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Equatorial Guinea's president Obiang can extend rule to half a century

Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasago won another seven-year term, garnering 95% of the vote

Pakistan halts overseas payments for online gaming and other apps

Army rejects claims about Gen Bajwa, family's assets; PTI Senator arrested for tweets against military officials

China's industrial profits continue to decline amid tightening Covid curbs

Industrial profits in the January-to-October period fell 3.0% from a year earlier, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Sunday

Elon Musk and the confessions of a reader of Ayn Rand novels

"For the sake of nostalgia, I'll keep Rand in my bookshelf and Musk in my peripheral vision," writes Andreas Kluth

A great rotation brewing in Asia as investors head northern markets

Strategists at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. expect Asia's equity leadership to shift from Southeast Asia and India to markets like China and Korea next year

India seeks to shrink budget deficit by 50bps as global headwinds loom

What complicates matters for Sitharaman is that her food and energy bills are inflated by the war in Ukraine and given India runs a current-account deficit as well, the rupee has been weakening

China's iPhone city Zhengzhou sends 870 workers away without notice

The workers were transported to Xuzhou in Jiangsu province early Friday "without prior communications," the city's authorities said; it didn't say whether any of the people tested positive

US regulators ban Huawei, ZTE Telecom equipment on data-security risk

''These new rules are an important part of our ongoing actions to protect the American people from national security threats involving telecommunications''

Musk says he'd back Ron DeSantis for president if he makes 2024 run

Musk called himself a "significant supporter of the Obama-Biden presidency and (reluctantly) voted for Biden over Trump"

Russia drafts decree banning sale of oil to price-cap participants

It would essentially ban any reference to a price cap in contracts for Russian crude oil or products, and prohibit loadings destined for any countries that adopt the restrictions

EU diplomats suspend talks on capping Russian oil prices as divisions stick

Poland and the Baltic nations are outraged at a proposal to cap Russian oil prices at $65 per barrel limit, as the level is above the rates Moscow sells crude now

Rishi Sunak's plea for patience leaves him under attack from all sides

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt is working on a raft of policies aimed at boosting the UK's lackluster growth and bringing people back into the labor market, the officials said

17 people and a dog between Ukraine's neighbour and blackout: Report

Backed by a staff of 17, acting Energocom general director Victor Binzari and his two sidekicks have been scrambling to find new sources of power since mid-October

China plans to build its first moon base powered by nuclear energy by 2028

China plans to build its first base on the moon by 2028, ahead of landing astronauts there in subsequent years as the country steps up its challenge to NASA's dominance in space exploration

Jaguar Land Rover cuts UK production on chip shortages: Report

The loss-making manufacturer, owned by India's Tata Motors, will cut production of the Range Rover Velar and Jaguar F-Pace models that are made in Solihull

India considers selling small stakes in its mammoth coal, zinc miners

The government is looking to sell 5%-10% in Coal India Ltd, Hindustan Zinc Ltd, Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd via the so-called offer-for-sale mechanism

FM Sitharaman seeks to shrink budget deficit as global headwinds loom

A longstanding plan aims to shrink the shortfall to below 4.5% of GDP by 2025-26

RBI MPC blames global factors for high inflation in letter to Centre

The war in Ukraine and resultant spurts in energy and food costs, and supply disruptions caused by the pandemic are among main reasons cited by RBI for high inflation

Global funds may invest $25 bn a year in Indian infra, says Ambit Capital

Ambit Capital MD Rahul Mody cited investment infrastructure trusts, known as InvITs, as a type of vehicle that has attracted global funds

Korea thought it was ready for Covid, now it's eyeing the next threat

South Korea had one of the world's lowest Covid fatality rates, with the third-fewest deaths per 100,000 people out of the 38 members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development