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Black Hawks to replace Taipan helicopters: Australian defense minister

CANBERRA, Australia: Defense Minister Richard Marles told Nine Network television on September 29 that after a crash in July that ...

Apple's appeal on fines over App Store rejected by Dutch regulator

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands: This week, Dutch competition regulator, the ACM, rejected an appeal by Apple against fines worth €50 million. ...

Japanese startup develops robot resembling 'Mobile Suit Gundam'

TOKYO, Japan: Tokyo-based startup Tsubame Industries has developed a four-wheeled robot that resembles the "Mobile Suit Gundam" from the popular ...

Gold Rush: Federal Government's bold move to attract Saudi investment in Reko Diq

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - According to The News, the federal government is considering selling its stake in the Reko Diq project ...

Nasdaq dives 248 points as interest rates reach for the stars

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - U.S. stocks tumbled on Tuesday as interest rates on 10 and 30-year Treasury yields approached ...

Chief medical officer warns of levels of Cannabis use in Ireland

DUBLIN, Ireland: The chief medical officer has issued a stark warning regarding the alarming levels of cannabis consumption in Ireland, ...

Deal unlikely to stop strike, say Kaiser Permanente workers' unions

OAKLAND, California: As their current contract expires and their unions prepare to strike, Kaiser Permanente workers' representatives said, on September ...

In the midst of slowdown, eurozone inflation hits a two-year low

FRANKFURT, Germany: Inflation in the eurozone hit a two-year low in September, signaling that the European Central Bank's (ECB) strategy ...

Factory activity in China shows first increase in six months

BEIJING, China: Official statistics released on the weekend showed that in September, Chinese factory activity expanded for the first time ...

Nasdaq Composite gains ground Monday, industrial stocks sag

NEW YORK, New York - The Nasdaq defied a general sell-off on U.S. equity markets Monday, as the new quarter ...

Demand for U.S. dollar soars Monday as Treasury yields rise

NEW YORK, New York - The U.S. dollar jumped sharply on Monday, extending its recent months-long rally.The euro crumbled to ...

United Airlines' pilots sign new contract for better pay, benefits

CHICAGO, Illinois: On September 29, the union representing United Airlines' pilots said its members had ratified a new four-year contract, ...

Slow economy means fewer Chinese travel abroad for holidays

SHANGHAI, China: Chinese officials report that 100 million people are traveling daily during the ongoing Golden Week holiday. Three times ...

New $5.2 billion battery factory to be built in Canada

STOCKHOLM, Sweden: Swedish lithium-ion battery producer Northvolt announced this week that it would build a $5.2 billion gigafactory in the ...

California fast food restaurants ordered to pay staff $20 an hour

SACRAMENTO, California: Fast food workers will now receive $20 per hour in California, after the governor signed a fast food ...

In $10 billion deal, China Eastern Airlines to acquire 100 more planes

BEIJING, China: In a deal worth US$10 billion at list prices this week, state-owned carrier China Eastern Airlines announced that ...

China says Evergrande chairman being investigated for 'illegal crimes'

BEIJING, China: This week, China Evergrande Group said its founder and chairman, Hui Ka Yan, is being investigated over suspected ...

Trial starts in California of Tesla Model 3 Autopilot fatality

RIVERSIDE COUNTY, California: In his opening statement this week in the first U.S. trial over allegations that a car autopilot ...

FTC takes Amazon to court for monopolizing online marketspace

SEATTLE, Washington: As part of Washington's efforts to stop Big Tech from monopolizing the most lucrative parts of the internet, ...

Saudia Arabia welcomes EV maker Lucid's first international factory

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia: As part of Riyadh's efforts to further Saudi Arabia's electrification drive, electric vehicle (EV) maker Lucid announced ...

US debt crisis to slow East Asian growth FT

Washington's protectionist trade policies reportedly threaten the region's economic developmentEast Asia's developing economies are facing one of the lowest growth ...

Ludvig Aberg eyeing first PGA win at Sanderson Farms Championship

(Photo credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports) With the Ryder Cup in the rearview mirror, the PGA Tour returns to action ...

How oil and gas company tax reliefs could lose the UK billions

The recently-approved Rosebank oil field in the North Sea has been touted as a way to boost the UK economy ...

