Nepal’s UN speech was powerful in its portrayal of climate vulnerability but far less complete in explaining the forces behind it. Its strongest arguments about climate justice, broken supply chains and unequal
Uber and Lyft are set to test self-driving taxis in the United Kingdom in 2026 through a partnership with Chinese technology group Baidu, marking another step in the rapid global push to
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Google is set to acquire U.S.-based data center and energy infrastructure developer Intersect Power for $4.75 billion, deepening the tech giant’s push to secure large-scale, clean energy supplies for its rapidly expanding
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HSBC Holdings has hired former Citigroup executive Ida Liu to run its global private banking business, according to people familiar with the matter, marking a key leadership appointment as the bank reshapes
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Adani Group is exploring the possibility of building nuclear energy plants to power its rapidly expanding artificial intelligence data center ambitions, signaling how sharply rising digital demand is reshaping India’s energy and
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Indonesia is ramping up scrutiny of wealthy individuals and major corporations in an effort to plug an unusually large tax revenue shortfall ahead of year-end, raising anxiety among the country’s business elite
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The Trump administration has begun recalling nearly 30 career diplomats from ambassadorial and senior embassy posts worldwide, a sweeping move aimed at reshaping US diplomacy around President Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda.
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Japan is poised to take a major step in its post-Fukushima energy shift as the Niigata regional assembly prepares to endorse the restart of the world’s largest nuclear power plant, nearly 15
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Cuba’s deepening humanitarian and economic crisis is poised to worsen as the United States escalates pressure on Venezuela, the island’s most critical energy lifeline. With Venezuelan oil exports increasingly disrupted by US
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China has made major strides in building a domestically self-sufficient arms industry, narrowing long-standing technological gaps with the United States and other Western powers, according to a detailed report by the Wall
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The European Union’s effort to clinch its largest-ever free-trade agreement has been thrown into uncertainty after leaders failed to finalize the long-delayed Mercosur pact, dealing a blow to Brussels’ ambitions to assert
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French President Emmanuel Macron has been accused of betraying German Chancellor Friedrich Merz by refusing to back a controversial plan to use frozen Russian state assets to finance Ukraine, according to a
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A SpaceX Starship test-flight explosion earlier this year posed a significantly greater risk to commercial aviation than was publicly acknowledged, according to Federal Aviation Administration documents reviewed by the Wall Street Journal.
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US President Donald Trump is making a high-stakes entry into the fusion energy sector through a reported $6 billion merger linking his social media company with Google-backed TAE Technologies. The move places
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Lawyers representing Luigi Mangione, the man accused of murdering UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson, have accused federal prosecutors of operating under a “profound conflict of interest,” pointing to Attorney General Pam Bondi’s prior
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A newly released tranche of documents from the US Department of Justice related to Jeffrey Epstein has reignited public outrage, revealing disturbing photographs, artwork, and long-overlooked complaints that raise fresh questions about
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