The International Monetary Fund asked Pakistan to stop setting up any industrial zone that offers incentives for investment, in a move that may undermine Islamabad’s efforts to attract more Chinese industries into the country. The authorities will refrain from providing […]
India will build two nuclear-powered submarines and buy 31 US-made long-range drones at an estimated cost of 350 billion rupees (US$4.2 billion), senior officials familiar with the matter said, helping to counter China’s military dominance in the region. India’s Cabinet
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Donald Trump said he would end US income taxes on Americans living in other countries, the latest in a string of tax proposals in the final stretch of the 2024 campaign. His pledge could simplify the tax obligations for US
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The US Justice Department is considering asking a federal judge to force Google to sell off parts of its business in what would be a historic break-up of one of the world’s biggest tech companies. Antitrust enforcers are weighing a
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OpenAI said a group with apparent ties to China tried to carry out a phishing attack on its employees, reigniting concerns that bad actors in Beijing want to steal sensitive information from top US artificial intelligence (AI) companies. The AI
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Iran has rarely looked more on the back foot after weeks of Israeli attacks that degraded its proxies Hezbollah and Hamas. And Tehran’s barrage of some 200 missiles fired at Israel on Tuesday was judged “ineffective” by the US. But
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US President Joe Biden ratcheted up pressure on port employers and shipping lines to restart talks with striking dock workers, warning that the unfolding strike could turn into a “man-made disaster”. Biden spoke about the strike that has closed every
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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer dined with Donald Trump for two hours as he sought to move past previous criticism of the former president to burnish personal relations ahead of a US election that may return him to power. The
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Internet investing firm Prosus NV has fully cut its stake in Chinese online travel agency company Trip.com in a US$743 million block trade, according to people familiar with the matter, becoming the latest international investor to exit a Chinese tech
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Singapore’s population has crossed 6 million for the first time, as the percentage of non-residents increased more than that of residents, a government report showed. The total population rose 2 per cent from a year ago to touch 6.04 million
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