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Queen Elizabeth II was known around the world but still a royal mystery

Millions paid attention when she spoke and, crucially for a job that often was more significant in its silences, what she embodied

Long Covid costing Australia's economy $3.6 bn annually, says report

Australia has announced a parliamentary inquiry into long Covid, with the aim of developing a clear definition of the illness and gauging the scale of its impact on the country's 26 million people

India opts out of trade talks with a US-led group of Asian nations

Known as IPEF, the initiative is an effort by President Joe Biden's administration to deepen ties with Asian nations through a range of issues including trade, climate change, supply chains and tax

$7 mn whistleblower deal another reason to drop Twitter purchase: Elon Musk

Musk is trying to terminate his acquisition of Twitter after claiming the platform misled him and investors about the number of spam and bot accounts among its more than 230 million users

Charles III pledges 'lifelong service' to subjects in first address as king

In the pre-recorded message to Britain and the Commonwealth, the King also acknowledged the moment of change felt by Britons and in his own Royal Family.

India considers further coal imports as concern over energy supply grows

Stockpiles of the fossil fuel at power plants have fallen about 11% since mid-August, meaning utilities have an average of 10 days supply, well below required levels of more than three weeks

Amazon, Apple to provide digital training to women in Indo-Pacific

The program, undertaken within the broader 14-nation Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity, is focused on Brunei, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.

China's consumer inflation moderates in Aug as lockdowns suppress spending

The consumer price index rose 2.5% from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics said Friday, down from 2.7% gain in July

Citigroup's epic $500 mn blunder ends in legal victory for the bank

A federal appeals court saved Citigroup Inc. from an epic blunder, rejecting a ruling that Revlon creditors could keep more than half a billion dollars the bank accidentally sent them

Google pays billions annually to remain top search engine: US Justice Dept

DOJ attorney Kenneth Dintzer didn't disclose how much Google spends to be the default search engine on most browsers and all US mobile phones, but described the payments as "enormous numbers"

Twitter paid whistle-blower $7 million to silence him, says Musk's lawyer

The payment was mentioned in passing at a Sept. 6 hearing in the lawsuit between Twitter and Musk over his attempts to cancel a $44 billion purchase of the company

Russia's exclusion may pave way for India into global bond index

Getting high-yielding Indian sovereign bonds into global indexes would make it easier for overseas investors to put their money into Asia's third-biggest economy with its $1 trillion debt market

Need to boost investor confidence for sustainable, transformative growth

India needs to show investors not only that they can achieve decent returns in the country but that their money is safe here

Apple's China partner bars workers from leaving premises to shut out Covid

The firm, which also manages data for other clients, didn't say whether the iPhone maker's servers had been affected or when the lockdown will lift

Apple CEO Tim Cook credits Steve Jobs with fostering culture of privacy

Cook, speaking at a Code Conference panel Wednesday about Jobs's legacy, said Apple has tried to ensure that privacy doesn't get lost in a surveillance-driven world

Singapore unveils new work visas to lure talent in next-gen industries

"Singapore is still a global city," Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in an address last month, in which he vowed to bolster the national workforce's skills

Judge slams Elon Musk for not handing over texts in Twitter fight

The judge also said most of the burden in collecting and handing over information in the case has so far fallen on Twitter

Amid political unrest, faltering economy, Pak floods turn into a nightmare

Pakistan's climate minister, Sherry Rehman, called the floods a catastrophe of "very epic proportion"

Why 'Make in India' in defence may be leaving India vulnerable to threats

India's air force, army, and navy can no longer import some critical weapons systems to replace aging ones, the officials said

Work from home is loved worldwide, even if Wall Street firms hate it

Workers say they're more productive at home, would quit their jobs or look elsewhere if they are forced back, and would take pay cuts to maintain the remote option, the study found