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Blue Origin launches huge rocket carrying twin Nasa spacecraft to Mars

It was only the second flight of the rocket that Jeff Bezos' company and Nasa are counting on to get people and supplies to the moon

Epstein claimed he could 'take down' Trump after their friendship ended

Jeffrey Epstein cast himself as a Trump insider and wanted to leverage potentially damaging information about the president and his business dealings, according to emails with associates

Big Tech's Climate Strategists Feeling Strain of AI Power Needs

One of Trump's biggest moves against renewables was to use massive tax bill he signed in July to strip away clean energy incentives created through his predecessor Joe Biden's Inflation Reduction Act

Third of Russian seaborne oil exports stuck amid US sanctions: JPMorgan

The US set a November 21 deadline to wind down all dealings with Rosneft and Lukoil, in the first direct sanctions imposed on Russia by President Donald Trump since the start of his second term

Michael Burry of 'Big Short' fame deregisters Scion Asset Management

Bets by Scion, which managed $155 million in assets as of March, have long been dissected for hints of looming bubbles and signs of market froth

Bangladesh on alert as tribunal sets verdict date for deposed PM Hasina

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD) is set to go ahead with its scheduled task, a prosecution team member of the special court briefly said

After 230 years, penny dies: What pushed the US Mint to pull the plug

The decision to end the production of pennies was made by US President Donald Trump earlier this year as costs climbed and the one-cent valuation became virtually obsolete

How a single remark on Taiwan by Japan has reignited tensions with China

Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remark on defending Taiwan has triggered a fierce diplomatic clash with China, reopening historical wounds

China leads global patent race in 2024, filing nearly half of world total

China filed 1.8 million patent applications in 2024, almost half of the world's total, with most coming from local innovators; the US ranked second, followed by Japan

China tightens control on AI-generated content: What the new law says

The move comes amid a surge in AI-generated content on earthquake damage and kidnappings, leading to widespread public confusion

Special Bangladeshi tribunal to deliver verdict against Hasina on Nov 17

Hasina, her home minister in the ousted Awami League government, Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, and then inspector general of police (IGP) or police chief Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun were tried in tribunal

What Democrats' new emails suggest about Trump's links with Epstein victims

The Democrats released a new batch of emails revealing shocking details about Trump's ties to Epstein, claiming that he "knew about the girls" and "the victim spent hours with him"

China accuses US of $13 bn Bitcoin theft, calls it state-backed hacking

China's cyber agency has accused the US of stealing $13 billion in Bitcoin from the LuBian mining pool in 2020, calling it a state-backed hack; the US has denied such allegations

Asian shares mixed as US stocks hover near record after shutdown ends

Japan's Nikkei 225 rose 0.2 per cent to 51,139.48 as investors took heart as the US government shutdown finally ended

Zelenskyy hit by major scandal as ex-biz partner accused of $100 mn graft

The case involves Timur Mindich, Zelenskyy's longtime associate and co-owner of his former entertainment company, Kvartal 95

Trump did 'nothing wrong': White House after Epstein-linked emails release

The White House moved quickly to defend President Donald Trump after Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released long-spanning Jeffrey Epstein emails referencing him

Trump signs govt funding bill, ending shutdown after 43-day disruption

The shutdown magnified partisan divisions in Washington as Trump took unprecedented unilateral actions including cancelling projects and trying to fire federal workers

Most emerging nations can realign trade to weather US tariffs: Report

Mexico and Vietnam are among the most exposed to US trade dependence, the paper showed, but progressive economic policies and political stability meant they were among the more resilient economies

Trump needs 'real chance' of ending war to meet Putin, says Rubio

In October, Trump announced surprise plans to hold a new summit with Putin to discuss the war in Ukraine after the two spoke by phone

China targets tax evasion by sellers on Amazon, other e-commerce sites

Tax bureaus across China in recent months told major platforms to submit some Chinese merchants' third-quarter revenue in a bid to curb underreported sales