A U.S. judge ordered President Trump to be deposed by Dec. 11 in his defamation lawsuit against the BBC, the AP said.

US agriculture secretary said the USDA will press ahead with agency reorganization despite being blocked earlier by a federal judge.

Oct 22 — China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said at a Hangzhou meeting it will accelerate information technology to drive high‑quality development of advanced manufacturing. Policy measures include implementing key industrial‑chain high‑quality development actions; strengthening high‑end domestic capabilities and coordinating software, hardware, standards and patents; building a China open‑source ecosystem and open‑source infrastructure and bolstering first‑release software systems; advancing a "AI+software" initiative and supporting intelligent‑agent software; launching an industrial‑data foundational action to create tradable, high‑quality industry datasets; promoting national AI open‑source communities; and improving the quality and efficiency of intelligent computing supply.