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Bill To Outlaw Trade In Dog Meat Passed By The Parliament Of South Korea

South Korea's parliament passed a bill on Tuesday to ban the consumption and sale of dog meat, outlawing the contentious centuries-old practice amid increased support for animal welfare. ...

The Two Priciest Cities In The World Are Singapore And Zurich

The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has announced that Singapore and Zurich were tied for the most expensive cities in the world this year, followed by Geneva, New York, and Hong Kong....

Pocket wallets vs. smartphones: Can we replace cash with digital currencies?

The more than a decade-long history of cryptocurrency has clearly demonstrated that the world is keen on the new form of money. The crypto frenzy has even prompted leading central banks to work on...

SpaceX IPO Frenzy Highlights Growing Gap Between Market Hype and Investor Returns

Quad Expands Strategic Role With Pacific Port Plan and Critical Minerals Push

Ferrari’s Electric Debut Marks Defining Shift for the Future of Luxury Performance Cars

Asian Wealth Surge Lifts Hong Kong Above Switzerland in Cross-Border Asset Management

AI Memory Chip Frenzy Pushes SK Hynix Into Trillion-Dollar Elite Alongside Samsung and Micron

Ferrari’s Radical Electric Shift Tests Whether Heritage Can Survive Reinvention

Nvidia’s Massive Taiwan Expansion Reinforces Island’s Dominance at the Core of the Global AI Economy

China’s Automotive Surge Is Reshaping the Global Car Industry

Escalating Gulf Conflict Exposes Fragile Diplomacy Around Strait of Hormuz

US Fed’s Inflation Fight Faces New Pressure as Energy Risks Challenge Expectations for Lower Rates

Workplace Surveillance and AI Training Ambitions Push Meta Toward a New Privacy Reckoning

AI Infrastructure Spending Reshapes Foxconn’s Growth Outlook as Demand Surges Beyond Consumer Electronics

Markets

Private Credit Stress Tests Investor Confidence

The private credit industry, one of the fastest-growing segments of global finance over the past decade, is facing increasing scrutiny as signs of portfolio stress emerge across parts of the market. Recent regulatory filings, investor disclosures, and industry assessments indicate that unrealized...

Workplace Surveillance and AI Training Ambitions Push Meta Toward a New Privacy Reckoning

Meta Platforms’ efforts to build increasingly capable artificial intelligence systems are opening a new front in the global debate over workplace surveillance, employee privacy and the limits of corporate data collection. The company’s internal initiative to gather detailed information about how...

US Fed’s Inflation Fight Faces New Pressure as Energy Risks Challenge Expectations for Lower Rates

The Federal Reserve is confronting a renewed policy dilemma as rising energy costs, persistent inflation and growing geopolitical uncertainty force policymakers to reconsider assumptions that U.S. interest rates would eventually move lower. Recent comments from several Federal Reserve officials...

Taiwan’s AI Infrastructure Boom Moves to Centre Stage as Nvidia Deepens Strategic Partnerships

The annual Computex technology exhibition has long served as a showcase for the latest advances in computing hardware, but the event is increasingly reflecting a broader transformation underway in the global technology industry. As artificial intelligence becomes the dominant force driving...

China’s Automotive Surge Is Reshaping the Global Car Industry

The global automotive industry is undergoing one of its most significant power shifts in decades as Chinese carmakers rapidly expand their influence across electric vehicles, battery technology, software systems, and advanced manufacturing, leaving many traditional Western and Japanese...

Asian Wealth Surge Lifts Hong Kong Above Switzerland in Cross-Border Asset Management

Hong Kong’s emergence as the world’s largest cross-border wealth management hub marks a major turning point in the global financial system, reflecting the accelerating movement of private capital toward Asia and the growing influence of Chinese wealth in shaping international finance. The shift,...

SpaceX IPO Frenzy Highlights Growing Gap Between Market Hype and Investor Returns

Wall Street’s anticipation surrounding the expected public debut of Elon Musk’s SpaceX has once again drawn attention to the powerful attraction of blockbuster initial public offerings, particularly those tied to transformative technologies and high-profile founders. Yet the growing excitement...

U.S. Energy Diplomacy Takes Center Stage as Washington Tries to Rebuild Trust With India

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s visit to India highlighted a growing shift in Washington’s approach toward one of its most strategically important partners in Asia: energy is increasingly becoming the central tool through which the United States hopes to repair strained ties, reduce India’s...

Asia’s Trade Divide Deepens as APEC Exposes the Growing Strategic Distance Between Washington and Beijing

The latest Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings revealed that despite renewed diplomatic engagement between the United States and China, the world’s two largest economies remain deeply divided over the future structure of global trade, regional integration and technological influence across...

