Amid wider economic uncertainty, some analysts have said that businesses are at a "no-hire, no fire" standstill. That's caused many to limit new work to only a few specific roles, if not pause openings entirely.

Tesla is looking at internal CEO candidates if Elon Musk leaves in case the $1 trillion pay plan is not passed at the annual shareholder meeting next week, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing the automaker's board chair.

Hurricane Melissa intensified Tuesday before making landfall in Jamaica, where officials and residents braced for catastrophic winds, flash flooding and landslides from the Category 5 storm, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history.

US chip giant Nvidia will take a 2.9 per cent stake in Finnish telecoms equipment maker Nokia for $1 billion, Nokia said Tuesday, sending its share price soaring almost 20 per cent.

Data from ChatGPT-maker OpenAI suggests that more than a million of people using its generative AI chatbot have shown interest in suicide.

Climate change "will not lead to humanity's demise," billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has said in a long memo in which he argued that tackling global disease and poverty will help prepare the planet's poorest for a warming world.

Hamas said it would hand over another hostage's body on Tuesday, as the Palestinian group faced accusations of breaching the Gaza ceasefire after returning only the partial remains of a previously recovered captive to Israel.

Younger generations of Americans are increasingly citing climate change as making them reticent to have children, according to several studies.

The chief of a luxury developer at the heart of Saudi Arabia's plan to diversify its oil-reliant economy insisted Tuesday that the once ultra-conservative kingdom's alcohol ban would not stand in the way of tourism.

A gift from Bangladesh's Chief Advisor to the interim government to Pakistan's General Sahir Shamshad Mirza, has stirred a row.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday ordered immediate "forceful strikes" in the Gaza Strip after accusing Hamas of violating the ceasefire.

US forces killed 14 people in strikes that destroyed four alleged drug-smuggling boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday, bringing the death count from Washington's anti-narcotics campaign to at least 57.

Apple topped $4 trillion in market value for the first time on Tuesday, the third Big Tech company to hit the milestone, as robust demand for its latest iPhone models allayed fears over its slow progress in the AI race.

Microsoft and OpenAI announced Tuesday a sweeping overhaul of their landmark artificial intelligence partnership, giving both companies greater independence while maintaining their close collaboration.

The United States has moved military assets in the Caribbean to safety ahead of the expected landfall on Tuesday of a massive hurricane that is set to slam into Jamaica.

The much-anticipated peace talks between Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban in Istanbul have dramatically collapsed, plunging bilateral relations to a new low and leaving mediators from Qatar and Turkey stunned at the breakdown.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin this weekend reported the successful final test of a new nuclear-powered cruise missile, the Burevestnik, amid Moscow's ongoing war in Ukraine.

Saudi Arabia kicked off a major investment conference featuring heads of state and the global business elite on Tuesday as it seeks support for its sprawling "gigaprojects" and sky-high AI ambitions.

The Viking Star can carry up to 930 passengers and about 500 crew members.

In a brazen "Trojan horse" burglary, a man hid inside a delivery box to infiltrate a Chinese apartment, drugged the resident, stole over 200,000 Yuan in gold, and vanished-before being arrested within a week.

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Israel said on Tuesday that a set of partial hostage remains returned by Hamas the previous day belonged to a dead captive recovered by the military around two years ago.

Hurricane Melissa could affect 1.5 million people in Jamaica, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said Tuesday, warning of a "massive impact".

A small plane travelling from Kenya's coast crashed on Tuesday, killing all 11 people, including foreigners, on board, the airline said.

Ukraine is ready for peace talks but will not withdraw its troops from additional territory first, as Moscow has demanded, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.