by Our Correspondent in Fuzhou , China The future of international cooperation is increasingly being shaped not only by what countries build, trade or invest in, but also by how their
South Korean police have charged four individuals in connection with a large-scale hacking operation that targeted tens of thousands of private surveillance cameras in homes and businesses, stealing sexually exploitative footage. Authorities
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The chief inspector of Ofsted, Sir Martyn Oliver, has expressed support for an Australian-style ban on social media for children under 16 in the United Kingdom, citing its impact on behaviour and
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French President Emmanuel Macron has faced criticism over a proposal to introduce a certification scheme for “serious” media outlets, which some observers have described as Orwellian. Macron said the plan was intended
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The family of Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister, Imran Khan, has called on King Charles, as head of the Commonwealth, to speak out about Khan’s solitary confinement, raising concerns about his health
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Russian President Vladimir Putin declared that Russia is “ready” for a potential war with Europe as the United States prepares to deliver Ukraine’s latest peace proposal in Moscow on Tuesday. The message
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Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud division, Amazon Web Services, has accelerated the release of its newest artificial intelligence chip, Trainium3, renewing the company’s push to compete more directly with hardware from Nvidia Corp. and
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Saudi Arabia plans to sustain elevated government spending and active borrowing over the coming years as it presses ahead with its economic diversification agenda, even as lower oil prices strain public finances.
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The world’s biggest hedge funds are obtaining “substantially higher” leverage in bond markets than their smaller competitors, thanks to access to near-zero haircuts on repo transactions provided by major dealers, the Bank
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Global economic growth is set to remain sluggish over the next two years as trade tensions, geopolitical uncertainty and limited investment—outside of artificial intelligence—continue to weigh on the world economy, according to
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The Trump administration is preparing to significantly widen its travel ban to include roughly 30 additional countries, according to reporting from Bloomberg. The expansion marks one of the most far-reaching efforts yet
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OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman has ordered an urgent company-wide shift to accelerate improvements to ChatGPT, putting a temporary halt on several other high-profile initiatives as competition in the artificial intelligence
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China and Japan issued starkly different accounts of a tense maritime encounter near the disputed Senkaku Islands on Tuesday, underscoring the depth of longstanding hostilities between the two nations. According to a
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The London P&I Club, the insurer acting on behalf of the owners of the sunken MV X-Press Pearl, is escalating its efforts to engage Sri Lankan authorities after the country’s Supreme Court
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Note from the Editorial Team In the aftermath of Cyclone Ditwah, Sri Lanka stands at a critical crossroads — one that demands not only compassion from the world but also discipline, clarity
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by Durga Velayudham A moment after President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s recent address to the nation on the calamity facing the country due to Cyclone Ditwah, a grotesque spectacle unfolded online—one that once
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