Economy
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Why is WhatsApp’s privacy policy facing a legal challenge in India?
A landmark legal battle over privacy, data control and the business model of big tech is playing out in India…
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Some oil majors, traders suspend shipments via Hormuz amid US attack on Iran, sources say
Some oil majors and top trading houses have suspended crude oil and fuel shipments via the Strait of Hormuz amid…
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Dubai battles port fire after Iran missile attacks: Statement
Dubai authorities were working to extinguish a fire at the Jebel Ali port after debris from an interceptor triggered the…
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Iranian drone debris causes ‘minor fire’ on Burj Al Arab façade: Dubai authorities
The Dubai Media Office said early Sunday that an Iranian drone was intercepted and the debris caused a “minor fire”…
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US threatens Anthropic with deadline in dispute on AI safeguards
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth vowed to remove Anthropic from his agency’s supply chain if the company declined to…
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Paramount boosts Warner Bros offer to rival Netflix in takeover bid
Paramount Skydance has boosted its proposal to buy Warner Bros Discovery, with an offer that could finally knock rival bidder…
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Macron accepts resignation of Louvre museum chief after jewel theft
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday accepted the resignation of the head of Paris’ Louvre museum, which has been grappling…
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Gold climbs to three-week high on uncertainty stoked by US tariffs
Gold climbed to a three-week high on Monday as uncertainty stoked by the US Supreme Court’s decision to strike down…
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Fitch downgrades Bahrain to ‘B’ on rising debt, wider deficits
Global credit ratings agency Fitch downgraded Bahrain’s long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating to “B” from “B+” on Monday, citing high…
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Global summit in India calls for ‘secure, trustworthy and robust AI’
Dozens of nations including the United States and China called for “secure, trustworthy and robust” artificial intelligence, in a declaration…
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