Thailand’s historic royal visit to China from 13–17 November sends a clear message to Southeast Asia about stability, partnership, and shared regional momentum. The state visit of King Maha Vajiralongkorn—the first by
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Former MI6 chief Richard Moore has said the UK government should find a practical solution to allow China to build a new embassy in London, despite ongoing tensions between the two countries.
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Around 1.4 million barrels per day of Russian oil — nearly a third of the country’s seaborne export capacity — are currently being held in tankers as sanctions imposed by the United
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HSBC Holdings Plc announced on Thursday that Andrew Wild, its chief executive officer for continental Europe, will step down from his role at the end of the year, citing family reasons. The
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The World Bank has announced plans to mobilize $1.35 billion to help Kenya expand access to affordable mortgages and address its widening housing deficit. The financing package includes $375 million in concessional
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called on Argentina’s government to accelerate efforts to build up foreign reserves as part of its $20 billion lending program, warning that stronger buffers are essential
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In early November, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres addressed the ‘horrifying crisis in Sudan, which is spiralling out of control’. He urged the warring parties to ‘bring an end to this nightmare of
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Google has been hit with a class-action lawsuit accusing it of using its artificial intelligence assistant, Gemini, to illegally intercept and monitor private user communications across its Gmail, Chat, and Meet platforms,
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More than one-fifth of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s population — nearly 25 million people — are experiencing severe acute food insecurity, the United Nations warned on Wednesday. UN spokesperson Stéphane
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Yoshua Bengio, one of the most influential figures in artificial intelligence, has become the first person to have their academic work cited more than one million times on Google Scholar, marking a
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With great prescience, late Henry Kissinger had once said, “You can’t make war in the Middle East without Egypt, and you can’t make peace without Syria.” The adage remains true even today.
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David “Dedi” Barnea, the Director of Israel’s Mossad, has informed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of his intention to step down from his role this coming June, sources familiar with the matter said.
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Wu Qing, the chairman of China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), has sought approval to step down from his role, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, in an abrupt move that could
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