EU Facebook users face 13 monthly charge WSJ

Meta hopes to dodge the bloc's privacy law by asking users to pay for an ad-free experienceMeta is considering asking ...

Ukrainian officials fear cash will dry up WSJ

Kiev is concerned it will not be able to pay its civil servants in November if the US stops sending ...

2023 Sanderson Farms Championship: Preview, Props, Best Bets

(Photo credit: David Yeazell-USA TODAY Sports) The Sanderson Farms Championship is the second of seven events in the FedEx Cup ...

US to plunge East Asia into growth reduction FT

Washington's protectionist trade policies reportedly threaten the region's economic developmentEast Asia's developing economies are facing one of the lowest growth ...

Germany faces grim long-term economic future expert

A lack of workers is the ?greatest burden? on the country's economy, the Ifo president has warnedLabor shortages and the ...

Europeans face 13 monthly Facebook charge WSJ

Meta hopes to dodge EU privacy law by asking users to pay for an ad-free experienceMeta is considering asking Facebook ...

RBI appoints Muneesh Kapur as new executive director

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 4 (ANI): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) appointed Muneesh Kapur as the new Executive Director, ...

China spurns new Belt and Road projects for Pakistan citing 'political instability': Report

Islamabad [Pakistan], October 4 (ANI): China has rejected the calls for investing in fresh Belt and Road projects in Pakistan, ...

slice and North East Small Finance Bank announce merger

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], October 4 (ANI): Fintech unicorn Slice and North East Small Finance Bank (NESFB) on Wednesday announced they ...

Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami addresses the 'New Delhi roadshow' for Uttarakhand Global Investors Summit 2023

New Delhi [India], October 4 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami addressed the prestigious 'New Delhi roadshow' for the ...

43 missing in flash flood triggered by cloudburst in Sikkim, rescue ops underway

Gangtok (Sikkim) [India], October 4 (ANI): As many as 43 people, including army soldiers and civilians, have been reported missing ...

ED issues fresh summons to Abhishek Banerjee

New Delhi [India], October 4 (ANI): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued a fresh summon to Trinamool Congress General Secretary ...

RBI monetary policy review meeting commences, another pause in repo rate likely

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 4 (ANI): The three-day bi-monthly monetary policy committee (MPC) meeting of the RBI started on Wednesday ...

SKI Capital's AIF closes its first investment in SME

New Delhi [India], October 4 (ANI): SKI Capital's alternative investment fund (AIF) on Wednesday announced it has closed its first ...

Russian far-right party proposes cancellation of flat tax regime

The measure would help reduce income disparity and flatten the inequality curve, the authors of a new bill have saidA ...

Mackenzie Hughes fighting for status while defending title

(Photo credit: Barbara Gauntt/Clarion Ledger / USA TODAY NETWORK) Mackenzie Hughes will be defending more than his second career PGA ...

Trump Receives Gag Order After Social Media Attack on Law Clerk

The judge presiding over Donald Trump's New York civil real estate fraud case on Tuesday imposed a gag order on ...

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Nepal becomes first South Asian nation in India's real-time energy market

KATHMANDU, Nepal - According to the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), India has finally allowed Nepal to sell electricity generated by ...

Delhi L-G chairs 5th Court meeting of Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women

New Delhi [India], October 5 (ANI): Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena chaired the fifth court meeting of Indira Gandhi Delhi ...

ED has become right hand of the BJP: Mehbooba Mufti

Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 5 (ANI): Slamming the Bharatiya Janata Party after raids by Enforcement Directorate on Aam ...

Imran Masood to join Congress on October 7

New Delhi [India], October 5 (ANI): Imran Masood, who was expelled from the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in August, will ...

"To defame Delhi govt and AAP...": JDU leader KC Tyagi on Sanjay Singh's arrest

New Delhi [India], October 5 (ANI): Janata Dal (United) leader KC Tyagi on Wednesday said that the BJP wants to ...

NCP MP Mohammed Faizal disqualified from Lok Sabha after Kerala HC verdict

Kochi (Kerala) [India], October 5 (ANI): Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Member of Parliament, Mohammad Faizal has been disqualified from the ...

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