYKANY VILLAGE, Brazil, May 28 - Chief Megaron Txucarramae, a 75-year-old leader of Brazil’s Indigenous Kayapo people, has spent decades defending Indigenous rights, from securing the demarcation of his people’s land in the Amazon to opposing hydropower projects and illegal mining.

Amazon green-lights AI-generated shows for children

The shows were developed under an initiative in which AI was used to develop projects in a short time frame.

Royal Caribbean scraps Mexico water park after environmental backlash

MEXICO CITY, May 27 - Cruise company Royal Caribbean has abandoned its plan to build a large water park on Mexico's southern Caribbean coast after authorities denied environmental permits for the project, President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Wednesday.

Activist Erin Brockovich takes on US Big Tech’s data centre boom

She has launched a citizen platform tracking data centre projects across the country.

Rubio revives 'Quad' with new Asia projects after questions on US

Meloni coalition wins Venice mayoral vote, defying polls

ROME, May 25 - Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's right-wing coalition won the Venice mayoral election, projections showed on Monday, retaining control of the most prominent city at stake in a round of local votes held across Italy.

US Justice Department seeks to lift injunction on ballroom project after shooting

May 25 - The Justice Department has again asked a federal court to lift an injunction holding up progress on President Donald Trump's ballroom project, saying Saturday's shooting outside the White House showed an urgent need for improved security.

A university project that became Finland’s crown jewel in pioneering space technology

ICEYE, spun off from an Aalto University project, helped pioneer commercial satellite imagery.

Trump talks up his ballroom plan dozens of times but plays down Americans' economic pain

WASHINGTON, May 24 - Standing in front of the White House ballroom construction site, U.S. President Donald Trump appealed for patience from Americans struggling with soaring gas prices as he sought to justify the cost of a project critics call a vanity effort.