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China Consumer Spending Falls As Pressure On Economy Builds
China's consumer prices continued to fall last month, with official data highlighting the battle leaders face in trying to kickstart domestic spending in the world's number two economy while...
Asian Markets Rally As Fed Cut Hopes Trump Trade War Fears
Stocks jumped Wednesday as trade war fears were overshadowed by comments from Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell that suggested the bank would cut interest rates again this month.After a...
US Republicans Seek To Shield Oil Giants As Climate Lawsuits Advance
President Donald Trump's second term has seen the United States go all-in to boost Big Oil and block renewables -- yet a wave of state and local climate-damage lawsuits...
Banking on the Unbanked: Vazgen Gevorkyan’s View of Financial Inclusion as Strategy
For decades, banking was built around the privileged few. Traditional financial systems rewarded scale and stability, but they left most people underserved. In many markets, the unbanked weren't just...
Brash Trump Approach Brings Gaza Deal But Broader Peace In Question
A new US president, focused on domestic priorities, criticizes his predecessor as too hard on Israel but soon takes on the mantle of peace and reaches a deal heralded...
Trump Has Been on Time Magazine’s Cover 35 Times — but Says This One ‘May Be the Worst of All Time’
At a moment of significant diplomatic breakthrough—a historic ceasefire between Israel and Hamas—President Donald Trump's attention was captured not by political praise, but by a picture. He publicly decried...
Strong Dealmaking Boosts Profits At US Banking Giants
Robust dealmaking activity and strong trading results helped boost US bank earnings Tuesday despite lingering worries about a softening job market and a potentially overvalued stock market.Profits rose in...
Trump Says ‘We Will Disarm’ Hamas, Urges Return Of Gaza Bodies
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that "we will disarm" Hamas if the Palestinian militants refuse to do it themselves, as he called for the group to release the...
Myanmar Scam Centres Booming Despite Crackdown, Using Musk’s Starlink: AFP Investigation
Scam centres in Myanmar blamed for swindling billions from victims across the world are expanding fast just months after a crackdown that was supposed to eradicate them, an AFP...
Theatrics Trumped All At Trump’s Gaza Summit
US President Donald Trump's lightning summit in Egypt, meant to cement a ceasefire in Gaza, was more a celebration of one man's newfound peacemaker persona than a high-level political...
