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Strong quake hits Taiwan, buildings collapse; Japan issues tsunami alert

Television showed buildings in the eastern city of Hualien shaken off their foundations

Elon Musk's X appoints new head of safety to oversee content rules

The company promoted an internal employee, Kylie McRoberts, to take on the high-profile job

Upswing in global manufacturing growth could be good news for world economy

Nations that are important nodes in factory supply chains enjoyed an acceleration in March

Pakistan economic growth seen below 3% for next 2 years, says World Bank

The economy is set to grow 1.8% in the current fiscal year ending June 30 and will expand to 2.3% in the following year and 2.7% in 2026 if there is continuous fiscal consolidation

Nato proposes $100 billion package over five years to aid Ukraine

Allies are still discussing Stoltenberg's proposal and any mechanics of the accounting, including whether to factor in bilateral aid to Ukraine into the overall sum

Google agrees to delete web browsing data as it settles 'incognito' lawsuit

The case, filed in 2020, alleged the Alphabet Inc. unit surreptitiously collected data from people using its popular Chrome web browser in a private "incognito" browsing mode

Apple investors looking for signs of recovery after quarterly slump

As the S&P 500 gained, Apple's return lagged it by 21 percentage points in the first quarter, the worst showing by that measure since 2013, according to data compiled by Bloomberg

Tesla misses sales estimates in first drop since 2020, shares decline 5.5%

Shares of Tesla fell 5.5% to $165.54 as of 9:33 a.m. in New York. The stock is down about 33% this year

Searing heat wave in the country boosts RBI case to wait on rate cuts

The pace of inflation in India has remained above the central bank's 4% target for the last few months, giving policymakers reason to remain cautious

Shipowner in Baltimore bridge collapse seeks to limit liability to $43.7 mn

The company, Grace Ocean, could face hundreds of millions of dollars in damage claims, legal experts say

Inclusion in key global bond indices boosts money flows into India

Corporate bonds have also benefited from flows into government debt as the former is largely priced off sovereign notes

Investors unwinding from strategy of 'buy India, sell China' stocks trade

The nascent swing highlights how funds are starting to buy into the narrative that China's policy support will be enough to revive growth

Job cuts: McKinsey offering some staff nine months' pay to leave firm

McKinsey and its peers in the consulting world have trimmed headcount, delayed start dates and slowed the pace of hiring over the past year amid declining demand from clients

China's stock correlation with India reaches record all-time low

The Chinese gauge has more than doubled gains in the Indian measure since February with a push from Beijing's stimulus, while India's rally has cooled on valuation concerns

India, South Korea, and Japan to stay busy with IPOs while China stalls

While IPOs returned to major venues in Europe and the US, the slowdown in Asia was mostly due to Beijing's decision to ramp up scrutiny of domestic new share sales as it tries to boost confidence

Dollar is more than a currency

Despite predictions of a tough year, the greenback is overpowering challengers. There's more to this supremacy than mere interest rates

US-India ties not damaged by Pannun murder plot probe: Eric Garcetti

The alleged plot, which US authorities said was thwarted, was revealed after an associate of Pannun was killed in Canada

Foreign investors flocking to Indian bonds make a splash across markets

Foreign investors have pumped roughly Rs 78,000 crore ($9.4 billion) into eligible sovereign bonds since JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s landmark announcement in September

Researchers use caffeine, AI as ways to boost EV efficiency, trim costs

In one of many novel discoveries uncovered by scientists in the alternative-energy field, researchers in Japan have found a way to boost efficiency and trim costs. Their secret is caffeine

India's most innovative cities including Bengaluru run out of water

Tech professionals are leaving India's IT hub of Bengaluru amid an intensifying drought that has gripped the city as it sweats through another torrid pre-monsoon season