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
Hungary’s new government is stepping up pressure on Chinese companies, reopening previously approved investment and funding agreements while tightening environmental regulations for factories, a shift that is beginning to disrupt plans by
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Thailand’s rapid expansion of data centres is raising concerns over public safety, pollution and regulatory oversight after authorities discovered that a facility in Bangkok had been illegally storing 200,000 litres of oil.
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The price of crude oil has risen to its highest level since May as renewed attacks in the Strait of Hormuz intensify concerns over energy supplies. A barrel of North Sea Brent
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OpenAI is calling for mandatory national artificial intelligence safety requirements in the United States, arguing that the rapid increase in AI capabilities has made voluntary industry commitments inadequate and raised new concerns
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China’s leading artificial intelligence chipmakers are sharply raising prices for current and next-generation processors as a global shortage of high-bandwidth memory squeezes efforts to build domestic alternatives to Nvidia, according to people
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Chinese President Xi Jinping’s much-anticipated visit to New Delhi this week, his first to India in seven years, is expected to advance a cautious diplomatic thaw between the two Asian giants. Yet
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Criminal proceedings against Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei began on Wednesday in a closely watched US federal trial, bringing renewed scrutiny to allegations first made nearly eight years ago that the company stole
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Singapore is to introduce a one-off increase in the pay of government ministers, including Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, despite continuing domestic disapproval over the high salaries received by the country’s political leaders.
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Eight years after US prosecutors secretly charged Huawei Technologies with defrauding HSBC and other banks over its business dealings with Iran, the long-running criminal case is finally heading to trial in New
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Alphabet’s Google has introduced major changes to its online search results in Europe, saying it is complying with European Union antitrust requirements at the cost of a poorer user experience and higher
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The UK government has rejected Jamaica’s demand for financial reparations over Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade, reaffirming on September 7 that it will not enter negotiations or pay compensation, even
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Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez has accused the United States of inflicting severe damage on the country’s economy and healthcare system, linking the impact of the decades-long US economic blockade to disruptions
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India is intensifying preparations for the BRICS Summit, scheduled for September 12 and 13, 2026, at the Bharat Mandapam Convention Centre in New Delhi, as the expanded grouping prepares to address economic
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China’s export growth accelerated in August, reinforcing the importance of overseas demand to an economy still struggling with weak domestic consumption, slowing investment and prolonged weakness in the property market. Exports expanded
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Huawei has unveiled the HUAWEI Mate XT 2 | ULTIMATE DESIGN, the latest addition to its tri-fold smartphone lineup and the first smartphone to feature the LogicFolding Tau (τ) Chip, marking the
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