Bangladesh has spent an estimated US$4.1 billion in additional costs since late February to cushion the impact of a global energy crisis, placing mounting pressure on Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s plans to
Ukrainian billionaire Rinat Akhmetov, widely regarded as the richest man in Ukraine, has made headlines with the purchase of a sprawling five-story luxury apartment in Monaco for an astonishing 471 million euros,
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A rapidly intensifying wave of covert drone warfare is pulling Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and other Gulf states into a destabilizing shadow conflict that is unfolding alongside the broader war involving Iran, the
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A Brazilian criminal organization that began as a small prison-based fraternity demanding basic rights in the 1990s has grown into one of the most powerful and globally connected crime syndicates in the
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JPMorgan Chase has announced a significant expansion of its sweeping $1.5 trillion Security and Resiliency Initiative (SRI), extending the program beyond the United States into Europe in what the bank describes as
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Apple has announced a landmark leadership transition that will reshape one of the world’s most influential technology companies. Tim Cook, who has served as chief executive officer since 2011, will step into
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In late October 2008, as global markets reeled from a historic financial collapse, a nine-page document quietly began circulating online. Titled “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System,” it outlined a radical vision:
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As conflict reshapes battlefields across continents, Iran’s military establishment has been quietly absorbing lessons from one of the most closely watched wars of the 21st century. A detailed investigation by the Financial
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The economic aftershocks of the recent US-Israel war with Iran are rapidly coming into focus, with a new analysis projecting a staggering regional repair bill of up to $58 billion. According to
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The World Trade Organization’s latest ministerial meeting, held last month in Yaounde, ended not with a breakthrough but with a familiar and troubling outcome: deadlock. Once envisioned as the cornerstone of a
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The global electric vehicle industry is being shaken by a stark warning from one of its most powerful players. In a statement that has sent shockwaves through the automotive sector, BYD chief
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The Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization, Arsenio Dominguez, has issued a forceful warning over escalating tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, describing the situation as a direct challenge to global maritime
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The Trump family-associated crypto venture World Liberty is facing mounting pressure after its WLFI token fell nearly 16 per cent over the past month, triggered by revelations that the firm borrowed $75mn
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A war involving Iran is now reverberating far beyond the Middle East, exposing the fragile foundations of the modern global food system and raising the prospect of a widespread hunger crisis. Reporting
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Lloyd’s of London has announced it will end its flagship diversity, equity and inclusion initiative, bringing to a close a programme that has shaped its efforts to reform workplace culture over the
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Indian industrialist Gautam Adani has overtaken Mukesh Ambani to become Asia’s richest person, as rising geopolitical tensions linked to the Iran conflict weigh heavily on energy markets and reshape the fortunes of
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