by Our Economic Affairs Editor When Russian forces invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Western governments unleashed a barrage of unprecedented sanctions aimed at strangling Moscow’s war economy. From semiconductor exports to banking
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India says Indus water will be held back, stored, redirected, weaponized. They says “blood and water cannot flow together” a slogan first sharpened in 2016 and repeated again in 2025 by Prime
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The European Central Bank (ECB) has revealed that it could launch a pilot phase for the long-discussed digital euro in mid-2027, provided EU lawmakers and national governments finalize a legal framework next
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Reliance Industries Ltd., led by Mukesh Ambani, has announced a major partnership with Google to provide its telecom subscribers with 18 months of free access to Google’s AI pro platform, signaling an
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Palantir Technologies Inc. has filed a lawsuit against two former senior artificial intelligence engineers, alleging that they misappropriated confidential documents and information to help launch a rival company, Percepta. The lawsuit, filed
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Refined fuel exports from Russia have fallen to levels not seen since the start of the war, as a combination of refinery outages and Western sanctions disrupt the country’s energy trade. According
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A group of United Nations human rights experts has welcomed the adoption of the ASEAN Declaration on the Right to a Safe, Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment, calling it a “historic step”
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On the last day of October 2025, leaders from the 21 nations of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum will meet in the city of Gyeongju in the Republic of Korea (South
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Editor’s Note: The following column is based on excerpts from a speech delivered by Semih Lütfü Turgut, Ambassador of the Republic of Türkiye to Sri Lanka, on the occasion of the National
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BYD Co., the world’s largest electric-vehicle (EV) maker, reported a sharp decline in third-quarter profit as mounting domestic competition and heightened industry scrutiny weigh on its sales outlook. The Shenzhen-based automaker said
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Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram, has announced a new initiative called Cocoon, a decentralized platform designed to transform AI computing. The project, officially named Confidential Compute Open Network, was revealed at
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Female recruits in the British Army were reportedly forced to strip down to their underwear and perform invasive exercises during medical examinations, Times UK has revealed. Allegations describe recruits being made to
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Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), is facing serious allegations of sexual misconduct from a former staff member, according to an exclusive investigation by Times UK. The
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U.S. President Donald Trump announced Thursday that Washington will allow South Korea to build nuclear-powered submarines in the United States, a move with potential implications for Japan’s own naval strategy. The submarines
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U.S. President Donald Trump has directed the Pentagon to resume nuclear weapons testing, citing rising strategic competition with Moscow and Beijing. The announcement came ahead of Trump’s scheduled meeting with Chinese President
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