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
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is set to arrive in Washington next week for a high-profile visit with President Donald Trump, Bloomberg reports, marking his first trip to the US
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Chinese astronauts stranded aboard the Tiangong space station are set to return to Earth on Friday, after a suspected piece of space debris damaged their spacecraft and delayed their original departure. The
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Cheng Li-wun, the newly elected chair of Taiwan’s opposition Kuomintang (KMT), has ignited fierce political debate after telling Nikkei Asia that the only reliable way to ensure peace with China is for
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China’s economy showed its softest factory output and retail sales growth in more than a year in October, according to data reported by Reuters, adding urgency to Beijing’s struggle to counter mounting
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A chilling sense of déjà vu has returned to the village of Nithari after India’s Supreme Court overturned the final conviction of Surinder Koli, the domestic aide once at the center of
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Former MI6 chief Richard Moore has said the UK government should find a practical solution to allow China to build a new embassy in London, despite ongoing tensions between the two countries.
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Yoshua Bengio, one of the most influential figures in artificial intelligence, has become the first person to have their academic work cited more than one million times on Google Scholar, marking a
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More than one-fifth of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s population — nearly 25 million people — are experiencing severe acute food insecurity, the United Nations warned on Wednesday. UN spokesperson Stéphane
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Google has been hit with a class-action lawsuit accusing it of using its artificial intelligence assistant, Gemini, to illegally intercept and monitor private user communications across its Gmail, Chat, and Meet platforms,
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called on Argentina’s government to accelerate efforts to build up foreign reserves as part of its $20 billion lending program, warning that stronger buffers are essential
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The World Bank has announced plans to mobilize $1.35 billion to help Kenya expand access to affordable mortgages and address its widening housing deficit. The financing package includes $375 million in concessional
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HSBC Holdings Plc announced on Thursday that Andrew Wild, its chief executive officer for continental Europe, will step down from his role at the end of the year, citing family reasons. The
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Around 1.4 million barrels per day of Russian oil — nearly a third of the country’s seaborne export capacity — are currently being held in tankers as sanctions imposed by the United
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On the streets of Tehran, a quiet transformation appears to be taking shape. Women walk unveiled in jeans and sneakers, young couples linger in cafés playing Western music, and friends stroll hand-in-hand
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David “Dedi” Barnea, the Director of Israel’s Mossad, has informed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of his intention to step down from his role this coming June, sources familiar with the matter said.
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