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European Union member states have endorsed a landmark agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 90% over the next decade compared with 1990 levels, reinforcing the bloc’s leadership in global climate action.
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Some 20 kilometers off the coast of Tianjin, a towering offshore platform rises from the Bohai Sea, symbolizing China’s $468 billion drive to boost domestic oil and gas output. The Caofeidian 11-1
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The global selloff in semiconductor stocks accelerated this week as investors fretted over stretched valuations among some of the artificial intelligence sector’s biggest winners. South Korea’s Kospi fell as much as 6.2%
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New Yorkers chose Zohran Mamdani as their next mayor on Tuesday, November 4, in a vote that drew national attention and marked a milestone in the city’s political history. The 34-year-old state
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Just days before the second round of local elections in Macedonia, everyone here seems obsessed with one question: who will control the municipalities —and through them, control us? Power in this country
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Editorial Dick Cheney has died at 84, and with his passing, the world loses not a gentle statesman, nor a public servant, but a man who wielded power with a ruthlessness that
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by Our Economic Affairs Editor The story of the Ambuluwawa Religious and Biodiversity Complex in Gampola is far more than an account of architecture or conservation. It is the chronicle of how
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A series of newly released court documents has exposed the shadowy tactics and lucrative rewards behind Black Cube’s secret investigation into online gaming group Evolution, revealing how the private intelligence firm received
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South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has placed artificial intelligence at the center of his administration’s economic vision, pledging to transform industries, public services, and national defense through aggressive AI investment and
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The era of nearly free money in Japan is over—and the nation’s companies are responding with unprecedented vigor on the global stage. According to Bloomberg, Japanese firms have raised $132 billion so
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President Donald Trump has pardoned Changpeng Zhao, the billionaire founder of Binance Holdings Ltd., marking one of the most controversial acts of clemency in his second term. As Bloomberg reports, Zhao, one
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Egyptian heritage campaigners have declared a turning point in their long-running effort to bring home ancient treasures held in Western museums, including the Rosetta Stone in London, following the official opening of
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