Blackstone plans to double its investments in India to $100 billion within five years, with chief operating officer Jonathan Gray describing the country as the firm’s best-performing market and expressing confidence in
ByteDance is developing an artificial intelligence model that could rival the scale of Anthropic’s most advanced systems, highlighting China’s growing ambition to compete directly with the world’s leading AI laboratories as the
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Google is centralising control of its artificial intelligence operations in Silicon Valley in a sweeping leadership overhaul that strengthens the influence of co-founder Sergey Brin and marks a significant shift in the
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Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are expected to sign a trilateral defence pact at a summit in Jeddah on Friday, according to information obtained by Agence France-Presse (AFP) from Saudi military and
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Chinese authorities have launched extensive emergency preparations, including the deployment of drones and artificial intelligence forecasting systems, as Typhoon Dolphin approaches the country’s eastern coastline, prompting widespread transport disruptions, coastal evacuations and
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The United States has refunded approximately US$100 billion in tariffs collected under measures later struck down by the US Supreme Court, according to a court filing, marking a significant development in the
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Singapore’s Far East Organization has entered a new chapter in its six-decade history as leadership passes to the third generation of the Ng family, reflecting a broader succession trend among Singapore’s largest
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Commercial shipping through two of the world’s most strategically important maritime chokepoints declined sharply on Wednesday, according to shipping data, highlighting the continued disruption to regional trade routes amid escalating conflict in
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India’s central bank is expected to hold off on raising interest rates until December or later, with economists pointing to subdued core inflation despite recent increases in headline consumer prices. The outlook
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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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