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South China Morning PostAlibaba to deploy AI-powered sourcing engine to boost online trade for global merchants
The international arm of Alibaba Group Holding is ramping up the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) by deploying an application that will help merchants on its international wholesale platforms and various third-party marketplaces buy and sell goods online. Alibaba's International Digital Commerce Group (AIDC) will make an "AI-powered conversational sourcing engine" available to merchants from September to simplify global business-to-business e-commerce, the group said in a statement
- Reuters
China's Temu vendors protest over penalty policy
Hundreds of Chinese sellers on Temu have protested against what they call unbearably high penalties imposed by the firm, one of the merchants involved in the protest told Reuters, a fresh sign of tough price competition with low-cost rival Shein. Temu, the international online site owned by PDD Holdings, sells a wide variety of products, many of them made in China, for rock-bottom prices. A garment merchant from Guangzhou said Temu introduced new penalties in April which can amount to up to five times of the value of a sale when customers return their purchases for a refund.
- HuffPost
Critics Stunned By Donald Trump’s ‘Heartless’ Punch Line About Man Killed At His Rally
The Republican nominee was slammed as horrible, unkind and a “self-centered sadistic monster” over the line.
- HuffPost
Trump 'Did Crap The Bed Today': Conservative Pundit Comes Out And Says It
Scott Jennings can't spin the former president's bizarre appearance.
- The Independent
Trump world erupts amid reports Kellyanne Conway trashing JD Vance
Staffer claimed damaging leaks about Vance are ‘100 percent’ from Conway
- People
American Woman Found Chained to a Tree in India Went Without Food for 40 Days, Was Allegedly Left to Die
Lalita Kayi Kumar, 50, alleges her ex-husband left her in a jungle to die
- HuffPost
Critics Question 'Mental Fitness' After Trump Makes Key Mistake Twice At Pennsylvania Rally
The former president's latest boast quickly backfired.
- Yahoo Sports
Paris Olympics: Italy's Angela Carini abandons fight with Algeria's Imane Khelif, who failed gender test, after 46 seconds
Khelif’s dominant showing will only inflame the debate over whether she should be allowed to compete at the Paris Olympics.
- HuffPost
NABJ Moderator Recalls Exact Moment She 'Sank In My Seat' In Trump Interview
And it wasn't the former president's racist comments about likely Democratic rival Kamala Harris.
- USA TODAY Sports
Olympic boxer at center of gender eligibility controversy wins bizarre first bout
Imane Khelif, one of two female boxers disqualified from 2023 world championships for failing gender eligibility test, has opponent quit after one punch.
- The Daily Beast
CNN Host Laura Coates Erupts at Pro-Trump Guest on Panel Talking Race
A CNN panel grew testy Wednesday night during a discussion about Donald Trump’s racist comments about Vice President Kamala Harris earlier in the day, with anchor Laura Coates reprimanding a Trump-friendly guest for talking over her.On Laura Coates Live, the namesake anchor spoke with four guests, one of whom was Bruce LeVell, the former executive director of the National Diversity Coalition for Trump. When Coates asked him how Trump questioning Harris’ ethnicity and saying she had “turned Black
- The Hill
Trump splits with GOP lawmakers on national security, raising alarm
National security-minded Republican lawmakers are alarmed by what they see as a growing split between themselves and former President Trump on key issues, including the war in Ukraine, preserving the NATO alliance and protecting Taiwan from Chinese aggression. Trump’s actions over the past three weeks have stirred confusion and concern among Republican senators who voted…
- Hello!
Anant Ambani's new wife Radhika rocks tangerine mini skirt in first photos from Paris honeymoon
Anant Ambani, the son of billionaire Mukesh Ambani, was pictured with his new wife Radhika Merchant at the Paris Olympic Games amid their honeymoon.
- The Canadian Press
Trump's appearance before Black journalists leads to memorable confrontation with ABC's Rachel Scott
Primarily due to sharp questioning by ABC News correspondent Rachel Scott, former President Donald Trump's appearance before a gathering of Black journalists turned remarkably contentious on Wednesday.
- Yahoo Life
Cancer rates in millennials, Gen X-ers have risen starkly in recent years, study finds. Experts have 1 prime suspect.
Younger generations are being diagnosed with breast, pancreatic, liver and other cancers earlier at higher rates than previous generations — and are dying more often, new research warns.
- HuffPost
CNN Fact-Checker Brings The Receipts To Debunk Donald Trump’s Latest Claim
Daniel Dale explained exactly why the former president's new comment is "just completely fictional."
- People
Eva Longoria Does the Viral ‘Apple’ TikTok Dance in a Teeny-Tiny Bikini: 'Latina Brats'
The actress is the latest to join the celebrity crew performing the viral choreography inspired by Charli xcx’s hit song
- The Daily Beast
Starving American Yoga Student Chained to Tree ‘For 40 Days’
An American woman who went to India a decade ago to study yoga and meditation has claimed she survived without food and water for 40 days after being shackled to a tree by her former husband.U.S. citizen Lalita Kayi Kumar, 50, was found starving and emaciated on Saturday by a local shepherd in a remote forest in the Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra about 25 miles from Goa, according to reports.The shepherd broke an iron chain that was used to secure her to the tree. Police said she was severel
- Hello!
Princess Beatrice's husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi interrupts summer holiday for exciting announcement
Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi has interrupted his summer break to share an intriguing announcement – and we're sure his sister-in-law, Princess Eugenie will be thrilled
- Moneywise
George W. Bush uttered 'the 10 most important words in the history of economics' in 2008, Warren Buffett says
His words may have secured the money market.