Turkey has entered the increasingly contested race to lead the United Nations, nominating veteran diplomat Feridun Sinirlioglu for the organisation’s top position as negotiations over the successor to Secretary-General António Guterres remain
Phoebe Gates, daughter of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates, is raising $30 million in new funding for her artificial intelligence shopping startup, Phia, according to a pitch deck viewed
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India’s market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), on Thursday proposed a shift in how position limits for equity index options are set, moving from total contract value to
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European Union leaders are exploring ways to lend tens of billions of euros to Ukraine using frozen Russian assets, as support from Washington diminishes and Kyiv faces potential funding shortages early next
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China has deployed an unusually large concentration of naval and coast guard vessels across East Asian waters, at one point surpassing 100 ships in what sources described to Reuters as the country’s
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China Eastern Airlines has inaugurated what it says is the world’s longest one-way commercial flight, a roughly 20,000-kilometer journey connecting Shanghai with Buenos Aires through a stopover in Auckland, according to information
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The Assam government has announced a comprehensive ban on the publication, circulation, possession, and distribution of radical or jihadi material associated with terror groups such as Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), Ansarullah Bangla Team
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The United States has decided to halt plans to impose sanctions on China’s Ministry of State Security over a large-scale cyber spying campaign, aiming to preserve a trade truce reached earlier this
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The government of the Maldives has confirmed that the planned visit of its President to Sri Lanka — originally slated for November 7–9 — has been postponed, in light of the ongoing
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by Our Defence Affairs Editor Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement that Roman Gupman will become the next director of the Mossad has sent ripples across Israel’s political and security establishment. Gupman, who
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe has called on the President to immediately remove all state authority allegedly being exercised from the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) headquarters in Pelawatta
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Former President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that all documents signed using an autopen during Joe Biden’s presidency, including pardons, executive orders, memorandums, and contracts, are “null, void, and of no
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Each New Year’s Eve, German city streets erupt into chaotic displays as the national ban on private fireworks is lifted for a single night. The celebrations often result in injuries, property damage,
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Capital Group, the world’s largest active-only money manager, is stepping into a more high-profile phase, launching a strategic push to expand its private-market offerings and attract retail investors, Bloomberg reports. The $3.3
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Michael Dell, the founder of Dell Technologies Inc., and his wife, Susan, will donate $6.25 billion to help fund so-called “Trump accounts,” an initiative created earlier this year under legislation backed by
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Binance Holdings Ltd. has appointed its co-founder Yi He as co-chief executive officer alongside Richard Teng, the company announced Wednesday in a post on X. The move marks a significant leadership shift
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