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Elon Musk, plans to enroll three patients in a study to evaluate its device, as per a Reuters report. The study, which is listed on the United States government's clinical trials database, is expected to take several years to complete.Originally, the company aimed to enroll 10 patients when it applied to US regulators to begin clinical trials, as reported by Reuters last year.

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) called on Wednesday for a ceasefire and unimpeded humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip, where millions of people face worsening hunger. The war-torn enclave is suffering from a humanitarian catastrophe nearly seven months after Israel launched a devastating offensive in response to the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attacks that killed 1,200 people in Israel.

Sensex declined 220.05 points, or 0.29%, to close at 75,170.45, while the Nifty 50 settled 44.30 points, or 0.19%, lower at 22,888.15.Also Read: Buy or sell: Vaishali Parekh recommends three stocks to buy today — May 29“We expect the Nifty to remain sideways to marginally positive on the back of reduced FII selling, prediction of above normal monsoon and last leg of Q4 results," said Siddhartha Khemka, Head - Retail Research, Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd.Here are key global market cues for Sensex today:Asian markets traded mixed on Wednesday tracking a similar trend overnight on Wall Street.Japan’s Nikkei 225 gained 0.18%, while the Topix was flat. South Korea’s Kospi declined 0.26% and the Kosdaq dropped 0.44%.

Burger King's 70th birthday is on National Hamburger Day and the outlet is offering lucrative discounts throughout the week. One can get free hamburger on Tuesday, free Croissan’wich on Wednesday, free soft-drink on Thursday, free cheeseburger on Friday, free Birthday Pie Slice on Saturday, free original crispy chicken sandwich on Sunday, free Whooper Jr. on Monday, as per a report on USA Today. However, all free deals can be availed once you purchase certain amount's food.

Click here to read more Mukesh Ambani is set to enter Africa with a telecoms venture, seeking to win mobile broadband customers in a high-growth market, Bloomberg reported.Radisys Corp., a unit of Ambani-controlled Reliance Industries Ltd., will provide key network infrastructure, applications and smartphones for Ghana-based Next-Gen InfraCo., according to Harkirit Singh, the executive director of NGIC. He described the plans ahead of NGIC’s launch announcement on Monday in Mumbai, India’s financial hub.

dividend announced by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) may help the newly-elected Indian government meet the 5.1 per cent of GDP deficit target for the fiscal year ending March 2025 (FY25), said Fitch Ratings in its latest report on Monday. It further stated that the dividend income could be used to lower the deficit beyond the current target. The RBI on May 22 announced a record-high dividend transfer to the government, equivalent to 0.6 per cent of GDP (Rs 2.1 lakh) from its operations in FY24. The figure has surpassed the 0.3 per cent of GDP expected in the FY25 budget from February. Hence, the rating agency said that it will aid the authorities in meeting near-term deficit reduction goals.

economy likely grew at its slowest pace in a year in the January-March quarter due to weak demand, according to a Reuters poll of economists who said the possibility of growth significantly surpassing their forecasts was low.The country's gross domestic product (GDP) unexpectedly grew by 8.4% in October-December compared to a year earlier, thanks to a sharp drop in subsidies which provided an artificial boost to net indirect taxes. But economic activity, as measured by gross value added (GVA), showed a more modest 6.5% expansion.Economists in the poll said that situation was unlikely to have been repeated in the last quarter.Growth in Asia's third-largest economy likely slowed to an annual 6.7% in January-March, more in line with the long-term GDP growth rate, according to a Reuters poll of 54 economists.

India's six-week long national election, the world's largest, has entered its final stage with votes scheduled to be counted on June 4, and investors are gearing up for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's widely expected third term in office. However, the margin of victory may be smaller than earlier expected, analysts and informal betting markets are speculating.

SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has been one of the leading causes of an uptick in coronavirus across this year. The name FLiRT for this Covid variant has been given on the basis of the locations of mutation of the virus and it's spike protein. Among these, is the KP.2 variant which is the most commonly circulating variant in the United States, across all regions, across April and May, according to a Reuters report.

Janet Yellen stated on Friday that she is working to save a component of the global corporate tax agreement targeting highly profitable multinational corporations, and added that “India is refusing to engage on issues important to US interests".Yellen told Reuters in an interview on the sidelines of a G7 finance leaders meeting in Italy that China also has been “all but absent" in the negotiations to finalize “Pillar 1" of the OECD corporate tax deal reached in principle in 2021 that involves 140 countries."We are actively engaged in this negotiation," to meet an end-June deadline for the deal, Yellen told Reuters. “We're committed to doing everything we possibly can to make it work."Also Read: Yellen ‘Feeling Good’ About G-7 Alignment on Russian AssetsEarlier on Friday, Italian Finance Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti told reporters that the Pillar 1 negotiations were set to fail, citing objections from the U.S., India and China.The Pillar 1 negotiations primarily focus on redistributing the taxing authority concerning US-based digital giants, potentially enabling around $200 billion of corporate profits to be taxed in the nations where these companies operate.In addition to Pillar 1, the tax deal includes a second pillar involving the implementation of a 15% global minimum tax on corporate profits, which many countries are independently adopting.

