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China's Chang'e-6 spacecraft makes historic landing on far side of moon

The China National Space Administration announced that Chang'e-6 "successfully landed at the designated landing area," the Xinhua News Agency reported

Israel-Hamas war: Google blocks reviews, draws ire from small businesses

The open-ended Google policy - meant to guard against trolls and protestors who'd misuse the system during conflicts - is one example of the struggles facing many small businesses

Pakistan's inflation slows in May, lowest in 30 months amid record rate

The slowing pace of price gains in Pakistan is in part due to the base effect of one of the fastest inflation gains in Asia last year

Here's why revenge travel is finally losing its appeal after three years

Travel demand is far from falling off a cliff. But there are signs that our wanderlust is downshifting from never-ending to a more normal pattern

Global airlines on track for $30 billion profit in 2024, predicts IATA

The outlook compares with the $27.4 billion in profit achieved last year, IATA said at its annual general meeting in Dubai

Infra, state firms big winners as exit polls indicate PM Modi's victory

A third term for Modi is seen by some investors as bolstering India's economy and markets as the promise of policy continuity

EV sales in China defy consumer spending slump as price cuts attract buyers

BYD, the country's best-selling brand, sold 330,488 passenger vehicles in May, an increase of just over a quarter compared with last year

Chinese tourists expected to spend nearly $1 trillion on holidays at home

Spending by domestic holidaymakers is expected to be 11 per cent higher than 2019 - before the Covid pandemic stopped most travel, according to a report

US elections: Trump's victory seen as risk to Fed independence, shows poll

Overall, they put a probability of 40 per cent on the Fed losing its autonomy under a second Trump administration

Surge of free power raise red flags for green technology investors

For more than a million consumers, that meant getting free electricity to heat their homes or charge their vehicles

Global central banks considering different interest-rate cut policies

ECB policymakers led by President Christine Lagarde have insisted they're comfortable plowing a separate furrow from the Federal Reserve

Current, former Boeing execs unlikely to be charged for 737 Max crashes

The department's decision about what to do next will advance just one of the multiple legal threats Boeing now faces after a fuselage panel blew off a 737 Max mid-flight in January

Stocks, bonds set to gain as exit polls show landslide win for PM Modi

The polls suggest the Bharatiya Janata Party-led alliance will clinch substantially more seats than the 272 required for a majority in the 543-seat lower house of parliament

Bitcoin debate heats up over software update to add fresh features

The front-runner in upgrade debate is a program called OP_CAT - a small software tweak that would add about 10 lines to the code that enables linking of two elements together, so-called concatenation

Lok Sabha polls 2024: Long, bitter election fight heads towards conclusion

Modi is spending the campaign's final days meditating on a small island off India's southern tip. Opposition figures described the island retreat as a stunt and a violation of election rules

Indian bankers get ready for IPO surge as elections come to a close

The year's largest IPOs are likely yet to come, such as South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co.'s first-time share sale of its India unit, which could raise about $2.5 billion

Global agricultural trade focuses on India policies post new govt formation

Prices of some farm commodities have softened from their peaks, with state agencies also cracking down on hoarding and selling some grains from state reserves

Japan spent $62 bn to support yen after it fell to 34 yr low last month

The finance ministry disclosed figures Friday for the period between April 26 and May 29

Saudi Arabia to sell shares worth $12 billion of oil major Aramco

The deal will test global investors' appetite for the world's biggest oil exporter amid questions about climate change and the future of fossil fuels

Amazon expanding US drone service after regulator's nod to fly devices

Prime Air was slow to launch. A Bloomberg investigation in 2022 revealed that the program was beset by technical challenges, high turnover and safety concerns