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More Chinese heading to Europe, far-flung hotspots for Golden Week holiday

Bookings for overseas flights and hotels have spiked from last year's holiday week, with international flight reservations doubling and Europe showing some of the the biggest growth

EV sales by Chinese carmakers BYD, SAIC in Europe lowest since Feb 2023

European automakers have called on Brussels to reconsider key climate targets including 2025 fleet-emissions goals that could lead to billions of euros in fines

Revenge or regroup? Mideast braces for Iran's next move after Beirut attack

Israel's assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Friday in Beirut dealt an even bigger blow

Hezbollah leader Nasrallah's death offers Israel a chance it should seize

There may be only a very short window for Netanyahu to develop a still missing political strategy to end the war and win the peace

Opposition to Toyota's Chairman Akio Toyoda spreads among big shareholders

Toyoda, the grandson of the company's founder, saw shareholder support drop to a record low of 85 per cent last year

Volvo leads 50 companies urging EU to stick to combustion-engine ban

The 2035 target is crucial to align all stakeholders on this journey and ensure European competitiveness

Netanyahu ratchets up challenge to Iran with Hassan Nasrallah death

After a week of appeals from world leaders at UN to avoid all-out war in Middle East, Israel seems to be doing just the opposite, its planes demolishing what Iran and Hezbollah set as red lines

Sharjah emerges as alternative to the sky-high rents in neighbouring Dubai

It's the latest sign that Dubai is struggling to keep up with the soaring demand for housing after bankers, lawyers and other white-collar workers flocked to the emirate in recent years

As CERN turns 70, it searches for ways to finance the next big thing

CERN Director-General Fabiola Gianotti is looking at new ways to fund research that spans the invisible dark matter

Israel targets Hezbollah Chief Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut airstrike

Israel has been bombarding southern Lebanon all week, after saying it was switching the focus of its military operations

Moody's downgrades Israel again as economic costs of full-fledged war mount

This month, the Israeli finance ministry cut its 2024 economic growth projection to 1.1 per cent from 1.9 per cent, estimate for next year was lowered to 4.4 per cent from 4.6 per cent

Adani's proposal to run Kenya's main airport sparks protests, lawsuits

A court has already frozen Adani's unsolicited bid to expand Jomo Kenyatta International Airport

Google defends ad tech as safe, says it's competitive with Meta, Amazon

In a federal antitrust trial, enforcers allege that Google has monopolised the technology used to buy and sell website ads

NASA prepares to launch rescue mission for stuck Boeing astronauts

NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov are slated to take off inside a SpaceX Crew Dragon

Brazil court says Elon Musk must pay $1.9 million to lift ban on X

The penalty was ordered by top court Justice Alexandre de Moraes as punishment for X having become accessible after the ban order

Economic firepower is fine, but let's give the 'bazooka' a break

The package rolled out Tuesday was noteworthy in content and delivery. Markets were enthusiastic, at least for a day

Arm Holdings rebuffed by Intel after inquiring about buying product unit

Intel, once the world's largest chipmaker, has become the target of takeover speculation since a rapid deterioration of its business this year

Bangladesh economic growth threatened by rapidly depleting water resources

Groundwater in the climate-vulnerable country is depleting faster than ever before, according to new research from WaterAid

India keeps markets guessing ahead of three key RBI MPC appointments

The contracts of three external members of RBI's monetary policy committee will expire on Oct 4, just days before the MPC is expected to meet and make its rate decision on Oct 9

Tokyo Electron readies for India foray as PM Modi woos chipmakers

Japan's biggest chip equipment maker plans to hire and train local engineers in or around 2026, with their first task to provide technical services to Tata Electronics