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Starmer says won't quit after losing 2 aides over Mandelson-Epstien ties

The resignation of Starmer's communications director, Tim Allan, on Monday, after just five months on the job will feed the sense of crisis engulfing his office

Asics eyes 35% annual growth in India, aims to lead running shoe market

Recreational running is booming across the South Asian nation, driven by an increased focus on fitness in India's growing ranks of affluent consumers

Amazon deepens ties with STMicro to secure semiconductors for data centres

Under the agreement, AWS received warrants to acquire as many as 24.8 million ordinary STMicro shares

India's Russian oil imports likely to halve after White House trade order

White House said in order that 'India has committed to stop directly or indirectly importing Russian Federation oil,' and that import tariffs on all Indian goods may be raised if it resumes purchases

Bitcoin stabilises above $70,000 after last week's roller-coaster ride

Extreme volatility is nothing new to cryptocurrencies, but Bitcoin's slump from a peak of $126,000 in October last year comes despite the backdrop of a crypto-friendly White House and surging adoption

Gold rises above $5,000 as dip-buyers return to market after volatile week

Spot gold climbed as much as 1.7 per cent in early trading, and was also supported by a landslide election victory for incumbent Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi

Claude AI could worsen analyst groupthink in already volatile markets

As AI tools like Anthropic's Claude gain traction on Wall Street, analysts risk converging on the same data, models and conclusions, amplifying herd behaviour and deepening market volatility

Homegrown Indian startup founders outperform returnee diaspora, finds study

A study by AnnaLee Saxenian and Vivek Wadhwa reveals that domestic founders lead in commercial outcomes, while returnees play specialized roles

Cuba warns airlines of fuel shortage as Nicaragua ends easy entry

The communist government warned international airlines they can no longer refuel at its main airport in Havana for the next month after Donald Trump threatened tariffs on any nation that supplies Cuba

Easy money in China drives metals rally as real economy struggles

While overseas experience has proven invaluable in other economies, it appeared to play a diminished role in India's contemporary tech ecosystem

UK PM Starmer under pressure as chief of staff quits over Mandelson row

Starmer's vulnerability was laid bare in the wake of McSweeney's departure, when two key Labour-linked groups suggested accountability shouldn't end with the chief of staff

Who is Thailand's leader Anutin and how did he seal clear win in elections?

Anutin is now set to head a coalition govt with comfortable majority that may end bouts of political upheaval which have rattled the Southeast Asian nation in recent years and left its economy adrift

US markets brace for double whammy week as jobs, inflation data loom

The employment report will be even more substantive than usual. In addition to the monthly payrolls and unemployment numbers, each January release includes an annual revision to the jobs count

Russia turns to India, Sri Lanka to tackle labour shortage amid crisis

The total number of work permits given to foreigners rose to more than 240,000 in 2025, the highest since at least 2017, statistics from the Ministry of Internal Affairs show

Mamdani ramps up NYC immigrant protections against Trump crackdown

The new measures formalise the "Trump-proofing" strategy Mamdani laid out in December, when he released a video urging undocumented immigrants to refuse entry to immigration enforcement agents

Harvard proposes capping A grades at 20% to tackle grade inflation

The plan would cap A grades at 20 per cent of undergraduates, with some flexibility, across courses and departments if it's approved by faculty ahead of the 2026-2027 school year

Trump deletes racist meme video of Obamas after bipartisan backlash

In the last seconds of the video, photos appear of the former president and first lady's faces, with their mouths agape, superimposed on the bodies of primates

Toyota appoints CFO Kenta Kon as new CEO in surprise leadership reshuffle

The shakeup coincides with a high-profile deal for the Toyota group, which is pushing to take Toyota Industries Corp. private in a tender offer that closes next week

Amazon shares falls after vow to spend $200 billion on AI this year

Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy said the money "predominantly" would go toward the company's Amazon Web Services cloud unit, and most of that spending would be for AI workloads

Trump seeks new nuclear arms treaty with Russia as New START expires

The deal expired on Thursday, raising the possibility that US and Russia could potentially pursue new nuclear weapons unhindered by any diplomatic agreement while geopolitical tensions rise