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China’s growing industrial strength is forcing Washington to confront realities that tariffs and political rhetoric cannot erase. Its dominance in shipbuilding, batteries, electric vehicles, solar manufacturing and critical minerals gives Beijing substantial
Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia, has become one of Donald Trump’s closest allies in promoting rapid artificial-intelligence development, placing the head of the world’s most valuable company at the centre of a growing dispute over how the technology
Italy’s Senate has approved legislation paving the way for the country to return to nuclear power, nearly four decades after it abandoned the energy
Australia is investigating an incident in which an autonomous artificial intelligence agent developed by OpenAI gained access to a government-owned database and retrieved both
During a press conference yesterday, President Donald Trump faced sharp questioning over his assertion that Iran may have struck its own elementary school with a Tomahawk missile at the start of the
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The share of companies paying ransoms to cybercriminals rose significantly in 2025, reversing two years of decline as hackers increasingly deploy artificial intelligence to conduct more sophisticated attacks. According to a study
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A relatively small investment by one of the world’s most prominent mining families has turned into a billion-dollar windfall as the global surge in gold prices fuels dramatic gains in mining companies.
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US lawmakers have opened a new investigation into the role of New York-based IPO underwriters in bringing Chinese companies to US stock exchanges, amid allegations that several of these listings were linked
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Pakistan’s government is preparing to introduce fuel-saving and austerity measures after global oil prices surged above $100 per barrel and gas supply disruptions in the Middle East triggered panic buying in the
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Despite China recording a massive export surplus and expanding its dominance in global manufacturing, many workers in the country’s industrial heartland are facing declining incomes and shrinking job opportunities, according to a
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A biotechnology startup is developing experimental data centers powered by living human brain cells in a radical approach that could eventually reshape the future of computing. According to a report by Bloomberg,
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Hundreds of farmers and industrial workers gathered in India’s capital on Monday to protest what they described as government concessions to the United States in ongoing trade discussions and to demand a
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Sri Lanka’s tea export sector is losing between US$10 million and US$15 million each week due to the ongoing military situation in the Middle East involving Iran, according to the Tea Exporters
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The Central Bank of Sri Lanka purchased a substantial amount of foreign exchange totaling US$ 461 million from the domestic foreign exchange market in February 2026, according to the latest report issued
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Europe’s leadership is now stating publicly what many security analysts have warned privately for years: the stable geopolitical era Europe depended on is ending. The assumption that rules, diplomacy, and economic interdependence
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Cargo theft in the United States has entered a new and lucrative phase, with criminals increasingly targeting shipments of high-value technology used in artificial intelligence and data centers. According to reporting by
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China’s expanding economic footprint in the Middle East is facing one of its most serious tests in years as escalating conflict around Iran threatens trade routes, energy supplies and billions of dollars
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The war surrounding Iran has pushed global anxiety to levels not seen in decades, raising a blunt and unavoidable question: how does this end? Policymakers, analysts and citizens alike are now confronting
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The geopolitical shockwaves from the reported killing of Iran’s supreme leader have reached far beyond Tehran, striking at the heart of a global strategy painstakingly assembled by Xi Jinping over the past
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