Artificial intelligence is creating new employment opportunities, but women are taking a minority of them. A LinkedIn study covering 27 countries, including Spain, found that women account for between 13% and 29%
Thousands of Chinese workers launched coordinated strikes at BYD-owned electronics factories from March 28 to April 2, in one of the largest recent displays of industrial unrest in China’s manufacturing sector. The
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Gold prices fell in early Asian trading on Friday and are poised for their steepest weekly loss in six months. A stronger US dollar and waning safe-haven demand, driven by improved US-China
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Marking a major milestone for China’s maritime and automotive industries, Anji Ansheng, the world’s largest ocean-going car carrier by capacity, embarked on its maiden voyage to Europe on Thursday evening. Departing from
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India’s Minister of External Affairs, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, held his first high-level conversation with Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government on Thursday. The call with acting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi marked a rare engagement
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HSBC Holdings Plc is reorganizing its capital markets and corporate advisory divisions into a new unified business, aiming to strengthen its position in the rapidly growing private credit market, the London-based bank
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by Our Correspondent in Doha As the Village People’s “YMCA” echoed through a glittering ballroom in Riyadh, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman took the stage to join US President Donald Trump,
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China has suspended chicken imports from Brazil, the world’s largest poultry exporter, after the South American nation confirmed its first-ever case of avian influenza on a commercial farm. The move marks a
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Despite a much-heralded 90-day truce in the US-China trade war, businesses that rely on the flow of critical materials across the Pacific are finding little reason to celebrate. As reported by the
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Hadi Matar, the man who brutally stabbed author Salman Rushdie during a public lecture in 2022, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for attempted murder, following a high-profile trial that
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Colombo Additional Magistrate Pasan Amaraseena today (16) ordered the release of 12 suspects—10 females and 2 males—who were previously arrested and remanded on suspicion of aiding and abetting terrorists responsible for the
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Editorial “A lot of people are starving,” Donald Trump declared bluntly, standing beneath the glittering chandeliers of the Gulf, his voice imbued with the rare gravitas of genuine lament. “We’re going to
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Myanmar’s opposition party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), has accused the country’s military leadership of committing serious human rights violations during a period of declared ceasefire following a devastating earthquake in
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Former FBI Director James Comey is at the center of a political firestorm following an Instagram post that critics say contained a veiled call for violence against President Donald Trump. On Thursday,
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Tucked away on the windswept shores of Talaimannar, a remote town on Sri Lanka’s northwest coast, lies a site shrouded in faith, legend, and heated debate. Locals
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In remarks that could derail renewed hopes for peace between Russia and Ukraine, U.S. President Donald Trump has declared that no meaningful progress will be made in negotiations until he meets directly
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