The explosive growth of the opaque private credit industry may be laying the groundwork for the next global financial crisis, according to a major new study involving researchers from Moody’s Analytics, the
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Meta has signed its first long-term nuclear energy deal, securing two decades of clean power from an Illinois nuclear plant to help meet the surging energy demands of artificial intelligence and data
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While official narratives surrounding the ongoing Iran-US negotiations emphasize nuclear de-escalation and regional stability—particularly regarding Israel—there’s an unspoken but potentially more powerful driver behind the scenes: rare earth elements. For years, Iran
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Europe’s push to fully sever energy ties with Russia, particularly through a potential full ban on Russian gas, could spell disaster for its already weakened industrial base, warns British publication UnHerd. The
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Annalena Baerbock, Germany’s former foreign minister and co-leader of the Greens, has officially been elected President of the United Nations General Assembly—an annual role often seen as symbolic. Yet observers suggest her
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Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party of Korea is set to become South Korea’s next president, according to exit polls and partial vote counts reported by the Korean Herald. His victory brings
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Once hailed as a rising star in the artificial intelligence space, British tech startup Builder.ai has filed for bankruptcy, marking a dramatic downfall for a company that was, until recently, valued at
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In a dramatic escalation of Ukraine’s asymmetric warfare tactics, the Crimean Bridge—a critical link between Russia’s Krasnodar region and the annexed Crimean Peninsula—was struck for the third time since the start of
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The month of May saw President Anura Kumara Dissanayaka (also known as AKD) coming to terms with the pleasures and pains of democracy in action. This was brought out starkly in two
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo A grave public health crisis is unfolding in Sri Lanka as the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) has released a damning report exposing dozens of widely-used beauty and
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by Our Correspondent in New Delhi Global electric vehicle giant Tesla is not planning to manufacture in India and is instead focused on setting up retail operations, Union Heavy Industries Minister HD
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The once-robust academic exchange between the United States and China is facing unprecedented strain, as accusations of espionage involving Chinese students gain momentum in American political and media circles. According to a
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As cross-strait tensions continue to mount, a former senior Taiwanese defense official has cautioned that the risk of a military mishap between China and Taiwan is growing—fueled by heightened military activity and
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by Our Correspondent in Washington DC In a pointed appeal aimed at reshaping geopolitical alignments, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Monday urged India to distance itself from the BRICS bloc and
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Admiral Samuel Paparo, commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, issued a stark warning Monday that China’s recent military maneuvers around Taiwan should be viewed not as routine exercises, but as strategic
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