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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...

Temporary Gains, Lasting Biology: Why Weight and Metabolic Risks Rebound After Obesity Drugs End

AI-Driven Memory Shock Reshapes Samsung’s Earnings Trajectory

Mega-Merger Calculus: How Rio Tinto’s Renewed Push for Glencore Reflects a Changing Mining Industry

Nobel Rules Affirmed: Peace Prize Is Immutable, Non-Transferable, Nobel Institute Explains After Machado’s Trump Comments

GM’s EV Reckoning: How Strategic Retrenchment and Market Shifts Are Driving a $6 Billion Writedown

Washington’s Transactional Turn Puts Greenland at the Center of a New Arctic Power Play

Capital Returns to the Margins as Global Banks Position for a Venezuelan Reopening

Washington Shields Venezuelan Oil Funds to Shape a Controlled Economic Reset

Oil, Power and Protection: How U.S. Backing Could Reshape Venezuela’s Energy Revival

From Obscurity to Strategic Prize: Why a Breakout Biotech Has Drawn Takeover Attention

Markets

A Reset Year for Gaming: How 2025 Redefined Power, Platforms, and Player Expectations

The video game industry entered 2025 carrying unresolved tensions from the pandemic boom years and exited it reshaped by consolidation, delayed blockbusters, and a fundamental rethink of how games are made, distributed, and monetised. What initially looked like a year of momentum instead became one...

Water Stress Tightens the Screws on India’s Beverage Industry as Growth Meets Scarcity

India’s accelerating water crisis is emerging as a strategic risk for global beverage companies, reshaping how they invest, operate and engage with communities across the country. What appears on the surface as a localised struggle in arid regions such as Rajasthan is, in reality, part of a...

Wall Street’s Balance of Power Shifts as Individual Investors Cement Their Influence

The surge in retail investing during 2025 has done more than fuel a strong market rally. It has fundamentally altered how price discovery, momentum, and even institutional strategy unfold on Wall Street. After a record year of inflows and trading activity, individual investors are no longer a...

Corporate Cash Flow Tactics Turn Tariff Uncertainty into Tradable Assets

As trade policy uncertainty drags on, a quiet financial workaround has taken hold among U.S. companies squeezed by tariffs. Rather than waiting years for courts to decide whether levies imposed under emergency powers will be refunded, some firms are choosing to monetize the possibility now—by...

Controlled Reopening of AI Hardware Trade Signals Strategic Reset Between Washington and Beijing

Nvidia’s plan to resume shipments of its H200 artificial intelligence chips to China by mid-February reflects a carefully calibrated shift in global technology trade, shaped as much by geopolitics as by supply chains and market demand. The move, still contingent on regulatory approvals on both...

Grid Liberalisation and AI Power Demand Propel China to the Centre of the Global Battery Surge

China’s battery industry is entering a new phase of expansion, driven not by electric vehicles alone but by a convergence of domestic power market reforms and an unprecedented global buildout of data centres. What once appeared to be a supplementary segment of the clean-energy transition—battery...

Capital Floods Into Data Centers as AI Demand Outpaces Investor Confidence

The global rush to build data centers has reached a new peak, with dealmaking hitting record levels even as investors grow increasingly uneasy about artificial intelligence valuations and the financial structures supporting the boom. The contrast between surging investment volumes and rising...

Europe’s Carmakers Still Bet on Electric Power Despite Regulatory Retreat

Europe’s decision to soften its planned 2035 phase-out of combustion engines has given the region’s carmakers short-term breathing space, but it has not altered the deeper forces reshaping the industry. Even as Brussels steps back from a hard deadline, the strategic, economic and competitive logic...

Albanese Confronts a Digital Generation as Australia’s Youth Test Boundaries of Landmark Social Media Ban

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is defending his government’s sweeping prohibition on social media access for under-16s, even as teenagers openly showcase ways to bypass the restrictions. The measure, billed as a global first and a necessary public-health intervention, has triggered a...

