Factbox: India’s measures targeting Chinese products and investment
India said on Friday it would defer the imposition of a licensing requirement for imports of laptops, tablets and personal computers by three...
European privacy search engines aim to challenge Google
Sites like Britain’s Mojeek, France’s Qwant, Unbubble in Germany and Swisscows don’t track user data, filter results or show “behavioural” ads
US debt standoff overshadows G7 finance leaders’ meeting
A standoff over raising the U.S. debt ceiling overshadowed a meeting of Group of Seven (G7) finance leaders starting on Thursday, heightening...
Climate change: Which countries will foot the bill?
Record-breaking heat in China. Wildfires forcing Swiss villages to evacuate. Drought ravaging Spanish crops. As the costs of climate change rack up, a debate is surging...
Massive societal changes needed to meet lower global warming target world needs: U.N
At the current rate of warming, the world's temperatures would likely reach 1.5C between 2030 and 2052
Exclusive: India bars makers of military drones from using Chinese parts
India in recent months has barred domestic manufacturers of military drones from using components made in China over concerns about security vulnerabilities,...
Abraaj fund investors hire Duff & Phelps to help recover money: sources
The advisory firm will seek to trace an estimated $33 million owed by Abraaj relating to the Infrastructure and Growth Capital Fund
Pfizer looks beyond COVID sales with $43b deal for cancer drugmaker Seagen
WASHNGTON: Pfizer Inc on Monday struck a roughly $43 billion deal for Seagen Inc to bulk up its cancer treatments portfolio, as...
Bitcoin scorches past $57,000 as big buyers flock in
Bitcoin hit a two-year high on Tuesday, on track for its biggest two-day rally this year, on signs large players were buying...
India succeeds in reducing emissions rate by 33% over 14 years – sources
India's greenhouse emissions rate dropped by a faster-than-expected 33% in 14 years as renewable energy generation rose and forest cover increased, according...
Dubai’s property boom shows signs of fizzling out
As cranes speckle the Dubai skyline and ultra-luxury homes change hands at record prices, signs that the city-state's property boom is fizzling...
India’s economy grows 8.4%, fastest pace in six quarters
India's economy rose 8.4% in the October-December period, the fastest pace seen in six quarters and beating all estimates, partly helped by...
China’s top banks tighten exposure to smaller peers to curb credit risk
Some of China's top banks have sharpened scrutiny of smaller peers' asset quality and have tightened standards for interbank lending, three sources...
US set to unveil long-awaited crackdown on real estate money laundering
The U.S. Treasury Department will soon propose a rule that would effectively end anonymous luxury-home purchases, closing a loophole that the agency...
BT to cut 55,000 jobs with up to a fifth replaced by AI
Telecoms giant BT is to shed up to 55,000 jobs by the end of the decade, mostly in the UK, as it...