Earnings season was not perfect for our industrial-focused portfolio companies, but we're feeling pretty good about their prospects for the rest of the year. Shares of two of the five names finished Friday at all-time highs, and we belive the oth…

His murder in a Siberian prison makes it all the more disgusting that any American presidential candidate would embrace a thug like Putin, and questions whether enablers of Donald Trump, who just invited Russia to attack the United States’ closest of a…

The External Affairs Minister stated that Israel has an international duty to uphold humanitarian law while simultaneously characterizing the Hamas attacks on Israeli cities on October 7 as “terrorism” and citing Tel Aviv’s reaction.…
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His murder in a Siberian prison makes it all the more disgusting that any American presidential candidate would embrace a thug like Putin, and questions whether enablers of Donald Trump, who just invited Russia to attack the United States’ closest of a…

The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in Gaza is no longer functioning due to the Israeli army’s “week-long siege followed by the ongoing raid”.…
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Aleksei Navalny, hero to the free world, has joined the tragic line of Vladimir Putin critics who met untimely poisonings , exploding planes and defenestrations from high-floor windows.
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Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 26, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome. So psyched you found us, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.)…
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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Two U.S. senators will submit a bipartisan resolution to Congress condemning democratic backsliding in Hungary and urging its nationalist government to lift its block on Sweden’s accession into the NATO military alliance.&#8230…

The review also backed the government that a program of continuous naval shipbuilding was essential for Australia’s sovereign capability and avoiding a so-called ‘valley of death’ of job losses when projects finish without new ones being ready to repla…

HONG KONG — The budget impasse in Congress has further delayed crucial funding for three U.S.-allied Pacific Island nations, potentially making them more susceptible to influence by China, including over Taiwan, their leaders have warned.…
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Back in 1998, Madeleine Albright, then the secretary of state, called the United States the “indispensable nation.” She meant that this country, armed with unmatchable force and influence, stood at the helm of a web of alliances and global organization…

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China’s coast guard said on Sunday it will strengthen its law enforcement activities and carry out regular patrols around a small group of Taiwanese-controlled islands off the Chinese coast as tensions rise over the deaths of two Chinese nationals.&#82…

Wang Jin felt sure that he could invest in Sichuan Trust, an institution that was part of one of what he describes as the “four pillars” of China’s financial system: banks, securities, insurance and trusts.…
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi meet at the 60th Munich Security Conference on Feb. 16, 2024.
Washington should lift sanctions on Chinese companies and individuals, and that attempts to de-couple from China…

An oil storage depot in Russia's Kursk region was set ablaze after a Ukrainian drone attack, according to the local governor.
Hostile drones have been winding their way across the Russian landscape this winter, striking refineries and related oil…

Open this photo in gallery: Auditor-General Karen Hogan appears as a witness at a House of Commons standing committee on Public Accounts on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Feb. 12.Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
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From 39m ago 03.19 EST Opening summary It has gone 10am in Kyiv and 11am in Moscow. This is our latest Guardian blog on the war in Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin has called the capture of Avdiivka “an important victory” after Ukraine’s milit…

From 39m ago 03.19 EST Opening summary It has gone 10am in Kyiv and 11am in Moscow. This is our latest Guardian blog on the war in Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin has called the capture of Avdiivka “an important victory” after Ukraine’s milit…

In this handout photograph provided by Taiwan Coast Guard Administration, Taiwanese coast guards inspect a vessel that capsized during a chase off the coast of Kinmen archipelago in Taiwan, Wednesday, Feb.…
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But many points of friction remain.
The Biden administration has imposed bans on the sale of certain technologies to Chinese companies, citing national security risks. China has accused Washington of “weaponising” economic and trade issues.…
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