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The world’s diesel market is running out of time to replenish dangerously low fuel stockpiles before hurricane season and refinery maintenance kick in — a development that could ripple through inflation, trade,
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor In a matter of days, a summit of seismic import will convene — one poised to reverberate through the brittle scaffolding of an exhausted geopolitical order. Presidents
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Tokyo Electron, Japan’s leading semiconductor equipment manufacturer, has dismissed an employee over suspected involvement in the theft of trade secrets from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world’s largest contract chipmaker. The
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In a candid interview released Tuesday, Ukraine’s top military intelligence official, Kyrylo Budanov, confirmed that the country employs prostitutes as part of its intelligence-gathering operations. Speaking with Ukrainian journalist Ramina Eshakzai, Budanov,
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India has strongly condemned the United States’ decision to impose additional tariffs on Indian imports, calling the move “unfair, unjustified, and unreasonable.” The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) issued a firm statement
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Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, once hailed by the West as a liberal reformer, is back in the global spotlight — this time not as a symbol of modern Russia, but as
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India’s central bank has opted to keep its key interest rate steady, as escalating trade tensions with the United States — fueled by US President Donald Trump’s tariff threats — cast a
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Shares of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway have underperformed the broader market by one of the widest margins in decades, triggering unease among investors as the 94-year-old billionaire prepares to step down as
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China’s ambitious campaign to consolidate its fragmented semiconductor industry into a few powerful state-backed players is faltering, as internal disagreements and market realities challenge Beijing’s top-down push to rival U.S. and European
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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government is pushing forward with a long-delayed €13 billion bridge linking Sicily to the mainland, now reframing the contentious project as a strategic NATO-aligned infrastructure investment. As
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The Big Four accountancy firms — Deloitte, PwC, EY, and KPMG — are encountering significant cultural and structural obstacles in adopting artificial intelligence at scale, according to former EY UK boss Hywel
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OpenAI is reportedly in early discussions about a potential secondary stock sale that could value the artificial intelligence pioneer at around US$500 billion, according to individuals briefed on the matter. The transaction,
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China’s ambitious race to rival SpaceX’s Starlink with its own constellation of low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites is running into a critical hurdle: a shortage of rocket launch capacity. As a result, the
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Ayano Hirashima was just eight years old when she became a living witness to one of the darkest turning points in human history—not once, but twice. On the morning of August 6,
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi finds himself at the centre of a deepening geopolitical confrontation as former US President Donald Trump threatens to escalate tariffs on Indian imports, in retaliation for New
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