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Boeing (NYSE:BA) had a strong year in terms of orders in 2023, booking orders for nearly 1,500 airplanes valued $125 billion. As we entered a new year, the annual order and delivery tally has been reset.…
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HELSINKI — Chinese launch firm Space Circling has secured more than 100 million yuan ($13.9 million) in funding to back its work on innovative engines to power commercial space activities.
Space Circling, also known as Shaanxi Tianhui Aerospace Technol…

Astroscale, a well-capitalized Japanese startup, is preparing a small satellite to do something that has never been done in space.
This new spacecraft, delivered into orbit Sunday by Rocket Lab, will approach a defunct upper stage from a Japanese H-IIA…

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The Indian government is planning to invest $9 billion (€ 8.38 billion) to transform India’s Great Nicobar island into a massive military and trade hub. But the plans have raised concerns among environmentalists, scientists and civil society organizati…

Open this photo in gallery: In this March, 2023 file photo, U.S. President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak deliver remarks on the AUKUS partnership, after a trilateral meeting, at Naval Base …

IN THE heart of the Middle East lies a megastruture that's bigger than six Big Ben's and boasts the world's largest clock.
The Makkah Royal Clock Tower stands at a colossal 1,972ft tall and is the tallest building in Saudi Arabia &#82…

The FBI has reiterated its ‘laser-focus’ on stamping out the efforts of Chinese state actors to hack into and destabilise American infrastructure.
The Financial Times (paywall) reported on comments made this week by the FBI’s director, Christopher Wray…

In short: The family of Australian man Yang Hengjun, who was given a suspended death sentence in China earlier this month, has explained why he is not lodging an appeal.
The family of Australian man Yang Hengjun, who was given a suspended death sentenc…

Open this photo in gallery: Darlington Nuclear Generating Station in Courtice, Ont., on May 23, 2023.Carlos Osorio/The Globe and Mail
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Iron ore futures fell to three-month lows Tuesday, with the Singapore benchmark sinking more than 5% to hit its lowest intraday price since early November, weighed by worries over the demand outlook in top consumer China despite the latest attempt to r…

Iron ore futures fell to three-month lows Tuesday, with the Singapore benchmark sinking more than 5% to hit its lowest intraday price since early November, weighed by worries over the demand outlook in top consumer China despite the latest attempt to r…

Honor of Kings, Tencent’s massively popular mobile game, has its eye set on the international market in 2024.
Starting on February 21, the multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game will be available in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region a…

New payment giant
Investors had some time off from the stock market on Presidents' Day, but that couldn't stop some mega deals from turning it into Merger Monday. Capital One (COF) agreed to acquire Discover Financial Services (DFS) in a st…

An Indonesian cabinet minister said that TikTok is still violating a rule which prohibits in-app transactions, Reuters reported.
Last month, ByteDance (BDNCE)- owned TikTok, completed a transaction in which it committed to invest over $1.5B in a joint …

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The human rights group Canadian Friends of Hong Kong says it won’t participate in Canada’s public inquiry into foreign interference, citing “grave concerns” about the standing granted to politicians with alleged …

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Investment thesis
My previous bullish thesis about Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) did not age well since the stock provided zero return since November 6, 2023. At the same time, the S&P 500 grew by about 15%.…
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Open this photo in gallery: A soldier climbs onto a Canadian military vehicle during a visit to Adazi, Latvia by Canada's Minister of Defence on Feb. 3, 2022.GINTS IVUSKANS/Getty Images
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has at least one thing …

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Airforwarders Association is interacting with more international organizations to gain wider influence for issues important to U.S. logistics providers. Other priorities this year involve funding to improve airport cargo flows and…

The year 1940 seems like a long time ago, but there are striking similarities between the international security challenges the U.S. faced that year and those it is grappling with in 2024.…
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In the fall of 2022, a little more than six months into the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, two of Canada's major ammunition manufacturers submitted proposals to the Liberal government to drastically increase production of artillery shell…