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Now that ships are avoiding the war-torn Middle East, piracy off Somalia has returned. The resurgence is increasing insurance and shipping rates and security expenses, and is adding another burden
The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said that American forces carried out targeted strikes against Iranian military facilities on May 7. It happened in self-defense, after a run of drone, missile,
A quick read of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) April policy meeting, sort of shows a more hawkish mood building up among the policymakers. With inflationary pressures still feeding in
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said he will stick around in office and actually follow through, even after the Labour Party took some pretty hard knocks in the recent
The Israeli military on 8th May evening targeted Tal al-Ahmar al-Sharqi in the southern countryside of the Quneitra province, using over eight bombs, local sources told. These sources reported
Putin spoke following his address to troops during a reduced version of the military parade in Moscow, where he claimed to be fighting an “aggressive force” in Ukraine supported by
Meta Platforms on 12th May lost its fight against an Italian regulatory order that it should compensate publishers for using snippets of their news articles after Europe’s top court sided
Taiwan has now finished its first torpedo test launch from what it says is its very first domestically built submarine. In Taipei, this is being treated as a real technical
In a bid to monetise its artificial intelligence chatbot, ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, is rolling out paid subscriptions for Doubao. A strategy by Chinese tech giant ByteDance to
Some 337 stolen antiquities were returned to Italy by the United States on April 29, including two from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), in one of the largest returns
In the midst of the high-stakes end-of-year season, a cyber attack wreaked havoc on several universities and schools across the United States, Canada and Australia, resulting in disruption, confusion and
International credit rating agency Fitch Ratings has upwardly revised its assumptions for global oil prices for 2026 and 2027, sort of yes. This change comes from the higher view that
Millions of citizens across the United Kingdom are casting their ballots in what is being described as the most significant election test for Prime Minister Keir Starmer, since his general
Instagram has announced that the end-to-end encryption of DMs will cease to be available from May 8, 2026. The update enables Meta to read and analyse the content of Instagram
On 7th May, a cultural evening was held at Damascus Opera House that included music and folkloric shows to represent Syria’s cultural diversity. The event, called “Images from Heritage,”
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