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Apple slashes iPhone prices in China amid fierce competition from Huawei

The discounting comes as the U.S. tech giant seeks to defend its position in the high-end smartphone market, where it faces increasing competition from local rivals such as Huawei

Google to invest 1 bn euros into Finnish data centre to drive AI growth

In recent years, many data centres have been located in the Nordic countries because of the region's cooler climate, tax breaks and abundant availability of renewable power

Metals, stocks shine amid economic optimism due to slower inflation

Gold climbed more than 1% to a record $2,449.89 an ounce, while three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange surged as much as 4.1% to a historic high of $11,104.50

Iran's supremo approves Mokhber as interim Prez, declares 5 days mourning

Iran now has a maximum period of 50 days before a presidential election must be held to choose Raisi's successor

Who is Mohammad Mokhber, the man set to become Iran's interim president?

Mokhber was part of a team of Iranian officials who visited Moscow in October and agreed to supply surface-to-surface missiles and more drones to Russia's military

New Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te calls on China to stop its threats

China repeatedly called Lai a separatist who risked war in the run-up to his election in January

AstraZeneca to establish $1.5 billion cancer drug plant in Singapore

The facility, which will be the drugmaker's first end-to-end ADC production site, will be supported by the Singapore Economic Development Board

LS polls: Voters cast their votes early in Phase 5 to avoid scorching heat

Monday's phase has the least number of seats being contested, with 89.5 million voters set to choose representatives for 49 seats

France unrest: Protestors block New Caledonia roads as police pour in

Road blocks were making it difficult to supply food to stores in several areas and provide secure travel for medical staff, New Caledonia government officials said

China's fuel oil imports surges 10% to 2.93 million MT, highest since 2020

The import volumes included purchases under ordinary trade, which are subject to import duty and consumption tax, as well as imports into bonded storage

Tesla doing damage-control, offers discounts to European fleet buyers

The efforts include unofficial discounts on purchases of new cars if they are in stock and efforts to address widespread service

Russia is China's top oil supplier for 12th month in April, volumes up 30%

Imports from Saudi Arabia, which was last China's biggest supplier in April 2023, were 6.34 million tonnes, or 1.54 million bpd, down 25 per cent from a year earlier

Saudi King to be treated for lung inflammation hours after undergoing tests

Due to King Salman's health issue, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto Saudi leader, postponed a visit to Japan that had been scheduled to begin on Monday

Oil prices climb amid uncertainty over Iran President Raisi's fate

A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi crashed on Sunday, Iranian officials said

Iran's President Raisi took hard line with national protests, nuclear talks

Raisi died when a helicopter carrying him back from a visit to the Azerbaijani border crashed in mountainous terrain, killing all aboard, a senior Iranian official said

Asia shares touch two-year top buoyed by China's property boost plans

Late last week, partly in response to some policymakers' comments, global bonds retraced a rally that had followed an encouraging fall in US CPI data

UK's post-Brexit border arrangements to cost $6 bn after repeated delays

The first phase of Britain's so called new Border Target Operating Model, requiring additional certification, came into force on Jan. 31

Stock market closed for trading today as phase 5 voting underway in Mumbai

The blue-chip NSE Nifty 50 rose 0.16 per cent to 22,502 points and the S&P BSE Sensex added 0.12 per cent to end at 74,005.94 on Saturday

Didi co-founder Liu steps down after decade at helm of ride-hailing company

Liu, the daughter of Lenovo Group founder Liu Chuanzhi, was heavily involved in the company's key financial decisions, including its merger with Alibaba Group Holding Ltd -backed Kuaidi in 2015

Nestle India shareholders vote against increase in royalty to Swiss parent

About 70.8% of public shareholders voted against the increase, a filing showed