Paraguayan President Santiago Peña has resigned after parliament initiated impeachment proceedings against him over alleged irregularities linked to the collapse of Ueno Bank, a financial crisis that has triggered protests and left
Meta shares fell nearly 7% on Thursday after the social media company reported negative free cash flow for the third quarter and increased the lower end of its expected annual capital expenditure,
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Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang has warned that shortages of capital are holding back the rapid expansion of specialised cloud computing companies, despite soaring demand for the infrastructure needed to support artificial
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Japan’s annual core consumer inflation rose to 2.1% in September, exceeding the Bank of Japan’s 2% target for the first time in nine months and strengthening the case for further interest rate
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Sovereign wealth funds invested $14.2 billion in mainland China and Hong Kong during the first nine months of 2026, nearly 190% more than the $4.9 billion invested throughout 2025, as Middle Eastern
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South Korea’s central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 3% on Thursday, pausing after two consecutive increases as policymakers assessed persistent inflation, rising housing prices and uncertainty surrounding the global
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India is preparing a national data centre policy as public opposition grows to major technology projects backed by US companies, with concerns over electricity, water availability and environmental impact threatening to complicate
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Global Islamic finance industry assets are projected to exceed US$10.5 trillion by 2030, up from US$6.5 trillion in 2025, as Islamic banking expands, sukuk issuance grows and adoption spreads across emerging markets,
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Malaysia’s economy grew 5.3 per cent year on year in the third quarter of 2026, supported by stronger manufacturing activity and a surge in exports, although declining mining output and slower services
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Indonesia’s oil and gas import bill surged 40.2 per cent year on year to US$25.8 billion in the first seven months of 2026, as higher global energy prices increased pressure on the
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Cambodia has referred nearly 450 cases involving around 4,000 people to court in just over a year as it seeks to dismantle the country’s online scam industry, but questions remain over whether
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HSBC Group Chief Executive Georges Elhedery said on Tuesday that the Gulf region would recover from the impact of the Iran war through investment in more resilient alternative logistics routes, suggesting that
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Shares in several Singapore-listed agricultural companies fell on Tuesday after Senior Minister K Shanmugam warned that businesses potentially linked to fires causing regional haze would not escape responsibility, as Singapore considers legal
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China’s economy grew faster than expected in the third quarter as strong exports of technology and manufactured goods helped offset weak domestic consumption and a deepening property crisis, highlighting the growing imbalance
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly proposed a summit with US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss a deal to end the war in Ukraine, according to a
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India’s benchmark stock market indices have fallen nearly 12% since January, despite resilient economic growth, as foreign investors withdraw capital and global investment flows increasingly favour artificial intelligence-related markets, Finance Minister Nirmala
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