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Agency warns of Chinese scams targeting the youth

Taiwan assists Chinese lawyer who fled country

Prosecutors indict ex-navy sergeant on spy allegations

Book discusses strategy to face rising Chinese threat

US-China meeting likely to focus on each country’s domestic needs: expert

Power site work on schedule: premier

Volkswagen board backs 50,000 further job cuts

Nvidia to buy AI start-up Hugging Face for US$13bn

Lite-On Tech to invest in liquid cooling

China’s superdam is becoming an upstream water bomb

Nepal’s young PM faces gravest test after flood catastrophe

Look east for lessons in democratic resistance

‘I wouldn’t call it a war’: Vance on Iran

Minister wants all Palestinians out of Gaza

Singapore’s air quality hit as Indonesia fires worsen

Donovan’s Deep Dives: Democracy changed how Taiwan moves

Iran war live: Trump says US may target Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain ‘very soon’

US President Donald Trump has repeated an earlier warning that the US may attack Iran's Pickaxe Mountain "very soon".

Tunisia police arrest journalist Mohamed Yousfi, critic of Kais Saied

Tunisia police arrest journalist Mohamed Yousfi, critic of Kais Saied Tunisian police have arrested prominent journalist...

‘Small potatoes’: US President Trump downplays war on Iran

Trump tells reporters the US is 'not fighting right now' despite a recent exchange of fire with Iran.

U.S. envoys to make Ukraine peace push with Russia pessimistic

U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will visit Moscow and — for the first time, Kyiv — with a proposal to end th...

Value of top 50 mining companies surge by $357 billion after monster August rally

The biggest monthly gain on record took the ranking back above $2.5 trillion for the first time since February when gold...

U.S. and China gear up for mid-September AI safety talks

The talks will be led by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on the U.S. side, sources briefed on the discussions said...

Trump’s big Venezuela deal leaves U.S. oil industry blindsided

Industry leaders are worried the deal short-circuits ongoing commercial talks and cuts them out of some of Venezuela's m...

Africa: African Development Bank and Axian Launch Digital Finance Programme to Support 34,000 Women-Led Businesses in Africa

[African Development Bank (AfDB)] AXIAN Group and the African Development Bank have launched a major women's financial i...

Norway says will provide assistance to Russians from Professor Molchanov vessel — Reuters

On September 2, Norwegian authorities seized the Russian research vessel in Svalbard

The top 50 biggest mining companies in the world

A $357 billion August gain, the biggest month on record, took the ranking back above $2.5 trillion for the first time si...

Dollar posts weekly loss as yen jumps amid shifting rate bets

The Japanese currency posted its best week since July, gaining about 2.4% against the dollar.

Takaichi lauds ‘transparency’ of Japan’s record budget requests

Her government has promised to review and cut back on unnecessary spending programs and is trying to incorporate more fo...

France commits more financial help to New Caledonia

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has announced more financial assistance for New Caledonia.

Nigeria: Dangote Refinery Sets IPO Price At $0.40 Per Share After SEC Approval

[Daba Finance] Dangote Petroleum Refinery has received approval from Nigeria's Securities and Exchange Commission to sel...

Tunisia arrests journalist amid crackdown on government critics

Tunisia faces criticism as prosecutions of journalists continue under President Kais Saied's rule.

Kpler says Hormuz traffic dropped sharply on 31 August, Bab el-Mandeb stable

Kpler says Hormuz traffic dropped sharply on 31 August, Bab el-Mandeb stable Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz fell s...

Trump Demands Rate Cut After Jobs Report

"Balance of Power" focuses on the intersection of politics and global business. On today's show, Larry Sabato, founder a...

Russian attack on Kyiv Oblast damages residential building, explosions heard in Ukraine's capital

The roof and top floor of a nine-story residential building were damaged and set ablaze in the city of Boryspil near the...

Donovan and Ezratty cited on Chinese transshipment of drone components to Iran

Read the full report here The post Donovan and Ezratty cited on Chinese transshipment of drone components to Iran appear...

US okays $5.75 billion munitions, engines sale to Saudi Arabia

US okays $5.75 billion munitions, engines sale to Saudi Arabia The US State Department said it had approved the potentia...

Germany's far-right AfD bids for first taste of power in eastern vote

If it wins an outright majority in Saxony-Anhalt, it would be the first time a far-right party has held state-level powe...

Germany's far-right AfD bids for first taste of power in eastern vote

If it wins an outright majority in Saxony-Anhalt, it would be the first time a far-right party has held state-level powe...

Maj Gen Faisal Naseer to head Nacta

ISLAMABAD: In a significant development for Pakistan’s counter-terrorism framework, a key official of the Inter-Services...

Reform in hot water…again

Plus, the FT sits down with chancellor John Healey