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
Global supplies of yttrium, a rare earth element critical to aerospace, energy, and semiconductor production, are running dangerously low due to Chinese export restrictions, Reuters reports. China, the dominant supplier of yttrium,
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Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, is visiting the White House for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump, Reuters reports, aiming to deepen decades-long cooperation on oil and
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Taiwan is set to distribute millions of civil defence handbooks to households across the island this week, Reuters reports, in an unprecedented effort to prepare residents for a wide range of emergencies,
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A small group of investment consultants has played an outsized role in steering US public pension funds toward private markets over the past two decades, according to a new study by researchers
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India’s trade deficit surged to a record $41.68 billion in October as imports rose sharply following a cut in domestic consumption taxes, while exports slipped due to ongoing US tariff policies, according
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The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Monday expressed deep concern over the death sentences handed down by Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal against former Prime Minister Sheikh
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor Google has unveiled Dhivaru, a major new Trans-Indian Ocean subsea cable system designed to connect the Maldives, Christmas Island, and Oman—marking one of the company’s most consequential
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The Trump Organization and its London-listed partner Dar Global have unveiled plans for a high-end 80-villa resort in the Maldives, a project they say will use blockchain-based tokenisation to open the door
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A Sri Lankan influencer, Geeth Sooriyapura, is at the centre of a sprawling network of more than 100 Facebook pages posting anti-migrant and Islamophobic disinformation targeting the UK, according to reporting by
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by Our Correspondent in Dhaka Update 2The International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) in Dhaka has sentenced former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death on two charges of crimes against humanity linked to
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Three decades after he first set out to transform southern India into a global technology hotspot, N. Chandrababu Naidu is once again pitching an audacious vision—this time for a state that lost
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In 2019, Chen Tianshi was an obscure figure even within China’s fast-growing tech sector, struggling to keep his three-year-old chip startup alive after its largest customer, Huawei Technologies, suddenly cut almost all
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Amazon’s satellite internet program has a new name—and, increasingly, a new purpose. The initiative formerly known as Project Kuiper will now operate under the name “Leo,” a reference to the network’s placement
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Apple is taking concrete steps toward succession planning, according to a new report from The Financial Times, raising the possibility that Tim Cook could step down as chief executive as soon as
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Leading South Korean companies Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor Group, and LG Group have committed to invest a combined $464 billion in the country over the next five years, following a high-profile meeting
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