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In managing national debt, France could borrow a leaf from India

European giant's subsidies and welfare spending blamed for stretched financial resources

Larry Ellison: Billionaire Trump ally who will soon reshape US news media

Ellison's Hollywood and Big Media push could outsize Bezos' Washington Post and Benioff's Time buys, which were viewed as costly hobbies rather than transformative media power plays

Disney pulled Jimmy Kimmel show as pressure built on multiple fronts

The abrupt programming decision quickly morphed into a flashpoint for free speech in America under the Trump administration

Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 hits Indonesia, damages reported; no casualties

At least two houses and the main bridge in the town of Nabire in Central Papua province collapsed, said Suharyanto, the chief of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency

Israel's long war in Gaza, mass call ups strain high-tech economy

Israel is preparing for a long war, endangering the lives of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, many of whom have faced displacement several times over

Democrats introduce free speech bill after ABC suspends Jimmy Kimmel show

Democrats responded to ABC's suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live! by introducing a free speech bill and accusing the Trump administration of pressuring broadcasters to silence critics

BAPS welcomes US Justice Dept decision to close worker exploitation probe

The workers alleged that they were confined and forced to work for about $1 on constructing the massive Swaminarayan temple in New Jersey

South Korea's LG Energy used visa workarounds for staff before US crackdown

Over 300 Koreans, including 250 LG staff and contractors, were detained at LG's car battery venture with Hyundai Motor, in the US Department of Homeland Security's biggest immigration raid ever

Xiaomi to release software update for 115K SU7s, fix assisted driving issue

Over-the-air (OTA) updates to software in China that are related to autonomous driving require regulatory approval to prevent automakers from using them to conceal defects or avoid liability

'Licence should be taken away': Trump warns TV broadcasters critical of him

ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show after backlash over remarks on Charlie Kirk, with Trump backing the move and saying the host's removal was tied to poor ratings

Asian shares to end big central bank week with gains, Nikkei hits record

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan slipped 0.3 per cent on Friday but is still set for a weekly rise of 0.5 per cent, hovering not far from its four-year tops

7.8 magnitude quake strikes Russia's Kamchatka region; no immediate damage

The earthquake's epicenter was 127 km east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and at a depth of 19.5 km. A tsunami threat was issued briefly by the Pacific Tsunami Warning System, which was later lifted

Trump, Xi set to discuss TikTok deal, future of US-China relations

The call also may offer clues about whether the two leaders might meet in person to hash out a final agreement to end their trade war

Trump halts $400 mn Taiwan military aid amid push for China trade deal

Beijing sees Taiwan, the self-ruled democracy of 23 million people, as part of its territory and has regularly protested US arms transfers as provocative

Singapore seeks African carbon credits as rivals chase critical minerals

The Southeast Asian city-state aims to increasingly tap African countries for carbon credits as part of a drive to boost trade with the continent and meet its own net zero ambitions

Who is Brendan Carr? The regulator behind Jimmy Kimmel's suspension

Since Carr began leading the FCC in January, he has continued pulling from that playbook, making his priorities known and leaving the door open for companies to take steps to please him

Kim Jong Un calls AI-powered drone development top military priority

Kim inspected weapons, surveillance vehicles and multipurpose drones at North Korea's Unmanned Aeronautical Technology Complex

UK's MI6 agency launches dark web portal 'Silent Courier' to recruit spies

MI6 said it was harnessing the anonymity of the dark web for the first time to allow potential agents living in Russia and around the world to mitigate the risks against them

US vetoes UNSC resolution calling for Gaza ceasefire, hostage release

The resolution, drafted by the council's 10 elected members who serve two-year terms, goes further than previous drafts to highlight what it calls the deepening of suffering of Palestinian civilians

Trump disagrees with Starmer over UK's plans to recognise Palestine

Trump underscored the atrocities of Hamas's attack on Israel on October 7 and emphasised his priorities of the release of hostages