South Korea is extending trading hours on its main stock exchange, breaking with established norms across major Asian markets as it seeks to attract sustained participation from global investors and move towards
Japan’s economy shrank more than initially estimated in the third quarter, reinforcing Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s push for a sweeping stimulus package aimed at easing the strain of inflation and reviving growth.
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India’s foreign exchange reserves fell for a second consecutive week, declining by $1.8 billion to $686.2 billion for the week ending 28 November 2025, according to the latest data released by the
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by Our Correspondent in New Delhi In the cutthroat world of aviation, where margins are wafer-thin and operational missteps unforgiving, leadership is not just important—it is everything. And yet, in a stunning
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A sweeping legal battle in London has exposed what authorities describe as one of the most audacious people-smuggling operations to infiltrate Britain in decades — allegedly masterminded by two Iraqi-Kurdish men who
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Asian companies and governments are rapidly expanding their reliance on euro-denominated financing, signaling a significant shift in global funding patterns and raising questions about the durability of US dollar supremacy. According to
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US natural gas prices are climbing at their fastest pace in years, driven by record exports of liquefied natural gas and an increasingly strained domestic supply — a combination that is deepening
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Niger’s military government has accused French state-controlled nuclear group Orano of dumping hazardous radioactive waste near a former uranium site, escalating an already tense standoff over control of the country’s uranium industry.
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Berlin police will be permitted to covertly enter private homes to install spyware after the city’s House of Representatives approved sweeping changes to police powers, marking one of the most expansive surveillance
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The United States has informed European allies that it expects them to assume the majority of NATO’s conventional defense responsibilities by 2027, a timeline that several European officials say is not achievable,
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Netflix’s pursuit of Warner Bros Discovery began as a routine fact-finding effort but ultimately escalated into one of the largest media acquisitions in a decade, a deal that people familiar with the
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BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust has logged its longest streak of weekly withdrawals since its January 2024 debut, underscoring waning institutional enthusiasm for Bitcoin even as the cryptocurrency’s price steadies. More than $2.7
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IndiGo has canceled all domestic flights departing from New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport until midnight Friday, intensifying a wave of travel disruption that has stretched through the week. The airport operator
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Saudi Arabia has slashed the price of its flagship Arab Light crude for Asian buyers to the lowest level since early 2021, signaling intensifying pressure from a persistent global oil surplus, according
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India’s market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), on Thursday proposed a shift in how position limits for equity index options are set, moving from total contract value to
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China Eastern Airlines has inaugurated what it says is the world’s longest one-way commercial flight, a roughly 20,000-kilometer journey connecting Shanghai with Buenos Aires through a stopover in Auckland, according to information
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