WASHINGTON/HOUSTON, April 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. will not renew a temporary license that widely eased sanctions on Venezuela's oil and gas sector unless progress is made by President Nicolas Maduro on commitments for free and fair elections this year, a State Department spokesperson said on Monday, three days before the license is to expire. The U.S. has been concerned...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand media site Stuff Group said on Tuesday it had signed an agreement with Warner Bros Discovery ( WBD ) to provide Warner Bros Discovery's ( WBD ) New Zealand television channel with a 6 p.m. daily news programme. The move ends weeks of concern that New Zealand would have just one English television news provider....

HONG KONG, April 16 (Reuters) - China's Baidu ( BIDU ) said on Tuesday its artificial intelligence chatbot Ernie Bot has garnered more than 200 million users as it seeks to remain China's most popular ChatGPT-like chatbot amid increasingly fierce competition. Robin Li, CEO of the Chinese internet company, revealed the new milestone at a conference in Shenzhen on Tuesday....

HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's Baidu said on Tuesday its artificial intelligence chatbot Ernie Bot has garnered more than 200 million users as it seeks to remain China's most popular ChatGPT-like chatbot amid increasingly fierce competition. Robin Li, CEO of the Chinese internet company, revealed the new milestone at a conference in Shenzhen on Tuesday. The chatbot was released to...