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This is the final part of a two-part series of articles, highlighting the differences between India and Pakistan’s state of the economy.
Cricket, a great if not the only unifier in Pakistan’s highly divisive society today, is one area in which the coun…

Open this photo in gallery: A researcher holds a Coqui Guajon or Rock Frog at a tropical forest in Patillas, Puerto Rico, on March 21, 2013.Ricardo Arduengo/The Associated Press
Earth’s amphibians – from the thorny spike-thumb frog to the red knobby ne…

Oil rallied an average of 28% last quarter, jumping to a 2023 high in September as OPEC+ output cuts and further supply restraints from Saudi Arabia and Russia created a deficit in the market.…
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Oil rallied an average of 28% last quarter, jumping to a 2023 high in September as OPEC+ output cuts and further supply restraints from Saudi Arabia and Russia created a deficit in the market.…
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VPN services could be banned in France following some new "unreasonable amendments" to the proposed SREN Bill.
Currently being debated in Parliament, the Bill has already drawn criticism for its plans to boost internet censorship with the j…

A senior Taiwanese security official claimed on Wednesday that China has “very diverse” methods for meddling in Taiwan’s next elections, including military coercion, the transmission of false information, and the manipulation of opinion polls.…
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Rishi Sunak will not rescue the Conservatives from defeat by his retreat from net-zero policies and his rhetoric about stopping the small boats crossing the Channel.…
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The European Union said Wednesday that it had "sufficient evidence" of illegal Chinese electric car subsidies as it officially launched an inquiry that has enraged Beijing.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen raised hackles i…

Amid a border standoff with India, China is ramping up infrastructure facilities at the disputed Aksai Chin border to facilitate smooth troop deployment near the Indian border. Beijing also released a new map in August this year asserting its claims ov…

A picture showing two female Chinese athletes which makes an unintentional reference to the Tiananmen Square massacre appears to have been censored on social media in China.
Gold medal winner Lin Yuwei was being embraced by Wu Yanni after the 100m hur…

Daily roundup of research and analysis from The Globe and Mail’s market strategist Scott Barlow
BMO senior economist Robert Kavcic detailed the effects of rising rates on the domestic housing market,
“We argued after the latest Bank of Canada pause th…

Russia plans to ban VPN services from all app stores across the country in 2024, a Russian Senator has confirmed.
Short for Virtual Private Network, VPNs are security software that both encrypt internet connections and spoof users' IP addresses …

Didi Tang, The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — For much of the world, China’s Xinjiang region is notorious, a place where ethnic Uyghurs face forced labor and arbitrary detention. But a group of visiting foreign journalists was left with a decidedl…

It is the evening of 31 July 2027. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has spent the day with close friends and aides at Chequers celebrating the end of a gruelling but successful parliamentary term.…
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Open this photo in gallery: China's Yuwei Lin reacts after winning the women's 100m hurdles final with second placed China's Yanni Wu.DYLAN MARTINEZ/Reuters
Seconds after she surged to victory in the 100m women’s hurdles at the Asian…

Open this photo in gallery: China's Yuwei Lin reacts after winning the women's 100m hurdles final with second placed China's Yanni Wu.DYLAN MARTINEZ/Reuters
Seconds after she surged to victory in the 100m women’s hurdles at the Asian …

Mohamed Muizzu, Maldives presidential candidate of the opposition party, People's National Congress speaks with the media personnel during the second round of a presidential election in Male, Maldives September 30, 2023.…
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Twice in the past two weeks, Donald Trump has suggested violent consequences for those who dare to cross him.
Mark Milley, the outgoing chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, deserves to be executed, Trump charged.…
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Eastern Ukraine — Russia launched a fresh wave of drone attacks against Ukraine overnight. The Ukrainian Air Force said Tuesday that it downed all but two of the 31 exploding aircraft, but the latest assault highlighted the extent to which the war spar…

Central banks risk tipping a stalling global economy into a full-blown recession unless they relax their 2% inflation targets and adopt a more pro-growth stance, the economic arm of the UN has warned.…
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Equities
Wall Street futures struggled early Wednesday as high bond yields and interest rate concerns continue to stoke market volatility. Major European markets were narrowly mixed in morning trading after a weaker start.…
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