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Japan's Yoshihide Suga wins ruling party race to replace premier Shinzo Abe

The party, which has ruled mostly uninterrupted since 1955, was set to use its parliamentary majority to install Suga as prime minister in a separate vote Wednesday

BP says era of oil-demand growth over, may not return to pre-Covid levels

The UK giant is describing a different future, where oil's supremacy is challenged, and ultimately fades

Vedanta Resources leads India surge in dollar loans for local buyouts

Vedanta raised a $1.75 billion facility in August to finance a plan to take its Indian unit private, and is in talks with banks for a further $600 million

Carlyle, SoftBank put on waiting list for Reliance Retail stake: Report

Reliance Industries plans to sell about a 10% stake in Reliance Retail to financial investors and almost all the $5.7 billion worth of shares have been taken up

'Enchanting baritone': Amitabh Bachchan is the new voice of Amazon's Alexa

Alexa will sound exactly like Bachchan no matter what question he is answering without needing to record every word in his voice in the studio

Govt weighs dropping debt condition in plan to sell Air India: Report

Despite the losses, the airline has some lucrative assets which include prized slots at London's choked Heathrow airport, a fleet of more than 100 planes and thousands of trained pilots and crew

Apple to upgrade two of its vital hardware lines beyond iPhone on Sep 15

The release of a new iPad and Apple Watches will correspond with the rollout of iOS 14, iPadOS 14 and watchOS 7 software updates this month

China's billion tree forest program is environmental lesson for the world

Three-North Shelter Forest Program aimed to grow 35 million hectares (87 million acres) of new trees-a forest the size of Germany-across the country's north by 2050

After two decades of political rot, Zimbabwe is coming apart at the seams

Western governments that berated long-time ruler Robert Mugabe for violating civil rights are leveling similar criticism against his successor

iPhone makers among biggest winners in India's $6.6 bn manufacturing plan

At a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, the Indian government is expected to approve a plan aimed at bringing $150 billion in mobile-phone production over the next five years

Vedanta Resources leads India surge in dollar loans to fund local buyouts

Vedanta, the London-based commodity conglomerate controlled by billionaire Anil Agarwal, raised a $1.75 billion facility in August to finance a plan to take its Indian unit private

Thai Airways staring at landmark court ruling on debt rescue plan

The Central Bankruptcy Court will decide whether the airline can proceed with its plan to rehabilitate its debt

UK justice secretary Robert Buckland warns he may quit over Brexit plan

Buckland said he expects the UK will resolve its differences with the EU in discussions in the coming weeks

Here's why Sweden's record-breaking cashlessness may not be good news

If there's no cash at all to fall back on, what happens if digital networks fail? And what about cyberattacks? Such events can do a lot more damage than old-fashioned bank robberies

The year unconventional monetary policy turned conventional, India to US

With the global recovery still uncertain and the virus set to leave scars on employers and employees, the likelihood is that monetary policy will stay ultra-loose for years to come

IPL in coronavirus pandemic: How India changed the 'orthodoxy of cricket'

While this might seem like a radical step - akin to moving Major League Baseball to Costa Rica for a season - the shift makes a lot of sense

'No champagne': Flying Business Class feels like Economy in Covid-19

Efforts to minimize human interaction and reduce the risk of infection are taking the shine off the most expensive seats onboard commercial aircraft

From veggie tacos to healthcare: Dabur's Gaurav Burman opens up on his bets

Burman, 48, runs his family office, which oversees about $1.5 billion in assets

Sebi's multi-cap tweak: Mid, small-cap stocks poised for Rs 40k cr windfall

The S&P BSE MidCap Index fell for a second straight year in 2019, even as the main S&P BSE Sensex posted its fourth annual advance

Tax Google, Facebook as telecom companies? Spain considering new law

Under the proposed rules internet companies such as Alphabet Inc. and Facebook Inc, would have to disclose their sales from messaging services in the country