South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of violating a confidential agreement by publicly disclosing the transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea,
UBS Group AG is intensifying checks on the origins of client funds in its rapidly growing Asian wealth hubs, prompting some customers to provide more detailed disclosures. The move comes as the
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Russian forces may have tested an upgraded glide bomb able to hit targets as far as 150 kilometers, according to the military-focused Telegram channel Voyenny Obozrevatel. Standard Russian glide bombs are typically
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China’s aggressive move to impose unprecedented export controls on rare-earth minerals has triggered an international response, highlighting the growing friction between Beijing and major global economies, according to Bloomberg. The restrictions, which
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HSBC Holdings Plc has confirmed that it is not exposed to the fallout from the bankruptcy of First Brands Group, a scandal-hit auto-parts supplier whose collapse has left major Wall Street firms
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In January 1968, the frozen silence of Greenland’s North Star Bay was shattered by the crash of a U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber carrying nuclear weapons, scattering plutonium across the ice and
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by Our Correspondent in Washington DC Fresh evidence has emerged suggesting that Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former chief medical adviser to the White House, was secretly escorted into CIA headquarters without being
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An investor consortium including BlackRock, Microsoft, and Nvidia is acquiring Aligned Data Centers, a U.S.-based operator with nearly 80 facilities, in a $40 billion deal aimed at securing computing capacity for artificial
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In cities across India, startups are deploying artificial-intelligence chatbots designed to mimic human conversation, promising to drastically reduce the need for customer-service staff. Companies like LimeChat claim their AI agents can cut
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the world’s largest producer of advanced AI chips, is set to report a 28% increase in third-quarter profit, reaching a record T$417.7 billion ($13.65 billion), driven by
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For more than ten years, Chinese state actors successfully infiltrated the United Kingdom’s classified computer systems, accessing low and medium-level government data in what security officials have described as a sustained and
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US President Donald Trump announced that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has agreed to end India’s purchases of oil from Russia, a move that could ease tensions between Washington and New Delhi
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Ke Yang, the Apple Inc. executive in charge of developing the company’s new AI-powered web search capabilities, is leaving the company to join Meta Platforms Inc., according to a Bloomberg report citing
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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent signaled that Washington could extend a pause on tariffs on Chinese goods beyond the current three-month window if Beijing agrees to halt its planned export restrictions on
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A simmering rivalry between Wall Street’s biggest banks and the fast-growing private credit industry boiled over this week after a pair of credit market blowups triggered public sparring between JPMorgan Chase &
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Russian liquefied natural gas shipments targeted by UK sanctions are continuing to enter China, as Moscow and Beijing appear prepared to circumvent London’s latest restrictions, Bloomberg reported. On Wednesday, the UK imposed
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