Saudi Arabia has temporarily shut its 1,200-kilometre East-West oil pipeline after a drone attack damaged the vital crude conduit, adding to mounting disruptions to energy flows across the Middle East as the
A sweeping campaign to recover unpaid taxes on overseas assets is placing China’s wealthiest individuals under unprecedented scrutiny, with authorities pursuing decades-old liabilities, tightening oversight of offshore wealth and strengthening control over
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A consortium of banks led by Morgan Stanley is preparing to refinance $15bn of debt tied to a Google-backed data centre in Texas leased to Anthropic, underscoring how the unprecedented financing demands
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Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are evaluating semiconductor manufacturing equipment produced by China’s Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment (AMEC) for possible deployment at their production facilities in China, according to a Reuters report citing
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) left its benchmark repo rate unchanged at 5.25% on Wednesday, choosing to wait for clearer evidence on whether rising global oil prices are feeding into broader
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Poland has appealed a Belgian court ruling requiring it to accept and pay for millions of Covid-19 vaccine doses rejected under a European Union procurement agreement negotiated during the pandemic. The legal
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Apple temporarily removed the messaging platform Telegram from its App Store after identifying content that violated its policies on child sexual abuse material, before restoring the application once the offending content was
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Russia is rapidly expanding a shadow fleet of liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers ahead of tougher European Union sanctions due to take effect in 2027, according to a Financial Times investigation. The
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Colombian prosecutors are investigating allegations that executives linked to a Chinese state-owned contractor demanded cash payments from a local subcontractor in exchange for approving invoices on Bogotá’s metro project, South America’s largest
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SpaceX is set to face a major test in the public markets this week as the first substantial tranche of previously locked shares becomes eligible for trading, marking a significant milestone following
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Anthony Fauci, the veteran scientist who led the United States’ response to the Covid-19 pandemic under both President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden, is facing renewed political and legal pressure after
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