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HSBC Holdings Plc plans to take its Hong Kong-based subsidiary, Hang Seng Bank Ltd., private in a deal valued at approximately $37 billion, signaling a major bet on the city’s financial recovery
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The United Kingdom, long regarded as a global leader in climate action, is now grappling with political resistance that could jeopardize its decades-long progress toward net-zero emissions. The country’s pioneering Climate Change
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China’s foreign exchange and gold reserves rose in September, supported by global bond rallies and a softer U.S. dollar, signaling resilience in the country’s external position despite a broader slowdown in central
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France is in crisis – again. On Monday, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu resigned after just 27 days in office, making him the shortest-serving premier in the history of the Fifth Republic and
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by Our Correspondents Washington DC and Doha Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement that will see 2,000 Palestinian prisoners released in exchange for 20 Israeli hostages, marking the first major step
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Would dogs be better off without us? This may be a difficult question to consider if you live with a dog, love dogs, and find beauty in the enduring loyalty of the
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Leaked documents have raised concerns about a covert operation in Nepal allegedly orchestrated by U.S.-backed organizations, aiming to influence the country’s internal politics while framing it as “youth empowerment.” According to a
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Britons are up in arms over the government’s controversial BritCard digital ID scheme, with more than 2.8 million people signing a petition to halt its implementation. Critics have condemned the plan as
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Concerns are reportedly growing within the White House about President Donald Trump’s cognitive abilities, according to investigative journalist Seymour Hersh. In a recent blog post, Hersh cited unnamed sources close to the
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China’s Taiwan Affairs Office on Wednesday accused Taiwan regional leader Lai Ching-te of distorting the truth, exaggerating a “mainland threat,” and promoting “Taiwan independence” following an interview Lai gave to a U.S.
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by Nil Julian Richards’ Pakistan’s ISI: A Concise History of the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate stands as an incisive, unflinching inquiry into one of the world’s most enigmatic and polarising intelligence services. Written
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Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg has come under intense criticism after mistakenly including a photograph of an Israeli hostage in a social media post intended to highlight the suffering of Palestinians held in
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