Founder Control Becomes the New Corporate Power Model as Dual-Class Shares Spread Across Wall Street

The growing use of dual-class share structures among some of the world’s most influential companies is reshaping one of the oldest assumptions in modern capitalism: that shareholders who own a company should wield equal voting power. What was once considered a controversial governance arrangement...

Space ETF Boom Reflects Growing Investor Belief That the Commercial Space Economy Is Becoming Financially Real

The rapid rise of space-themed exchange-traded funds is increasingly revealing a larger shift underway in financial markets: investors are no longer treating the commercial space industry as a distant speculative concept but as an emerging long-term economic sector capable of reshaping...

G7 Push to Address Global Economic Imbalances Reveals Growing Strain Inside Western Alliance

Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of Seven nations gathered in Paris facing one of the most delicate economic balancing acts in recent years, as widening disagreements over trade, industrial policy, energy security and strategic supply chains threatened to test the cohesion...

Lifestyle

Bill To Outlaw Trade In Dog Meat Passed By The Parliament Of South Korea

The Two Priciest Cities In The World Are Singapore And Zurich

Pocket wallets vs. smartphones: Can we replace cash with digital currencies?

SpaceX IPO Frenzy Highlights Growing Gap Between Market Hype and Investor Returns

Quad Expands Strategic Role With Pacific Port Plan and Critical Minerals Push

Ferrari’s Electric Debut Marks Defining Shift for the Future of Luxury Performance Cars

Asian Wealth Surge Lifts Hong Kong Above Switzerland in Cross-Border Asset Management

AI Memory Chip Frenzy Pushes SK Hynix Into Trillion-Dollar Elite Alongside Samsung and Micron

Ferrari’s Radical Electric Shift Tests Whether Heritage Can Survive Reinvention

Nvidia’s Massive Taiwan Expansion Reinforces Island’s Dominance at the Core of the Global AI Economy

China’s Automotive Surge Is Reshaping the Global Car Industry

Escalating Gulf Conflict Exposes Fragile Diplomacy Around Strait of Hormuz

US Fed’s Inflation Fight Faces New Pressure as Energy Risks Challenge Expectations for Lower Rates

Workplace Surveillance and AI Training Ambitions Push Meta Toward a New Privacy Reckoning

AI Infrastructure Spending Reshapes Foxconn’s Growth Outlook as Demand Surges Beyond Consumer Electronics

Private Credit Stress Tests Investor Confidence

Workplace Surveillance and AI Training Ambitions Push Meta Toward a New Privacy Reckoning

US Fed’s Inflation Fight Faces New Pressure as Energy Risks Challenge Expectations for Lower Rates

Taiwan’s AI Infrastructure Boom Moves to Centre Stage as Nvidia Deepens Strategic Partnerships

China’s Automotive Surge Is Reshaping the Global Car Industry

Asian Wealth Surge Lifts Hong Kong Above Switzerland in Cross-Border Asset Management

SpaceX IPO Frenzy Highlights Growing Gap Between Market Hype and Investor Returns

U.S. Energy Diplomacy Takes Center Stage as Washington Tries to Rebuild Trust With India

Asia’s Trade Divide Deepens as APEC Exposes the Growing Strategic Distance Between Washington and Beijing

Founder Control Becomes the New Corporate Power Model as Dual-Class Shares Spread Across Wall Street

Space ETF Boom Reflects Growing Investor Belief That the Commercial Space Economy Is Becoming Financially Real

G7 Push to Address Global Economic Imbalances Reveals Growing Strain Inside Western Alliance

World

El Nino's Global Reach Tests Weather, Food and Energy Systems

Escalating Gulf Conflict Exposes Fragile Diplomacy Around Strait of Hormuz

Quad Expands Strategic Role With Pacific Port Plan and Critical Minerals Push

Gulf Influence Faces Strategic Limits as Middle East Conflict Reshapes Regional Power

Iran Expands Hormuz Control Through Checkpoints and Deals

People

Fiscal Signals and Social Engineering Shape China’s New Push to Reverse Demographic Decline

Reagan’s Enduring Shadow: How an Old Conservative Ideal Still Defines and Challenges Trump’s Presidency

South Korean Workers Recount Ordeal After U.S. Immigration Raid on Hyundai Plant

Federal Judge Likely to Stand Guard Over Fed’s Independence in Cook Dispute

When Allies Turned Adversaries: The Dramatic Implosion of the Trump–Musk Alliance