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Oil jumps 5% as US sanctions target Russia's Rosneft and Lukoil

The sanctions could reduce global oil supplies since Russia was the world's second-biggest crude producer in 2024 after the US, according to US energy data

Microsoft Copilot gets collaboration, Google integration, long-term memory

Anthropic and OpenAI, among other artificial intelligence service providers, are upgrading their models and launching products aimed at capturing a wider share of the booming AI market

Putin says Russia will never bow to US pressure, warns on missiles

Putin told reporters that US and Western sanctions were an 'unfriendly' act and 'will have certain consequences, but they will not significantly affect our economic well-being'

US warns flight delays may worsen as government shutdown enters 23rd day

Air traffic control has become a flashpoint in the debate over the shutdown with both parties blaming the other. Unions and airlines have urged a quick end to the standoff

US govt shutdown has not affected consumer sentiment, says Unilever CEO

The group's underlying sales in North America grew 5.5% in the third quarter

UPS moves court to block publishers from quizzing India executive

An Indian antitrust investigation report last year found "no evidence" that FedEx, UPS, Aramex and DHL indulged in price collusion, as alleged by a book publishers' body

Asian markets retreat on potential new US trade curb against China

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was last off 0.3 per cent, while Japan's Nikkei 225 sank 1.5 per cent

Tata Tech to hire more locals in US as Trump cracks down on immigration

Pune, India-based Tata Technologies does not disclose country-specific revenue or employee count, but North America accounted for roughly a fifth of its ₹5,168 crore revenue in 2024-25

Gold extends fall as investors book profits ahead of US inflation data

On the technical front, gold is supported by the 21-day moving average at $4,005

Crude oil rises about 2% on higher US demand, trade talk optimism

Brent crude futures rose $1.29, or 2.1%, to $62.61 a barrel by 11:09 a.m. EDT (1509 GMT), while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures climbed $1.34, or 2.34%, to $58.58

Meta to cut about 600 roles in Superintelligence Labs AI division

The job cuts will affect Facebook Artificial Intelligence Research (FAIR) unit, as well as teams focused on product-related AI and AI infrastructure, the company said

Lessors protest India's draft rules on payment of dues to reclaim jets

India is a key market for lessors as hundreds of new planes are on order by the likes of Air India and IndiGo

Jaguar Land Rover August hack cost UK economy $2.5 billion: Report

JLR started to resume manufacturing earlier this month after an almost six-week shutdown caused by the hack

Netflix teams up with Mattel and Hasbro for K-Pop Demon Hunters toys

Since its June debut, the film has topped more than 325 million views, making it Netflix's most-watched original movie

Russia says its terms for Ukraine peace unchanged since August summit

Lavrov said that the place and the timing of the next Trump-Putin summit was less important than the substance of implementing the understandings reached in Anchorage, Alaska

Amazon restores AWS cloud services after global outage hits businesses

It was at least the third time in five years that AWS's northern Virginia cluster, known as US-EAST-1, contributed to a major internet meltdown

Oil prices steady as oversupply fears ease, demand outlook improves

Brent crude futures were up 7 cents, or 0.11%, at $61.08 a barrel at 1320 GMT

Stocks rise, gold slips as easing trade tensions boost investor confidence

In Asia, the near-certainty of Sanae Takaichi becoming Japan's next prime minister briefly sent Tokyo's Nikkei to a record high and dented the yen

India still has a long way to go in curbing toxic cough syrup, says WHO

The children died after taking the Coldrif cough medicine made by Sresan Pharma, which tests showed contained the toxin diethylene glycol in quantities nearly 500 times the permissible limit

Asian stocks rise on easing US-China trade tensions, Nikkei hits record

A broad rally sent all three major US stock indexes to a sharply higher close overnight with chip stocks hitting a record high