₹39 to ₹71,538 per 10 grams in futures trade. With a trading volume of 7,184 lots, gold futures for June delivery on the MCX closed down by ₹39 at ₹71,538 per 10 grams.The decline in the price of precious metals was ascribed by analysts to weak global cues.Also Read: Gold price today: MCX Gold trades lacklustre; why are gold prices falling? Will it remain under pressure in short term?According to a PTI report, gold was trading 0.15 percent higher globally at USD 2,363.20 per ounce in New York.Jateen Trivedi, VP Research Analyst - Commodity and Currency, LKP Securities, highlighted that fact that the gold has traded weak this week, experiencing a significant selloff from ₹74,350 to ₹71,500, a drop of more than ₹2,800 from weekly highs.

OpenAI's efforts to produce less factually false output from its ChatGPT chatbot are not enough to ensure full compliance with European Union data rules, a task force at the EU's privacy watchdog said.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Friday she is trying to save a part of the global corporate tax deal focused on highly profitable multinational firms, but India is refusing to engage on issues important to U.S. interests.

Nvidia's most advanced AI chip it developed for the China market has got off to a weak start, with abundant supply forcing it to be priced below a rival chip from Chinese tech giant Huawei, according to sources familiar with the matter. The flattening prices underscore the challenges Nvidia's China business faces amid U.S. sanctions on AI chip exports and heightened competition, casting a cloud over its future in a market that contributed 17% to its revenue for fiscal 2024.

OpenAI's apparent homage to the movie «Her» featuring the voice likeness of Scarlett Johansson is fueling a backlash against artificial intelligence across Hollywood, executives told Reuters. «This seemed to strike a real chord,» said one industry executive. «It kind of puts a human face on it… There's a well-known tech company that did something to a person we know.»

US Federal Reserve minutes show officials rally around higher-for-longer ratesMCX Gold traded lacklustre in the morning on Friday, May 24, tracking weak global cues. According to Reuters, gold prices in international markets hit a two-week low on Friday and were set for their biggest weekly loss in nearly eight months.Also Read: Gold slips to over one-week low on hawkish Fed, US dataAround 11:45 am, MCX Gold traded 0.02 per cent lower at ₹71,565 per 10 grams.Also Read: Gold pulls back from record highs, drops by ₹2,256 over 3 sessions on profit bookingGold prices are falling due to profit booking as investors believe the US Fed will not cut interest rates anytime soon and the rate reduction later this year will be shallow.Rahul Kalantri, VP of commodities at Mehta Equities, pointed out that gold prices are falling as investors have downgraded expectations of Fed rate cuts following the previous US economic release."S&P Global's May flash readings of the manufacturing, services, and composite PMIs reveal that US economic activity is increasing.

Catholic church that he was dubbed “God’s influencer” is set to become the first millennial saint.Carlo Acutis was 15 years old when he died from leukemia in 2006, but he did big things for Catholicism in his short time on earth, Pope Francis has decided.His first attributed miracle, healing a Brazilian child of a congenital disease affecting his pancreas, was recognized by the Pope in 2020 and resulted in his beatification.Now, the Pope has approved a second miracle, involving the healing of a university student in Italy from a brain bleed, which clears Acutis for canonization.According to the Catholic News Agency, the 21-year-old girl from Costa Rica was studying in Florence in 2022 when she was in a bicycle accident that resulted in traumatic injury to her brain.After a craniotomy, her family was told the girl’s situation was dire and her mother set out on a pilgrimage to Assisi to pray at the tomb of Acutis, where is body lies on display.The mother left a note at the tomb and, 10 days later, the girl was discharged from intensive care. Further tests showed her brain had healed and she only needed one week of physical therapy.

China business faces amid U.S. sanctions on AI chip exports and heightened competition, casting a cloud over its future in a market that contributed 17% to its revenue for fiscal 2024.The growing competitive pressure in China also adds a cautionary note to investors in the U.S.

Reuters reported on Friday.In a statement to Singapore broadcaster Channel News Asia, the airline said it will now refrain from serving hot drinks or meals when the seatbelt sign is on.The SQ321 London-Singapore flight on a Boeing 777-300ER plane carrying 211 passengers and 18 crew diverted to Bangkok for an emergency landing on Tuesday after the plane was buffeted by turbulence that flung passengers and crew around the cabin, slamming some into the ceiling, the Reuters report added.Flight SQ321 has since modified its route, avoiding the area of turbulence encountered during the incident.Here are the top eight updates from the Singapore Airlines turbulence incident: Milestone Alert! Livemint tops charts as the fastest growing news website in the world

Sensex jumped 1,196.98 points, or 1.61%, to close at 22,967.65, while the Nifty 50 settled 369.85 points, or 1.64%, higher at 75,418.04.“We expect this positive momentum to continue on the back of an improving political environment, continued short covering by FIIs, and strong domestic macros. Sectors like Defence, Banking, and Railways are expected to remain in focus," said Siddhartha Khemka, Head - Retail Research, Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd.Here are key global market cues for Sensex today:Asian markets traded lower on Friday tracking overnight losses on Wall Street.

Tesla has left out its goal of delivering 20 million vehicles a year by 2030 in its latest impact report, another sign the company is tempering its auto ambitions as it shifts focus to robotaxis. Musk said in 2020 that Tesla aspired to sell 20 million vehicles by the end of the current decade — nearly twice as many as those sold by Toyota, the world's largest automaker. «Our goal is to build and deliver 20 million vehicles a year by 2030. To achieve this goal, we need to make our products even more accessible,» the company had said, while reiterating the goal in its 2022 impact report.