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Russia warns of countermeasures to respond to EU 'militarisation' plans

European leaders on Thursday backed plans to spend more on defence and continue to stand by Ukraine in a world upended by Donald Trump's reversal of U.S. policies

Looking to boost transparency, including on board conflicts: Sebi chief

Last week, veteran finance ministry bureaucrat Tuhin Kanta Pandey replaced Madhabi Puri Buch as the chief of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)

BPCL plans to buy US crude through a four-month tender next week

The refiner will be seeking one million barrel of WTI every month for arrival from May or June for four months, the source said

L&T bets on space exploration as India expands private rocket industry

At its factory in Coimbatore, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, L&T is assembling the country's first privately built Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)

Nissan board to discuss potential CEO successors at March 11 meeting

The next CEO could be installed as a temporary or transitional leader, an option that would give the board more time to find a permanent replacement

Porsche and Volkswagen CEO to keep dual role until complete restructuring

Porsche's parent group Volkswagen is also in the midst of a restructuring and cost-cutting drive to streamline its finances in the face of cheaper rivals encroaching on Europe from China

Global coffee trade grinding to halt, hit hard by sharp price hikes

The coffee price hikes have stemmed from lower production in important coffee growing regions, particularly in top grower Brazil

China sees decline in private jets as new Asian wealth hubs emerge

At the end of last year there were a third fewer private jets based in mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau than the 2017 peak of 481 planes

Toyota launches its cheapest smart EV in China in bid to boost market share

Toyota and its Chinese partner, state-owned Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC), had first unveiled the car at an autoshow in Beijing last year

Who could be the next Nissan CEO after Makoto Uchida? Check names here

If Uchida does exit, his replacement would become the fourth person to lead the carmaker in a little under six years, reflecting a sign of the management turmoil that has plagued Nissan

Indian firms ramp up long-term FX hedges on rupee swings, cheaper costs

The rise in hedging longer-tenor exposures follows a pickup in shorter duration hedges

Major powers should not bully the weak, says China foreign minister Wang Yi

In one of the first answers of the press conference, Wang said China-Russia relations are a "constant in a turbulent world, not a variable in geopolitical games"

Volkswagen may avoid 25% Trump tariff, but BMW and others face trade levy

Detroit's automakers lobbied for such an exemption for weeks, and praised Trump's announcement that they would receive temporary relief

Trump considers revoking legal status for 240,000 Ukrainians in US

Such a move would be a stunning reversal of the welcome Ukrainians received under President Joe Biden's administration and potentially put them on a fast-track to deportation

SpaceX's Starship explodes in space, again raining debris over Caribbean

SpaceX caught the first-stage booster back at the pad with giant mechanical arms, but engines on the spacecraft on top started shutting down as it streaked eastward

Judge orders Trump govt to pay nearly $2 bn in USAID, state dept debts

US District Judge Amir Ali ruled in favour of nonprofit groups and businesses that sued over the funding freeze

CIA fires unspecified number of new officers on performance issues

The firings under US President Donald Trump's new CIA director, John Ratcliffe, come as Trump presides over massive federal workforce reductions overseen by billionaire Elon Musk and his DOGE

Foreign selling in Indian stocks persists in Feb, but financials see relief

Foreign investors also offloaded $800 million worth of consumer stocks, while the auto and capital goods sectors saw outflows of $450 million and $500 million

US tariffs, if sustained, will impact the economies of Mexico, Canada: IMF

IMF spokesperson Julie Kozack said the IMF would release a more comprehensive assessment at the spring meetings of the IMF and World Bank in Washington in April

Putin says any peace deal on Ukraine must ensure Russia's security

Putin, asked by a mother of a fallen soldier if Russia would retreat, said that Russia did not intend to do that