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War, extreme weather put Asia's food security at risk: Verisk Maplecroft

Fuel and fertiliser disruptions from the Iran war, alongside El Niño-linked weather extremes, are threatening crops and could worsen food inflation across vulnerable Asian economies

Australia to tighten immigration rules, curb visa overstays and families

The Australian government will target visa overstayers and restrict most students from bringing family members as it seeks to align migration with Australia's needs better

Tata Sons board to mull asking Chandrasekaran to stay on amid RBI IPO push

The holding company's board is set to consider its listing obligations after the RBI refused to relax the rules, while its committee may seek the chairman's continuation

China Defence Minister Dong Jun urges nations to step up AI oversight

Dong also urged nations to "strengthen risk assessment, experience sharing, and the establishment of rules and governance."

Tata Sons IPO order backs tycoon Shapoor Mistry's long-running ask

The RBI's decision came months after reclusive billionaire Shapoor Mistry published an open letter to the regulator seeking a listing of Tata Sons to help unlock value for the group's 18.4% stake

Traders brace for prolonged India bond slump as RBI mops up excess cash

Bond traders expect yields to rise as the RBI drains excess liquidity amid higher oil prices, rising inflation and heavy government debt supply

Indian economy at inflection point, needs growth rethink: CEA Nageswaran

Nageswaran argued that India needs to rethink its development model for the AI era, using artificial intelligence to boost workers rather than replace them

HSBC, ICICI emerge as top GIFT City lenders with FX loans for diaspora

The two lenders in GIFT City, disbursed a combined $19.3 billion through RBI's concessional swap facility for foreign-currency non-resident deposits which ran from June till the end of August

AI agents lied, stole and voted to 'kill' peers in simulated experiment

The results of a simulation called Emergence World 2, purport to show what happens when autonomous agents are confronted with black swan events, including phishing attacks and misinformation campaigns

OpenAI weighs fresh funding at $1.2 trillion valuation ahead of IPO

Any decision to move forward with the fundraising effort will hinge on exactly when OpenAI decides to go public, a person familiar with the talks said

Iran war pushes cost of shipping US Gulf Coast oil to Asia to record

US oil continues to backstop the supply gaps left by the war

Nato jets shoot down drone that entered Lithuanian airspace from Belarus

The drone was intercepted five kilometers from a hydroelectric power plant near Pratkunai in central Lithuania

10-year US Treasury yield rises to highest since 2007 as Fed looms

The yield on the global bond benchmark rose as much as five basis points to 5.04% on Tuesday, surpassing a peak from 2023 to hit the highest since 2007.

From onions, ginger to cooking oil: Why food prices are rising in India

Rising prices of onions, cooking oil, ginger and other staples are squeezing Indian households as weak monsoon rains, ethanol demand and global conflicts threaten food supplies

Apple plans touch-screen Macs, smart-home hub and 14 more products

Apple is preparing a slate of new products and updates through the first half of 2027, including touch-screen MacBooks, a smart-home hub, new iPads and lower-end iPhones

AI may 'kill us all', says Google DeepMind researcher in exit post

Bilal is the latest AI researcher to voice grave concerns in recent days about the new technology's evolving but misaligned capabilities that could eventually destroy humankind

Barack Obama calls for AI safety measures, rebukes Trump's approach

The former president criticized the hands-off approach to AI regulation championed by President Donald Trump, though he did not mention his successor by name

ANZ CEO Nuno Matos warns of AI risks, job cuts after Musk, Altman alert

The bank boss warned about the potentially destabilizing impact of AI adoption on society should mass job losses emerge, and didn't rule out the possibility of sweeping cuts at ANZ due to AI

Landmark NSE IPO threatens to hollow out India's unlisted share market

The operator of the world's busiest derivatives market accounted for roughly half of the trading volume in the shadow market, according to an estimate by trading platform UnlistedZone

Wall Street's data centre boom is reshaping the real estate bond market

Data-centre CMBS issuance has topped $17 billion since 2025, forcing investors to assess risks ranging from power constraints and opaque tenants to rapidly ageing technology