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North Korea said Wednesday it conducted a test-firing of long-range cruise missiles with an aim to sharpen its counterattack and strategic strike capabilities, in its latest display of weapons threatening South Korea and Japan.

North Korea tests long-range cruise missiles to sharpen attack capabilities

Press Trust of India

India-Germany, India Germany flag

Leonie Gebers emphasised the great potential of India and expressed Germany's interest in collaborating across different sectors

German State Secy invites Indians to explore opportunities in Germany

Google

While Google Cloud's revenue topped Wall Street targets and growth rebounded with a boost from AI, Microsoft's Azure grew faster in the same period

Google parent Alphabet ad revenue disappoints, capex up; shares sink 6%

Reuters

Microsoft

There are now 53,000 Azure AI customers, a third of whom were new to the service in the past 12 months, Nadella told analysts on a conference call

Microsoft touts AI strength, but shares dip as market digests costs

PayPal headquarters in San Jose, California.Photographer: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (Bloomberg0

PayPal, which employed around 29,900 workers at the end of 2022, announced a similar round of cuts last January. The latest move will affect about 2,500 workers

PayPal to cut around 2,500 jobs as company grapples with competition

Bloomberg

Elon Musk

It remains unclear whether Musk will appeal Tuesday's ruling or Tesla's board will draw up a new pay package

Elon Musk risks losing world's richest title after pay package voided

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Taiwan's Civil Aviation Administration (CAA) protested China's unilateral adjustment of flight routes close to the median line of the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday

Taiwan CAA protests China's unilateral adjustment of flight routes

Hamas Funding

Last week, the US announced the temporary suspension of funding after reports surfaced about UNRWA staff potentially being linked to the Hamas attacks

US suspends $300,000 funding to UNRWA amid probe into alleged Hamas ties

Israeli soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, on Thursday	photo: reuters

"This is a significant tool in combating the threat of Hamas' underground terrorist infrastructure," it also said

IDF confirms channelling large volumes of water in suspected Hamas tunnels

Benjamin Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected two key demands Hamas has made during indirect cease-fire talks, saying Israel will not withdraw from the Gaza Strip or release thousands of jailed militants.

Israel's PM Netanyahu rejects 2 key Hamas demands for any cease-fire

France flag

Farmers have captured France's attention by showering government offices with manure and besieging Paris with traffic-snarling barricades of tractors and hay bales.

Protesting farmers put France's govt in a bind with tractors and hay bales

For the first time Musk has given the implant device a name

Everything to know about Musk's Neuralink and its first human brain implant

Imran Khan, imran khan jailed, cipher case

Cipher case: Shah Mahmood Qureshi, former foreign minister, was also sentenced along with imran Khan

Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan sentenced to 10 years in jail in Cipher case

Business Standard

israel hamas

The raid underscored the risk of the Gaza war spreading to other fronts, while Israeli forces fought new battles with Hamas fighters in the Palestinian enclave

Hamas studies ceasefire proposal after Israeli hospital raid in West Bank

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chart

Against a backdrop of attacks by the Republican Party and lackluster returns, ESG funds in the US bled more than a net $5 billion in the final three months of 2023

Goldman, JPMorgan Weigh in as ESG funds suffer loss of over $5 bn

Evergrande, Evergrande Group

Almost all of Evergrande's assets are in mainland China, presenting legal hurdles for non-Chinese administrators

Evergrande creditors to recover just fraction of debt after liquidation

US Iran,

A day after three US troops were killed in a drone strike in Jordan, the White House on Monday said it does not want to seek another war or escalate the tension, but would absolutely do what is required to protect itself in the region.

US doesn't seek another war: WH on drone strike by Iran-backed group

jewellery

The gems and jewellery industry has urged withdrawal of hike in Basic Customs Duty (BCD) on import of gold in the coming interim Budget and asked the government to introduce a rationalised tax structure.

Cut duty, increase PAN card transaction limit: Jewellery industry to govt

US economic growth accelerates in Q4; corporate profits slow

US economy

Data for November was revised higher to show 8.925 million unfilled positions instead of the previously reported 8.79 million. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast 8.75 mn job openings in Nov

US job openings unexpectedly rise by 101,000 to 9.026 million in December

shipping, shipping industry, ports

Recent attacks on vessels in the Red Sea by Iranian-backed Houthi militants in Yemen have disrupted international commerce on the shortest shipping route between Europe and Asia

Conflict in West Asia remains growing risk for energy markets: J P Morgan

The Conference Board said on Tuesday that its consumer confidence index rose to 114.8 this month, the highest reading since December 2021

US consumer confidence rises to hit two-year high mark in January

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