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
Japan’s SoftBank Group has sold its entire stake in chipmaker Nvidia for $5.83 billion as part of its ongoing strategy to divest and reinvest capital, the company revealed Tuesday. The move comes
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China has introduced a new visa aimed at attracting young foreign researchers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) by allowing them to relocate without first securing a job, Nature reports. Previously,
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Microsoft Corp. announced plans to invest $10 billion in a new artificial intelligence data center along Portugal’s coast, marking one of its biggest European investments this year. The facility will be developed
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Venezuela is preparing for a possible U.S. attack by deploying weapons, including decades-old Russian-made equipment, and planning guerrilla-style resistance operations or street-level chaos, sources and planning documents reviewed by Reuters indicate. The
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China is ramping up efforts to control local government debt by making it more difficult for certain state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to borrow funds overseas. According to people familiar with the matter, the
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Billionaire Gautam Adani is preparing to launch one of India’s most ambitious clean energy projects — a multi-billion-dollar battery energy storage system in western India — as part of his group’s broader
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The International Monetary Fund has cautioned that countries swapping dollar-denominated loans from China into yuan may face significant currency risks, even as they aim to lower borrowing costs. In a statement responding
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In a dramatic conclusion to one of the largest financial fraud cases in recent history, the Metropolitan Police have announced the capture and conviction of Qian Zhimin, a 47-year-old Chinese national dubbed
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The UK government has rejected a European Commission request for up to €6.75 billion ($7.8 billion) to participate in its flagship defense initiative, a decision that could strain post-Brexit relations under Prime
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The U.S. Senate on Monday approved a long-awaited compromise to end the longest government shutdown in American history, bringing relief after weeks of disruption that left hundreds of thousands of federal workers
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday pledged that those responsible for the deadly car blast in Delhi would be held accountable, assuring that the government is taking the attack “very seriously.” Speaking
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A remote mountainside in southern Peru known as Monte Sierpe contains roughly 5,200 enigmatic holes, long puzzling archaeologists, but new research reported by Live Science offers clues to their purpose. The holes,
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In 1906, archaeologists uncovered a remarkable wig belonging to an Egyptian woman named Merit while excavating her tomb alongside her husband, Kha, in Luxor, the ancient city of Thebes. The wig, made
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Archaeologists in Poland have uncovered a rare iron tool used by the Celts to perform cranial surgery more than 2,300 years ago. The hand-held implement, discovered at Łysa Góra — a Celtic
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The BBC is set to unveil what it calls one of its most ambitious wildlife projects to date — Kingdom, a sweeping six-part series narrated by Sir David Attenborough. Produced by the
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