TORONTO: As travelers rush to book their summer getaways, Booking.com’s Internet safety boss says watch out for supercharged AI scams.

KUWAIT: For the second consecutive year, Gulf Bank has renewed its strategic partnership with the non-profit organization LOYAC.

LOBOS, Argentina: In the pampas, Argentina’s vast and fertile grasslands outside Buenos Aires, grain silos overflow with this year’s harvest—but nobody is selling just yet.

TOKYO: The pace of Japanese inflation accelerated in May partly due to higher energy bills, government data showed Friday, as analysts speculate on the timing of the Bank of Japan’s next rate hike.

SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE: A sliding yuan and extensive outflows of cash from the mainland into Hong Kong show China’s domestic investors are shelving expectations for any immediate recovery in their home markets and fleeing to the closest better-yielding assets.

BEIJING: Proposed European Union tariffs on Chinese goods are not a “punishment”, Germany’s Economy Minister Robert Habeck told Chinese officials in Beijing on Saturday.

WASHINGTON: Existing home sales in the United States edged lower in May as prices reached a record high on continued tight inventory, according to industry data published on Friday.

BUENOS AIRES: Argentines, famed for steakhouses, sprawling cattle ranches and asado barbecues, are consuming less beef than ever, forced to tighten their belts by triple-digit inflation and a recession.

WASHINGTON: Apple on Friday said it would delay the rollout of its recently announced AI features in Europe because of “regulatory uncertainties” linked to the EU’s new landmark legislation to curb the power of big tech.