Business
China’s solar capacity set to overtake coal in ‘historic’ shift
China is set to have more solar power capacity than coal for the first time this year, marking a “historic” milestone in the country’s…
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Politics
Iranian-backed militias may be weighing disarmament amid Iraq political shift
US Envoy to Iraq, Mark Savaya, posted on X overnight between December 21 and 22 that the steps being taken by “armed groups” in Iraq are…
Politics
Video: Trump’s Shift on Afghan Immigrants
new video loaded: Trump’s Shift on Afghan Immigrants Zolan Kanno-Youngs, a White House correspondent, describes how President Trump’s…
Business
Christoph Niemann’s “Market Shift”
For the cover of the October 27, 2025, Money Issue, the artist Christoph Niemann set out to visualize how the preposterously rich pay a…
Business
How Gen Z’s lifestyle shift could change US housing market
Gen Zers are breaking into the housing market, despite ongoing affordability challenges and an increasingly uncertain economic landscape,…
Politics
Chair: Greens must be alternative to shift to right in Germany
The chairman of Germany's Green Party, Felix Banaszak, views his party's poor performance in the local elections in the country's most…
Business
Hedge funds shift bets to double down on Big Tech amid AI boom
Wall Street’s largest hedge funds, Bridgewater Associates, Tiger Global Management and Discovery Capital, increased their exposure to Big…
Business
US: Stocks mostly fall as Fed avoids dovish shift
Wall Street stocks finished mostly lower on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates flat and refrained from signaling it…
Politics
End of transgender care at Children's Hospital L.A. signals nationwide shift under Trump
When Children’s Hospital Los Angeles first told thousands of patients it was shuttering its pediatric gender clinic last month, Jesse…
Politics
Singapore dollar faces pressure from US tariffs, policy shift
The Singapore dollar is under renewed pressure as US trade challenges are primed to worsen and as speculation of exchange-rate policy…
Politics
Video: How the Supreme Court’s Transgender Ruling Reveals a Shift
In its biggest ruling of the term, the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a Tennessee law that prohibits some medical treatments for…
Lifestyle
Travel, hospitality lead India’s shift to recycled packaging
India’s decision to allow recycled plastic in food-grade applications, announced on World Environment Day 2025, marks a major development…
Politics
Trump threatens to strip federal grants from Harvard, shift them to trade schools
President Trump said Monday he is considering stripping federal grants from Harvard University and reallocating them to trade schools…
Politics
Japan pledges immediate rice relief for consumers to prevent shift to foreign brands
Japan’s new agriculture minister pledged on Friday to quickly move rice from government stockpiles to store shelves where they would be…
Politics
As climate hazards worsen, Trump moves to weaken FEMA and shift disaster response onto states
The recent firing of the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is just the latest in a string of blows for the nation’s top…
Business
Hong Kong bourse operator to shift headquarters in US$812 million deal
Hong Kong’s bourse operator will shift its headquarters, it said on Thursday (Apr 24) and will take over the top nine floors of a building…
Business
Tesla shares rise as Musk to shift focus from Trump advisory role to EV maker
Tesla shares rose about 6.5 per cent in premarket trading on Wednesday (Apr 23) after CEO Elon Musk said he would scale back his…
Business
Walmart-backed Flipkart to shift base back to India from Singapore
Flipkart will shift its holding company from Singapore to India, the e-commerce company said on Tuesday (Apr 22), as its parent Walmart…
Business
SIA, Scoot passenger traffic down 0.8% in March on Easter holiday shift
The two airlines carry a combined total of 3.3 million passengers in the month, 0.8% higher year on year Singapore Airlines (SIA) and its…
News
Experts issue urgent warning after witnessing unsettling shift in polar bear actions: 'We were super surprised'
A powerful photo series showing polar bears wandering through abandoned buildings on a remote Russian island has captured the world's…
Business
Apple India produces US$22b of iPhones in shift from China
Apple assembled US$22 billion worth of iPhones in India in the 12 months ended March, increasing production by nearly 60 per cent over the…
Politics
Russian oil shipments shift to western tankers as prices slump
A slump in oil prices is allowing Russia’s crude to be carried on tankers owned and insured by western companies, helping tighten the…
Politics
Opec+ stuns oil market with policy shift to drive down price
For most of this decade, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies (Opec+) has been the world’s most stalwart…
Business
Insurers brace for inflation, shift towards private assets: Goldman Sachs survey
While inflation remains a pressing concern for most insurers, their appetite for private assets remains robust. Despite the economic…