Merger & acquisition activity is expected to increase next year as borrowing is expected to be easier and companies are undeterred by antitrust regulators' attempts to block deals.
"Clients are more actively calling, and people are pick…

Jamia Binoria Town, a well-known Islamic school in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, has issued a fatwa (a religious decree) declaring TikTok use illegal and haram and calling it the largest temptation of the modern period.…
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The Chinese president’s warm reception on a visit to Riyadh was symbolic of deepening ties between China and Saudi Arabia – Royal Court of Saudi Arabia/Anadolu Agency
When Xi Jinping visited Riyadh, Saudi officials rolled out not a red but a purp…

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Exports of Mexican-built cargo trucks fell in November; Rotor Clip opens global distribution center in Texas; Chinese autom…

The numbers don’t lie: China is an absolute powerhouse of an EV maker. Figures from 2022 suggest that 6.8 million electric vehicles were sold in its domestic market during that 12-month period, while North America, which is still clinging to the title …

Uncharitable and heartless, it may sound. But the Ukraine War has not stopped helping India. After the war forced Russia to make a tactical move to sell oil to India, China and many other nations at lower than market prices at the time, India also earn…

When Li Cheng En pushed his standup paddleboard off the Xiamen beach on China’s Fujian coastline, a mother and son stood nearby, watching him. It was dark, and he moved quickly, but felt sure he’d be caught.…
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David Cameron has that rarest of political opportunities – a second chance to write some of his international legacy. Brexit weakened our ability to shape Europe, which in turn limited our leverage to align the US and the EU.…
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Taiwan’s defence ministry said on Sunday that it has detected eight Chinese fighter planes and one Chinese balloon crossing the Taiwan Strait in the previous 24 hours.
Over the last four years, Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, has often…

Set-jetting – flying off to see where a favourite movie was filmed – has long been a small but important tourism niche.
But while feature films such as Wonka and Napoleon are boosting visitor numbers in Bath and Blenheim, the growth of TV streaming is …

The severe earthquake that struck northwest China this week, killing at least 148 people, inflicted economic losses in the agriculture and fishing industries worth tens of millions of dollars, according to official media on Saturday.…
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With great wealth inevitably comes influence and power.
But Elon Musk is pushing the boundaries, given how many industries he's dominating.
With a growing empire of rockets, EVs, social media, and AI, Musk is gaining political clout.…
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– Taiwan's defense ministry said on Sunday that over the previous 24 hours it had detected eight Chinese fighter jets crossing over the median line of the Taiwan Strait, as well as one Chinese balloon.…
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Representatives from several foreign nations, including a diplomat from a Northern European NATO member, have reportedly raised concerns and issued warnings to their respective governments regarding a potential 'doomsday' scenario in the ev…

The tale of Jats, also ‘Jatts’ or ‘Jaats’, in India is about 500 years old. Leading nomadic lives that revolved around their livestock, the Jats belonged to diverse geographies, from the mountains of Eastern Europe and Central Asia to the sea-adjacent …

Seoul, South Korea CNN —
A barren tank with concrete walls and artificial rocks, housed on the lower floors of a South Korean mega mall, has been home to a female beluga whale for close to a decade.…
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The Biden administration planned to keep the Chinese spy balloon that traveled across North America this year a secret from the public and even from Congress — and only came clean after civilians saw the massive white orb over Montana, according to a d…

It's time for your daily dose of Quordle hints, plus the answers for both the main game and the Daily Sequence spin off.
Quordle is the only one of the many Wordle clones that I'm still playing now, around 18 months after the daily-word-gam…

On Christmas Eve last year Shania Singh was in celebration mode.
After 16 years under the leadership of former military coup leader Frank Bainimarama, new Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka officially took power.…
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Open this photo in gallery: Chinese students wait outside the U.S. Embassy for their visa application interviews on May 2, 2012, in Beijing.Alexander F. Yuan/The Associated Press
In the 1980s, Fu Xiangdong was a young Chinese virology student who came …

Open this photo in gallery: Chinese students wait outside the U.S. Embassy for their visa application interviews on May 2, 2012, in Beijing.Alexander F. Yuan/The Associated Press
In the 1980s, Fu Xiangdong was a young Chinese virology student who came …