Australia’s Enforcement of Teen Social Media Ban Signals a New Phase of State-Led Digital Regulation

Australia has embarked on one of the most consequential regulatory shifts of the digital age, beginning full enforcement of a world-first ban preventing people under 16 from accessing major social media platforms. The move, framed by the government as a necessary societal intervention to protect...

Global Airlines Gain Momentum as Strong Demand Set to Drive Record 2026 Earnings

Global airlines are on course to deliver a record-breaking $41 billion in net profit next year, according to updated projections from the International Air Transport Association. The sector, which only three years ago was facing unprecedented financial distress, is now entering what industry...

India’s Surveillance Crossroads: Push for Always-On GPS Tracking Meets Privacy Backlash

In New Delhi and beyond, a major debate has erupted over whether smartphones sold in India should become instruments of state-level surveillance. The government is seriously evaluating a proposal from major telecom operators — under which every smartphone would be required to keep satellite-based...

World

Nobel Rules Affirmed: Peace Prize Is Immutable, Non-Transferable, Nobel Institute Explains After Machado’s Trump Comments

The Nobel Peace Prize remains one of the world’s most prestigious accolades, symbolizing international acknowledgment of individuals or organisations whose efforts have significantly advanced peace,...

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?

Temporary Gains, Lasting Biology: Why Weight and Metabolic Risks Rebound After Obesity Drugs End

AI-Driven Memory Shock Reshapes Samsung’s Earnings Trajectory

Mega-Merger Calculus: How Rio Tinto’s Renewed Push for Glencore Reflects a Changing Mining Industry

Nobel Rules Affirmed: Peace Prize Is Immutable, Non-Transferable, Nobel Institute Explains After Machado’s Trump Comments

GM’s EV Reckoning: How Strategic Retrenchment and Market Shifts Are Driving a $6 Billion Writedown

Washington’s Transactional Turn Puts Greenland at the Center of a New Arctic Power Play

Capital Returns to the Margins as Global Banks Position for a Venezuelan Reopening

Washington Shields Venezuelan Oil Funds to Shape a Controlled Economic Reset

Oil, Power and Protection: How U.S. Backing Could Reshape Venezuela’s Energy Revival

From Obscurity to Strategic Prize: Why a Breakout Biotech Has Drawn Takeover Attention

A Reset Year for Gaming: How 2025 Redefined Power, Platforms, and Player Expectations

Water Stress Tightens the Screws on India’s Beverage Industry as Growth Meets Scarcity

Wall Street’s Balance of Power Shifts as Individual Investors Cement Their Influence

Corporate Cash Flow Tactics Turn Tariff Uncertainty into Tradable Assets

Controlled Reopening of AI Hardware Trade Signals Strategic Reset Between Washington and Beijing

Grid Liberalisation and AI Power Demand Propel China to the Centre of the Global Battery Surge

Capital Floods Into Data Centers as AI Demand Outpaces Investor Confidence

Europe’s Carmakers Still Bet on Electric Power Despite Regulatory Retreat

Albanese Confronts a Digital Generation as Australia’s Youth Test Boundaries of Landmark Social Media Ban

Australia’s Enforcement of Teen Social Media Ban Signals a New Phase of State-Led Digital Regulation

Global Airlines Gain Momentum as Strong Demand Set to Drive Record 2026 Earnings

India’s Surveillance Crossroads: Push for Always-On GPS Tracking Meets Privacy Backlash

World

Nobel Rules Affirmed: Peace Prize Is Immutable, Non-Transferable, Nobel Institute Explains After Machado’s Trump Comments

Washington’s Transactional Turn Puts Greenland at the Center of a New Arctic Power Play

Diplomacy at a Delicate Juncture as Washington Pushes Ukraine Talks Toward Compromise

Taiwan Rolls Out Universal Security Handbook as China’s Threat Deepens

Wealthy Nations Retreat from Climate Leadership as COP30 Chief Warns of Fading Resolve

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