China’s $11 trillion stock market is once again under scrutiny as weak long-term returns continue to weigh on household confidence and consumer spending, presenting challenges not only for President Xi Jinping but
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The Canadian government has intervened to end a strike by more than 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants, less than half a day after it began, following hundreds of flight cancellations that disrupted
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Banks and companies across emerging markets are rushing to international debt markets at the fastest pace in four years, taking advantage of lower borrowing costs as investors demand the smallest premium over
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Credit markets in the United States have tightened to levels not seen in more than two decades, with the premium that investment-grade companies pay to borrow above government bonds falling to its
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U.S. President Donald Trump has invited several European leaders to join Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for talks at the White House on Monday, according to a report by the New York Times
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Diplomatic history is full of backroom deals, secret notes, and last-minute compromises. But rarely has a U.S. first lady stepped so directly into the fray. This week, as Donald Trump seeks to
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Videos released by Ukraine’s national guard in the Donbas region have provided a stark window into the changing dynamics of the war, as captured Russian soldiers speak openly of their grim missions
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The deputy governor of Wandsworth prison has resigned after it emerged he maintained undisclosed links with an organised crime figure while overseeing security operations at one of Britain’s most troubled jails. Bobby
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What do we make of it? A good result came of it. Trump moved away from his demand for a ceasefire and said that it was more important to work toward a permanent
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If you read the headlines in American and European newspapers you would conclude that the Alaska Summit failed. It did not. Washington changed direction and abandoned its support for a ceasefire. Here
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The Philippines and Australia have commenced their largest-ever joint military exercises as regional tensions in the South China Sea continue to rise. The exercises, which include drills in Palawan province facing the
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There are reported to be well over one million stray dogs (dogs without owners) roaming the streets and platforms in almost all villages, towns, and cities in India. As dogs give birth
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Scientists are making striking progress in applying gene-editing technology to one of medicine’s toughest frontiers: the human brain. According to a recent report in Nature, breakthroughs in mice suggest that CRISPR-based tools
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is taking on a new role in one of science’s most ambitious pursuits: quantum computing. As reported in Nature, researchers in China have used an AI system to rapidly
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