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US consortium pushes for $4.4 billion LNG project in Pakistan: Report

The proposed project will cover imports, storage, regasification, gas transmission and sales to large consumers on a merchant basis

Russia, Ukraine report cyberattacks on emergency, air raid alert systems

Residents received warnings of a 'nuclear danger' on Sunday through the air raid alert app, which millions of Ukrainians rely on for information about incoming Russian missile and drone strikes

Why Tesla, Samsung are pushing back against new US tariffs on Vietnam

Vietnamese goods currently face a 12.5 per cent US tariff, imposed in July over concerns that the country failed to stop imports of goods made using forced labour

Bitcoin's resilience after Binance hack masks lingering market jitters

The original cryptocurrency rose about 1% Monday, trading around $78,300 at 1 p.m. in Singapore

Bangladesh garment unrest shuts 529 factories, puts export orders at risk

Workers are demanding a minimum monthly wage of Tk 30,000 (about $245), against the existing Tk 12,500

US pushes to restore Russian gas sales to Europe via Ukraine before winter

Washington is supporting a rapid restart of Russian natural gas exports through Ukrainian pipelines as part of talks to secure an energy ceasefire before winter

Trump banks on rallies to turn out Maga faithful in final midterm push

For Republicans, though, it's unclear whether the president's rallies are a help or a distraction

China's 5k tonne digging machines could become trade weapon against India

Beijing's newest export controls target construction equipment - including tunnel-boring machines, some of the world's largest and most complex industrial devices

French protest violence eases, Germany sees riots ahead of school return

Germany faced its own challenges after nationwide protests Saturday ended with rioters attacking police and looting stores in some cities

Binance sees spike in customers pulling funds out after $6.3 billion hack

Binance said it had now covered 95% of the stolen assets. It said after an initial spike, withdrawals were stabilizing

Private jet carrying 9 crashes near Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida

The aircraft crashed near Cresthaven, Florida, around 12:50 PM, approximately nine miles from US President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence

OPEC+ set to keep December oil output targets steady amid war disruption

Seven OPEC+ members are expected to hold December output targets steady as Gulf producers continue to face export disruptions from the US-Iran war.

Bangladesh forms 6-member wage board as garment protests turn violent

Despite the announcement, thousands of garment workers staged fresh demonstrations on Sunday

US judge dismisses Trump's multibillion-dollar defamation suit against WSJ

US District Judge Darrin Gayles in Miami dismissed the suit with prejudice on Saturday, ruling that the president did not prove the defendants made defamatory statements with actual malice

Iranian envoys meet Qatar mediators as US strike threat looms post-midterms

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday that President Donald Trump has not decided whether to launch new strikes against Iran, but would prefer to resolve the conflict diplomatically

Binance resumes crypto withdrawals after covering bulk of stolen $6.3 bn

The heist, which the FBI has tied to North Korea and analysts believe may be the biggest financial robbery ever, adds to a string of recent crypto thefts

William Nordhaus, Nobel laureate who put a price on carbon, dies at 85

Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1941, Nordhaus earned his PhD at MIT under Robert Solow and joined Yale in 1967

Opec+ agrees in principle to keep oil output targets steady in Dec

The meeting comes as Gulf members have been boosting exports that have been disrupted for months ​by the Iran war

Germany protests: Shops looted in Frankfurt as Gen Z rallies turn violent

Thousands demonstrated across Germany against rising living costs, cuts to public services and military service, before violence erupted in Frankfurt, Berlin, Cologne and Hamburg

Explained: How hackers stole $6.3 bn in crypto from Binance in just 20 mins

While Binance has said it will cover customer losses, the attack has drawn attention to vulnerabilities in the systems exchanges use to authorise and process transactions