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EU leaders to hear shake-up needed to match global rivals in new green tech

The EU faces new challenges from massive US subsidies drawing in investment and China's domination of new tech supply chains, on which it is dependent

India's tariff removal on several US products benefiting farmers: USTR

In her testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee Hearing on the President's 2024 Trade Policy Agenda, Tai mentioned that India and the US resolved the final outstanding WTO dispute

What's inside $95 bn House package focused on aiding Ukraine and Israel

Here's a look at what is in the bills that Johnson hopes to pass by this weekend

Ajay Banga, Alia Bhatt, Sakshi Malik on Time's 100 most influential list

Time's 100 Most Influential People of 2024' also includes US Department of Energy's Loan Programmes Office director Jigar Shah, Professor of Physics at Yale Priyamvada Natarajan

India-US jet engine deal is revolutionary, says defence secretary Austin

Austin told the House Appropriations Subcommittee that the United States has a great relationship with India

Arizona's Democrats to bring proposed repeal of abortion ban to a vote

The move by the Senate came after Republicans in the Arizona House, for the second time in a week, blocked attempts on Wednesday to bring a repeal bill to a vote

Israeli agents likely killed Hezbollah-linked currency exchanger: Lebanon

The suspicion by Lebanon's security agencies that the crime could be the work of Israeli agents comes at a time when Lebanon's southern border region has been rocked by ongoing clashes

EU leaders step up new sanctions on Iran after drone attack on Israel

EU leaders condemned the Iranian attack, reaffirmed their commitment to Israel's security and called on all sides to prevent more tensions, including in Lebanon

Fed to cut US rates 'at some point, but no hurry', says Loretta Mester

"At some point, as we get more confidence, we will start to normalize policy back to a less restrictive stance, but we don't have to do that in a hurry," Mester said

Trump hush money prosecutors seek to ask about fraud, writer Jean Carroll

The first-ever criminal trial of a former US president began on Monday, and jury selection is ongoing

EU leaders mull sanctions against Iran, Zelenskyy pleads for more support

French President Emmanuel Macron urged his EU counterparts in Brussels to adapt and expand sanctions against Iran

What Elon Musk's pay package vote means for his $174 billion fortune

Tesla's 2024 proxy statement, filed Wednesday, asks shareholders to approve the same 2018 compensation package for its chief executive officer that was rejected by Delaware court

Micron set to get over $6 bn in chips' grants in announcement next week

After the preliminary agreement is announced, Micron would enter months of due diligence and then receive the money in tranches tied to project-specific benchmarks

US reimposes oil sanctions on Venezuela amid no fair presidential polls

It's unclear what impact the snapback would have on Venezuela's long floundering oil and gas industry or whether it will pressure Maduro to offer a more level electoral playing field

Britain's plan to send some migrants to Rwanda hits hurdle in Parliament

The House of Lords inserted amendments into the Safety of Rwanda Bill, sending it back to the lower House of Commons in a process known as parliamentary ping-pong

Toshiba to slash 5,000 jobs in Japan in latest bid to restructure: Report

The Tokyo-based company is downsizing noncore businesses and will book a one-time cost of roughly ¥100 billion ($650 million) as a result, Nikkei reported without saying where it got the information

Boeing's safety culture to come into spotlight at US Senate hearings

Boeing has been grappling with a crisis that has undermined its reputation following the Jan. 5 mid-air panel blowout on a 737 MAX single-aisle plane

Russian influence operations targeting US election have begun: Microsoft

While the Russian activity Microsoft observed is not as intense as around the previous elections, it could increase in the coming months, the researchers said

Morgan Stanley, HSBC cutting Asia IB jobs on China deals slowdown

IPOs in mainland China dropped 82% from a year earlier to just $2.4 billion during the same period, the smallest quarterly fundraising since the fourth quarter of 2018, showed the LSEG data

Adverse weather hits Dubai flights; Air India cancels services on Wed

Air India, which operates 72 weekly flights from various cities to Dubai, cancelled its services on Wednesday