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
The geography of global wealth is undergoing a dramatic shift, as Gulf states and fast-growing Asian economies outpace many mature Western markets in billionaire growth rates, reshaping the balance of economic power.
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Lebanon is emerging as a central battleground in the wider Middle East conflict as escalating Israeli strikes and Hezbollah attacks deepen fears of a prolonged regional war ahead of high-stakes negotiations in
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Nasa has announced the start of a $20 billion programme to build a permanent base on the Moon, describing it as one of the most ambitious engineering efforts in human history and
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Indonesia has begun a sweeping crackdown targeting major palm oil producers over allegations of under-invoicing and transfer pricing in commodity exports, raising pressure on some of the country’s most powerful agribusiness groups.
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China has accumulated more than 30 days’ worth of coal supplies to ensure power stability ahead of an expected summer electricity crunch linked to the El Niño climate pattern. The National Development
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Lambs have returned to Moroccan streets in recent days, marking the revival of the Eid al-Adha ritual after a rare suspension ordered last year by King Mohammed VI due to severe drought.
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A new wave of economic anxiety is sweeping across the United Kingdom as businesses report mounting pressure from the ongoing crisis in the Gulf, with fears that the fallout will drive inflation
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A series of leaked documents has shed new light on what investigators describe as a coordinated Russian effort to destabilise European societies through carefully designed psychological and symbolic operations. The materials, obtained
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When temperatures in Delhi cross the 40-degree mark, the city begins to function differently. Streets turn into heat traps, nights offer little relief, and daily life becomes an endurance test shaped by
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China has moved aggressively to counter a European Union investigation into Chinese security equipment maker Nuctech, marking the first use of Beijing’s newly introduced legal framework designed to resist what it considers
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A growing political storm is engulfing Argentina and Bolivia after allegations emerged that President Javier Milei’s government used military aircraft to send riot-control equipment to Bolivia while publicly presenting the operation as
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Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a sharp and emotionally charged attack on Japan’s expanding military posture during his summit with former US President Donald Trump in Beijing, according to details first reported
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A cybersecurity chief executive who refuses to connect to airport Wi-Fi is drawing attention to the growing dangers facing the global digital economy. According to a profile published by Business Times, Patrick
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A high-stakes referendum in Switzerland is set to decide whether the country should legally cap its population at 10 million, a move that has ignited a fierce national and European debate over
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Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has called on the continent’s wealthy elite to abandon their lifestyles in London, Switzerland, and other global financial hubs and return to Africa, arguing that only direct
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