Economy

US inflation jumps to 3.8% as energy costs surge from Iran war

US prices rose in April at their fastest rate since May 2023 as the impact of the war in Iran…

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Air India crisis deepens ahead of final Ahmedabad crash report

In under a month from now, India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) is expected to release its final report on…

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Australia has some of the world’s costliest homes. Will scrapping tax breaks help?

Sebastian Muñoz-Najar has only just finished primary school. The 13-year-old is still years away from learning how to drive. He…

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Gundam in real life: Unitree unveils giant $650,000 trasformable mecha

China’s robotics company Unitree has gone viral after unveiling “GD01,” a real-life transformable mecha, aimed to serve as a means…

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Iran war takes color out of Japanese snack maker Calbee’s chips packaging

Japan’s top maker of snacks has landed on a creative solution to conserve oil-derived input materials: it will switch its…

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Cyber-crime increasingly coming with threats of physical violence

A few years ago, Tim Beasley opened his front door to discover that a small package had been left on…

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Real-Life flying sword? Chinese influencer’s aircraft goes viral

A Chinese video creator has unveiled a long-awaited dream by many people — a rideable flying sword.  Vlogger Fan Shisan…

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Aramco CEO warns 1 billion barrels lost will slow oil market recovery

The world has lost about 1 billion barrels of oil over the past two months and energy markets will take…

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Saudi Aramco Q1 profit jumps 25 percent

Saudi Aramco reported a 25 percent jump in first-quarter profit on Sunday, showing its resilience as US-Iran war tensions curtail…

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US jobs data beats expectations for second month in a row

The US economy created 115,000 jobs in April as businesses kept hiring despite the economic fallout from the US-Israel war…

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