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Defence, debt, diplomacy: Sanae Takaichi's first year as Japan PMWednesday marks the first anniversary of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's leadership that has seen her alienate China, rattle marke...
With France embroiled in protest, a look at the nation's economic standing by the numbersFrance is grappling with significant economic challenges as public debt continues to rise, exceeding 119% of GDP. Government spending repre...
The fake commute: How China's unemployed save faceUnemployed individuals in China are pretending to be employed to avoid family concerns about their jobless situation. Many are sharing tips...
Tech under pressure on AI jitters, dollar slips: Markets wrapSouth Korea’s Kospi Index — a bellwether for AI investments — dropped 3.5%, with chip heavyweight SK Hynix Inc. heading for its lowest clos...
How one hacker used AI agents and a few thousand dollars to break into scores of sitesA cybersecurity researcher observed a Chinese-speaking hacker employing AI to compromise various companies' websites. The hacker utilised a...
Canada's Warren Buffett bets his billions on India. What does he see?Prem Watsa’s Fairfax Financial will acquire a 60.72% stake in IDBI Bank for Rs 52,878 crore, marking India’s largest cross-border banking d...
Global Market: Euro falls as French political unrest, high energy prices weigh on sentimentThe euro weakened amid elevated energy prices and renewed French political uncertainty, while investors reassessed the outlook for US growt...
Global Market: China backs IMF scrutiny of fiscal risks in major economiesChina backed the IMF’s efforts to monitor fiscal risks in major advanced economies and assess global spillover effects. PBOC Governor Pan G...
Global Market: Eurozone bond selloff to weigh on growth, curb inflation, Lagarde saysECB President Christine Lagarde warned that a global bond selloff is tightening euro zone financial conditions, raising borrowing costs and...
Global Market: Japan bond yields fall as US tech selloff fuels safe-haven demandJapanese government bond yields fell as a selloff in US technology stocks triggered demand for safer assets. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’...
Regulate the agents, not just the labs: Snowflake CEO on AI safetySnowflake competes with Databricks to help large companies to store and analyse their data and, increasingly, build AI agents on its platfo...
Global Market Today: Asian shares fall as AI spending worries weigh on sentimentA fall in oil prices offered some support to bonds and Wall Street stock futures, limiting Asia's losses. Oil fell following US President D...
AI stocks keep falling, but the rest of the market is supporting Wall StreetThe S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in midday trading after erasing an early loss. The weakness for AI stocks dragged the Nasdaq composite ...
Bollywood actor Imran Khan, 43, says he follows two habits to be fit. One of them can delay ageing, reduce risk of heart disease, says scienceImran Khan made his Bollywood debut in the 2008 romantic comedy Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, where he appeared alongside Genelia D’Souza. He went ...
Global Market: IMF warns of energy shock, AI correction risks to Asia's growth outlookThe IMF warned that Asia’s economic growth may slow to 4.4% in 2027 amid energy price shocks, Middle East conflict, AI market correction ri...
Global Market: Lagarde says France must tackle debt woes through fiscal consolidationECB President Christine Lagarde stated on Wednesday that France must tackle its ballooning debt and deficit through domestic fiscal consoli...
From national duty to family duty: Olympian Jarmanpreet Singh returns to Punjab fields between hockey tournamentsIndian hockey Olympian Jarmanpreet Singh has shared a video of himself ploughing his family’s farmland in Razadan village near Amritsar, hi...
South Korea, Japan buffeted by hacks as AI lowers bar for cybercriminalsNine South Korean banks and two mega-churches are probing cyberattacks that may have involved AI tools, while Japanese companies including ...
Global Market: Japan 30-year bond yield hits record high ahead of 10-year auctionJapanese government bond yields climbed, with the 30-year yield hitting a record high, as investors assessed Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’...
Japan's 30-year bond yields hit record high ahead of PM's remarksJapan's 30-year government bond yield surged to a historic 4.235%, with market participants keenly anticipating Prime Minister Sanae Takaic...