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Stronger-than-expected earnings may boost India stock rally further

Earnings at over half of the companies in the benchmark Nifty 50 Index that have reported results for the quarter ended March have exceeded analyst estimates

India-UK trade deal signals that globalisation momentum remains strong

This agreement clearly reflects the importance of political momentum and compromise

NYPD arrests over 70 after masked protesters seize Columbia library

The incident renewed attention from the Trump administration, which in March cancelled $400 million in federal funding to Columbia after protesters stormed a building at affiliate Barnard College

Apple defends $20 bn Google search deal by claiming it's unnecessary

Apple plans to reshape its Safari web browser around artificial intelligence services such as OpenAI's ChatGPT, Perplexity AI Inc. and Anthropic PBC's Claude

Cardinals begin conclave to elect new pope with faithful seeking direction

The papal conclave will begin with a single ballot on the first day and then four rounds of voting each day afterward until a candidate receives two-thirds of the vote

Airlines avoid Pakistan's airspace as tensions rise after India's strike

More than a dozen Indian airports near the border with Pakistan will be closed until at least 12 p.m. local time, according to social media posts by domestic carriers

China condemns CIA recruitment videos as 'provocation', vows retaliation

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian, speaking at a briefing on Tuesday, called the CIA's campaign "a serious infringement on China's national interest and pure political provocation"

China cuts key rate, reserve ratio amid escalating US trade tensions

People's Bank of China cut the seven-day reverse repurchase rate to 1.4 per cent from 1.5 per cent, according to Governor Pan Gongsheng

Elon Musk's lawyer says OpenAI's reform proposal 'changes nothing'

Earlier in the day, the ChatGPT maker said it would move forward with an effort to restructure its for-profit division as a public benefit corporation

Mideast titans step back from AI model race as US, China dominate

In the Middle East, as in other markets, companies are rethinking whether the cost of building a cutting-edge AI model from scratch is worthwhile

Donald Trump vows to meet Hollywood on tariff plan that shook industry

Film and entertainment figures struggled to interpret Trump's directive, which said the American movie industry is 'DYING' and cast foreign films as a national security threat

Message app Signal, used by NSA Waltz, under probe for possible breach

A spokesperson for TeleMessage confirmed the inquiry in a statement on Monday and said the app's services have been temporarily suspended

Volatility, foreign inflows revive activity in India's derivatives market

The average daily notional turnover for futures and options climbed to ₹229 trillion ($2.7 trillion) in April on the National Stock Exchange, according to data on the bourse's website

US labour dept to end mental health, child care benefits for own staff

DOL's Worklife4You programme, which offers prenatal kits for expecting parents, nurse visits to help with eldercare, and personal finance and wellness advice, is being discontinued effective May 9

Automaker Ford pulls outlook, sees $1.5 billion hit from Trump's tariffs

The automaker expects the duties to reduce 2025 adjusted earnings before interest and taxes by about $1.5 billion on a net basis this year

UBS agrees to pay $511 million to end Credit Suisse's US tax investigation

A Credit Suisse unit pleaded guilty to conspiring to help its customers hide more than $4 billion from the Internal Revenue Service in at least 475 offshore accounts, the Justice Department said

Here's why Microsoft is key holdout for OpenAI's restructuring plan

Microsoft, which has invested $13.75 billion in the startup, remains the biggest holdout among investors as the ChatGPT maker tries to restructure, according to several people familiar with the matter

India offers tariff-free access to US steel, auto parts in trade talks

The two nations are prioritizing certain sectors to strike an early trade deal before the end of the 90-day pause on US President Donald Trump's tit-for-tat tariffs

Saudi Arabia's push into Indian refineries stalled over crude oil supply

The nations agreed last month to collaborate on the two plants, as the largest oil exporter seeks to tap a massive market that will help drive global demand growth

US govt inefficient, AI can offset losing some public workers, says Musk

In a wide-ranging conversation on Sunday with financier Michael Milken, Musk also spoke about his brain-implant company, Neuralink, and ongoing developments at SpaceX, according to the person