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Scientists confirm 2025 as 3rd hottest year on record despite cooling phase

Because worldwide emissions continue to rise, the past 11 years have all been among the 11 hottest, and the hottest 25 years have all occurred since 1998

Trump holds off new tariffs on critical minerals after security review

The president is floating price floors on imports - not just traditional percentage-based tariffs - to develop the supply chains for those materials that run through US-aligned nations

World Bank boosts outlook as global economy shows 'notable' resilience

Real gross domestic product is now projected to rise by 2.6 per cent in 2026, up from a June forecast of 2.4 per cent, the Washington-based lender said in a report Tuesday

Trump's proposed credit card interest cap would hit $70 bn market for debt

Credit card debt has already declined as a share of the overall ABS market, making up 9 per cent of total issuance compared with 36 per cent at its peak in 2009, according to data from Morgan Stanley

Taiwan issues arrest warrant for OnePlus CEO in latest step to block China

Efforts to prevent the poaching of Taiwan's talent and outflow of intellectual property appear to have intensified since President Lai Ching-te took office in 2024

Netflix weighs amending deal with Warner Bros to make it all cash bid

Netflix lined up $59 billion of financing from Wall Street banks to help support its acquisition, in the form of one of the largest ever bridge loans

China's 2025 trade surplus hits record $1.2 trillion despite Trump tariffs

Despite a global backlash, Chinese companies aggressively sought out customers in other markets when shipments to the US plunged after President Donald Trump hiked tariffs

Elon Musk's Starlink goes free in Iran as internet blackout continues

Unrest across Iran has sharply intensified over the past week, drawing hundreds of thousands to the streets who are calling for the downfall of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Trump urges Iranians to escalate protests, hints at action as deaths mount

Iran has experienced weeks of mass unrest. While initially touched off by a currency crisis and worsening economic conditions, the protests have increasingly taken aim at the regime

Greenland rules out joining US, backs union with Denmark amid tensions

Nielsen's remarks come ahead of a high-stakes meeting of Danish and Greenlandic foreign ministers with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US Vice President JD Vance in Washington on Wednesday

Meta seeks to ramp up Ray-Ban smart glasses output to meet demand

The partners have also discussed going further to establish the capability of producing more than 30 million units, should demand justify such a move

Chinese regulators examine foreign ETF trades after probe in Jane Street

Jane Street accounts for less than 2% of overall ETF trading in mainland China, according to a person briefed on the matter

India, China work to restore military trust amid push for border stability

In recent meetings with Chinese counterparts, Indian officials have made peace and stability along the 3,488-kilometer (2,167 miles) disputed Himalayan border central to efforts to normalize ties

Trump's Iran tariff vow risks derailing one-year trade truce with China

Trump's threat comes months after he clinched a pact with Chinese President Xi Jinping at a summit in South Korea that paused tariffs and gave the US access to rare earths

China, India cut coal power generation for 1st time in over 50 yrs: Report

China's coal-fired generation fell 1.6% last year while India's declined 3%, according to Lauri Myllyvirta, lead analyst at the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air writing for Carbon Brief

Tech giants must bear cost of data centre electricity, says Trump

In a Truth Social post, he added that while the data centers "are key" to the artificial intelligence boom, the "big Technology Companies who build them must 'pay their own way"

Alphabet hits $4 trillion market cap, emerging as major AI trade winner

Alphabet's stock has risen 6 per cent so far this year, building on last year's rally of more than 65 per cent, which made it the top performer among the Magnificent Seven

BBC defends documentary targeted by Trump in $10 bn defamation lawsuit

The BBC on Monday asked a federal judge in Miami to pause the exchange of evidence in the suit, filed last month, until a ruling is issued on the broadcaster's motion to dismiss the case, which is due

Harvard enrolls record international students despite Trump admin curbs

The share of foreign students enrolled at Harvard in the fall of 2025 rose slightly to 28%, or 6,749 students, according to data published by the university

Jeanine Pirro going after Fed's Jerome Powell, heedless of backlash

The probe elicited objections from lawmakers and comments from President Donald Trump that suggest he's trying to distance himself from the matter