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India's wheat exports could quadruple to 8-year high as global prices rally

2021 exports seen at 4.2-4.4 mn tonnes vs 1.1 mn tonnes a yr ago * Asian buyers prefer Indian wheat due to lower freight

Gaming apps block access in Karnataka as ban takes effect

The latest ban has intensified concerns that growing state regulations could hit the nascent but booming gaming sector in India

Google wants to use AI to time traffic lights more efficiently

Google plans in the coming weeks to allow its Nest thermostat users to buy renewable energy credits for $10 a month to offset emissions from heating and cooling

UK's Tesco defies supply chain challenges to lift profit forecast

First-half core retail profit up 16.6% ; launches 500 mn pound share buyback

India withdraw hockey teams from Commonwealth Games in Birmingham

The Commonwealth Games are scheduled for July 28 to Aug. 8, with the Asian Games in Hangzhou starting on Sept. 10.

Netflix to edit 'Squid Game' phone number after woman inundated with calls

The nine-part thriller depicting cash-strapped contestants playing to the death in a bid to win 45.6 billion won ($38.31 million) became an international hit when it premiered on the streaming service

Asian shares fall with oil at multi-year highs, US yields surge

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Malaysia's AirAsia Group restructures its huge Airbus plane order

Deliveries of the 362 A321neos are now planned through 2035, the cash-strapped airline said on Wednesday, without providing details of the previous timetable.

Maintenance error caused Facebook's 6-hour outage, company says

At a U.S. Senate hearing on Tuesday, a former employee turned whistleblower accused Facebook of putting profits before people's safety, which the company denies.

Samsung Electronics likely to report best quarterly profit in 3 years

An unprecedented global shortage in semiconductor chips amid the pandemic has underpinned Samsung's results and shares, which soared 45% last year and hit a record high at the start of 2021.

EU lawmaker says US tech giants should be regulated where they are based

The principle means Ireland is responsible for regulating Apple, Alphabet's Google and Facebook because they have their European headquarters there while Amazon is subject to Luxembourg's supervision

India's solar energy output growth slows in September amid coal crisis

Growth in solar energy is critical this year as half of India's 135 coal-fired power plants have fuel stocks of less than three days

US oil prices rise to highest since 2014 amid global energy crunch

US oil prices rose for a fifth day on Wednesday to their highest since 2014 amid global concerns about energy supply on signs of tightness in crude, natural gas and coal markets.

Airlines warn erratic global Covid-19 rules could delay recovery

IATA expects international travel to double next year compared with the depressed levels seen during the pandemic and reach 44% of pre-crisis 2019 levels

Wall Street ends sharply higher as Big Tech roars back; Nasdaq up 1.2%

Facebook bounces as services resume following outage; tech and financials among top advancers

Artist who squirts paint with eyes destroys canvases to create NFTs

Using homemade explosive devices, Granato blew up five of his works that he valued at $70,000 to create non-fungible token (NFT) artworks here

French clergy sexually abused over 200K children since 1950: Report

Most of the victims were boys, he said, many of them aged between 10 and 13

IMF sees global GDP in 2021 slightly below prior forecast of 6%

Risks to a broad global recovery rising: IMF chief

Trio get Physics Nobel for work on climate change, complex physical systems

Japanese-born American Syukuro Manabe, German Klaus Hasselmann, and Italian Giorgio Parisi won the 2021 Nobel Prize for Physics

Future Retail, 7-Eleven terminate franchise agreement

Deal got terminated over not being able to meet target of opening stories, payment of franchisee fees