Donald Trump faces a potentially damaging electoral defeat as Americans prepare to vote in midterm elections, with economic dissatisfaction, allegations of corruption and growing opposition to his foreign policy threatening Republican control
U.S. equities tumbled this week, with the S&P 500 shedding roughly $1 trillion in market value as a tech-driven selloff intensified ahead of anticipated Federal Reserve guidance on interest rates. The S&P
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Militias and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have committed massacres, ethnically targeted killings, and gang rapes, according to two reports released Wednesday by leading human rights organizations. Human
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French President Emmanuel Macron has defended his lawsuit against American political commentator Candace Owens, saying the legal action was necessary to protect both his family and his own honour. Speaking to Paris
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For much of the last three decades, China’s rise in Africa has been defined by economics. Its footprint has been visible in the bridges, highways, ports, and power stations financed and constructed
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The Czech general election this autumn, once seemingly a smooth path to victory for billionaire politician Andrej Babiš, has been thrown into unexpected turmoil by an extraordinary scandal involving a plot to
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Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Tibet (Xizang) on Wednesday to attend landmark events marking the 60th anniversary of the region’s establishment as an autonomous area, becoming the first Chinese president to
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Blackstone Inc.’s head of secondaries, Verdun Perry, called the buying and selling of existing private assets “the most underutilized tool” in private markets, forecasting that secondaries deal volume could surge to $400
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Russia’s oil production and exports are projected to remain stable this year, even as the industry faces its most difficult period since the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Moscow-based Kasatkin Consulting. The firm
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Microsoft Corp. has curtailed Chinese companies’ access to early notifications about cybersecurity vulnerabilities in its software, amid concerns that leaks may have contributed to recent hacking campaigns targeting its SharePoint and Exchange
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Syria’s new Islamist rulers are mounting an aggressive campaign to dismantle the narco-state once fostered by former president Bashar al-Assad, whose regime turned captagon — an addictive amphetamine-like stimulant — into a
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Temasek Holdings Pte is considering one of its most significant restructurings in years, with a proposal to split its operations into three investment vehicles aimed at boosting efficiency and returns, according to
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In January this year, South Korean researcher Byeongjun Park opened an e-mail that would draw him into one of the most heated debates in modern science. Two computer scientists in India told
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In 1970, the average woman in Mexico could expect to have seven children. By 2014, that figure had dropped to around two. Today, it stands at just 1.6 — a number far
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Hamamatsu, a city long regarded as one of Japan’s key industrial powerhouses, is turning to immigration in an effort to counteract a shrinking population and an exodus of young workers to Tokyo.
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A former senior official at China’s securities regulator has been expelled from the Communist Party after investigators discovered up to 300 million yuan (HK$326 million) in cash at his residence, according to
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