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India's diesel export boom set to ease global fuel shortages in 2027

New refining capacity will boost diesel supplies from India, helping ease global shortages as geopolitical conflicts disrupt fuel flows

Saudi Arabia's battle with Yemen's Houthi shifts fears to non-oil economy

Weeks of sporadic strikes by the Iran-backed Yemeni militants have claimed dozens of lives, curbed air travel in Riyadh, delayed showpiece events and effectively shut capital city's financial district

China boycotts Kylian Mbappe after perceived insult to Mao Zedong

CCTV has reportedly removed advertisements featuring Mbappe, stopped airing soccer matches involving the Frenchman and deleted all posts related to him from its official Weibo account

Apple's foldable iPhone Duo draws early complaints of screen cracking

Customers reported hearing a crunching sound when unfolding the phone, followed by a large crack forming along the center crease

Anthropic relies on rival Google, Amazon, Microsoft for 48% of revenue

Amazon, Google and Microsoft customers can buy access to Anthropic's AI models through their existing cloud accounts. The cloud providers bill the customer, keep a fee and pass the rest to Anthropic

Jio IPO falls short of record payday for bankers despite mega issue

Jio Platforms is paying 19 banks about ₹196 crore in fees for its $3.1 billion IPO, just 0.65% of the issue size, as fierce competition squeezes investment banking earnings.

Lula wins record fourth term in Brazil, defeats Bolsonaro in runoff vote

The electoral court declared Lula the winner with 51.76% of the vote to Flávio Bolsonaro's 48.24% on Sunday, after a messy election day marked by allegations of voter suppression

Chinese carmakers overtake Japanese rivals in Europe for first time

Registrations of Chinese-branded cars roughly doubled from a year earlier in September to make up 12.7% of total sales across the region, led by hybrids, according to market researcher Dataforce

Singapore diversifies energy supplies as Indonesia cuts gas exports

The remarks came as Indonesia began reducing natural gas exports to the city-state from Saturday, as President Prabowo Subianto seeks to bolster domestic supply

UAE's Nusseibeh vows independence, dialogue with Iran if elected UN chief

A former UAE ambassador to the UN, Nusseibeh vowed to act as a voice for international diplomacy and the rule of law, principles she said would underpin her credibility

Flavio Bolsonaro calls for annulment of election after loss to Lula

Brazil's election, a typically routine affair known for the speed and reliability of its electronic voting system, descended into chaos, when Lula's campaign requested additional voting time

Israel election masks economic fault lines as war spending surges

Soaring defence spending, rising debt, talent outflows and ultra-Orthodox exemptions pose long-term economic challenges despite strong headline growth

Britain's migration clampdown puts fear into $20 billion care sector

Roughly one-third of workers in the UK's wider adult care sector are migrants, according to the Work Rights Centre

Barack Obama targets 'spineless Congress' in push for Democrat El-Sayed

Obama blamed inflation on Trump's war in Iran and his signature tariffs, which have driven up the prices of fuel and other goods, and the nation's deficit

Sinking profits turn China's $3.5 trillion stock rout into a deeper trap

The world's second-largest equities market has lost $3.5 trillion in value from a peak in May, data compiled by Bloomberg show

Ukraine says Starlink speed limits lifted after disruptions to military ops

Kyiv said Starshield connections were stable in overnight tests, with speed limits raised to above 400 kmph from 161 kmph in recent days, after disruptions to drone missions and military logistics

Kim Jong Un visits China again in over a year ahead of Trump's Asia visit

The North Korean leader's visit comes as Pyongyang and Beijing strengthen ties; US President Donald Trump is due in the region next month for the APEC summit in Shenzhen

France deploys 70,000 security personnel as new protests raise riot fears

Paris has boarded up shops and shut 3 major museums ahead of Saturday's protests, while a football match has been postponed; President Macron acknowledged planning failures after last weekend's unrest

OpenAI resumes training AI, blocks internet access over security risks

The company said it would keep its most advanced models offline during training until safeguards are adequate, following incidents in which AI systems accessed the web and breached external systems

UK vows 100 mn euros for biosecurity lab with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google

The lab will use AI to detect and monitor biological threats, with OpenAI and Anthropic providing up to 200 million euros in AI model credits