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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...

Norway’s Wealth Fund Draws the Line Against Musk’s Mega Pay Deal

Starbucks Reshapes China Strategy with Boyu Deal to Regain Lost Ground

China’s Tactical Easing: How Beijing Balances Global Pressure with Rare Earth Leverage

Comcast’s Sky Eyes ITV’s Media Arm as Strategic Realignment Reshapes British Broadcasting

Pharmaceutical Firms Shift Strategy: Deep Dive into Direct-to-Consumer Sales and Price Cuts in the U.S

Global Food Prices Slide Amid Record Harvests and Supply Glut

Value Triumphs: How McDonald’s and Chili’s Outpaced Fast-Casual Chains Among Younger Diners

Rivian Stakes Future on CEO With Up to $4.6 Billion Performance Pay Package

Gen Z’s Fragrance Obsession Fuels Windfall for Beauty Giants

Amazon Drives Ultra-Low-Cost E-Commerce Global Expansion in Strategic Push

Markets

Gen Z’s Fragrance Obsession Fuels Windfall for Beauty Giants

Fragrance has today transcended its traditional place as a luxury add-on to become a central cultural and commercial moment — and none more so than among the younger generation. For Coty Inc., Estée Lauder Companies and other leading beauty firms, the surge in demand for perfumes among Generation Z...

Global Food Prices Slide Amid Record Harvests and Supply Glut

Global food commodity prices fell for the second month in a row in October, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said, pointing to an easing of inflationary pressures in agriculture markets. The FAO’s Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 126.4 points in October, down from...

China’s Tactical Easing: How Beijing Balances Global Pressure with Rare Earth Leverage

China is quietly reshaping its rare earth export strategy, beginning work on a streamlined licensing system that may quicken shipments but stops short of the sweeping deregulation Washington expected. The Ministry of Commerce’s move reflects a careful recalibration — an attempt to relieve...

Rare Earth Elements: The Hidden Backbone of Modern Industry and Geopolitics

In the bustling world of high-tech gadgets, electric vehicles, wind turbines, and defence systems, a shadow supply chain hums in the background. The so-called “rare earth elements” (REEs) — 17 metallic elements including the 15 lanthanides along with scandium and yttrium — occupy an outsized role...

China Commits to One-Year Rare Earth Export Flow as Trump Declares Issue “Settled”

In a high-stakes meeting that has reverberated across global supply chains, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping reached an agreement whereby China will maintain exports of rare-earth elements for one year under a new framework, with the U.S. President declaring that the matter is “settled” for now. The...

Trump’s Pardon of Binance Founder CZ Reshapes Crypto & Political Playbook

U.S. President Donald Trump has granted a full and unconditional pardon to Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, the founder of the cryptocurrency exchange Binance, marking a pivotal shift in the interplay of finance, technology and political power. The move not only frees a high-profile crypto executive from a...

U.S. Corporations Struggle with Deepening Income Divide Among Consumers

In boardrooms across multiple industries, corporate executives are grappling with a stark bifurcation: affluent consumers remain relatively resilient, while lower-income households are pulling back decisively. The effect is a two-tier consumer market emerging across the U.S., posing renewed...

Growing Alarm in Banking Sector as Credit Risk Raises Red Flags for Investors

Recent gyrations in bank shares are now less about fleeting market sentiment and more about a fundamental shift in the under-currents of credit risk. What has triggered the renewed unease is not a single event, but a cascade of loan losses, alleged fraud and exposure to weaker borrowers that...

Global Bank Stocks Retreat as U.S. Credit Risks Force a Reality Check

Global bank equities were under broad pressure this week as credit concerns emanating from the United States rattled investor confidence. With disclosures of troubled loans and fraud allegations among smaller U.S. lenders, markets around the world responded as if the vulnerabilities in credit had...

AI Chatbots Reshape India’s Outsourcing Industry as Automation Challenges Millions of Jobs

India’s status as the world’s call-center capital is facing its most profound test in decades. Artificial intelligence, once viewed as an enhancement to customer service, is now threatening to replace much of the human workforce that has powered the country’s $283 billion IT outsourcing sector....

Rally in Gold and Silver Reaches New Highs as Trade Fears and Rate-Cut Hopes Combine

Gold and silver prices ascended to unprecedented levels in recent sessions, propelled by a potent mix of fresh geopolitical jitters and widespread expectations of U.S. interest rate cuts. As trade tensions between the United States and China sharpened, investors rushed toward safe-haven assets,...

U.S. Retail Giants Purge Millions of Chinese Electronics in Expanding National Security Crackdown

Major U.S. e-commerce platforms have removed millions of listings for Chinese-made electronics, marking one of the most sweeping enforcement actions yet under Washington’s tightening technology security rules. The move reflects a broader strategy by American regulators to choke off potential...

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?

Norway’s Wealth Fund Draws the Line Against Musk’s Mega Pay Deal

Starbucks Reshapes China Strategy with Boyu Deal to Regain Lost Ground

China’s Tactical Easing: How Beijing Balances Global Pressure with Rare Earth Leverage

Comcast’s Sky Eyes ITV’s Media Arm as Strategic Realignment Reshapes British Broadcasting

Pharmaceutical Firms Shift Strategy: Deep Dive into Direct-to-Consumer Sales and Price Cuts in the U.S

Global Food Prices Slide Amid Record Harvests and Supply Glut

Value Triumphs: How McDonald’s and Chili’s Outpaced Fast-Casual Chains Among Younger Diners

Rivian Stakes Future on CEO With Up to $4.6 Billion Performance Pay Package

Gen Z’s Fragrance Obsession Fuels Windfall for Beauty Giants

Amazon Drives Ultra-Low-Cost E-Commerce Global Expansion in Strategic Push

Gen Z’s Fragrance Obsession Fuels Windfall for Beauty Giants

Global Food Prices Slide Amid Record Harvests and Supply Glut

China’s Tactical Easing: How Beijing Balances Global Pressure with Rare Earth Leverage

Rare Earth Elements: The Hidden Backbone of Modern Industry and Geopolitics

China Commits to One-Year Rare Earth Export Flow as Trump Declares Issue “Settled”

Trump’s Pardon of Binance Founder CZ Reshapes Crypto & Political Playbook

U.S. Corporations Struggle with Deepening Income Divide Among Consumers

Growing Alarm in Banking Sector as Credit Risk Raises Red Flags for Investors

Global Bank Stocks Retreat as U.S. Credit Risks Force a Reality Check

AI Chatbots Reshape India’s Outsourcing Industry as Automation Challenges Millions of Jobs

Rally in Gold and Silver Reaches New Highs as Trade Fears and Rate-Cut Hopes Combine

U.S. Retail Giants Purge Millions of Chinese Electronics in Expanding National Security Crackdown

World

Brazil’s Amazon ‘Time Machine’ Tests the Future of Climate as COP30 Nears

Europe’s Strategic Break-with-China: How the EU Is Rewiring Its Industrial Core to Escape Beijing’s Grip on Rare Earths

Trump Issues Firm Warning to Russia in Lead-Up to High-Stakes Summit

Why the White House Moved to Slash Thousands of Federal Jobs During the Shutdown

US Pushes Europe to Lead Tariff Crackdown on China over Russian Oil While Own Trade Flows Persist

People

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

Trump Declines Further Debates As Harris Emerges As Debate Winner In Polls