China’s industrial profits rose for a second straight month in September, giving officials a measure of optimism that the world’s second-largest economy may be stabilizing despite weak domestic demand and trade uncertainties.
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Striking workers at Boeing Defense in the St. Louis area have rejected the company’s latest contract proposal, extending a strike that has already lasted 13 weeks and delayed deliveries of F-15EX fighter
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Swiss drugmaker Novartis announced on Sunday that it has agreed to acquire U.S. biotech firm Avidity Biosciences for approximately $12 billion in cash, aiming to expand its portfolio of treatments for rare
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Australia’s competition regulator on Monday filed a lawsuit against Microsoft, accusing the tech giant of misleading around 2.7 million customers into paying more for its Microsoft 365 software after bundling it with
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Japan is stepping up efforts to become a global arms producer as the new government of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi embraces major defense liberalization, Bloomberg reports. Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and
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A U.S. Navy helicopter and fighter jet crashed separately in the South China Sea on Sunday, just 45 minutes apart, while all crew members were safely rescued, officials said. The incidents coincided
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Discussions between South Korea and the United States over a $350 billion (approximately 500 trillion Korean won) investment package—the centerpiece of ongoing trade negotiations—remain at an impasse, South Korean President Lee Jae-myung
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French detectives probing last week’s dramatic robbery at the Louvre Museum have uncovered signs that the audacious heist may have involved insider cooperation, according to The Telegraph on Saturday, citing sources close
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France risks a slow economic “suffocation” unless it addresses its persistent budget and debt problems, the governor of the Bank of France, Francois Villeroy de Galhau, warned in an interview with La
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Damascus — Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s government is presenting ambitious economic plans aimed at rebuilding the war-torn nation, but foreign investors remain cautious, according to a report by the Financial Times. A
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Major U.S. and European oil producers are undertaking significant workforce cuts in 2025 as declining oil prices and post-merger restructuring prompt cost-saving measures, according to industry sources and reports by Reuters. ConocoPhillips
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Massive “No Kings” protests across the USA a few days back, opposing Trump’s policies and style of functioning, have not come as a surprise to discerning observers around the world. The scale
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On October 27, 1947, Kashmiris worldwide observe Black Day as the beginning of India’s unlawful occupation of the region. The occupation, which included human rights violations, was imposed under oppressive laws. On
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In a swift and decisive operation, the Sri Lanka Navy successfully rescued all 14 crew members of the Merchant Vessel (MV) INTEGRITY STAR, which was reported in distress due to engine failure
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The Central Bank bond scandal of 2015 remains Sri Lanka’s most notorious financial fraud, and its transnational ramifications continue to test the limits of international law. Despite Sri Lanka’s decade, long pursuit
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