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Amazon likely to face investigation under EU tech rules next year

The timing and decision on whether to go ahead with an investigation will be taken by incoming EU antitrust chief Teresa Ribera in the coming months,

New global climate finance draft poses challenges for developing world

Latest version of the Global Climate Finance plan fails on most counts to meet India and other developing countries' demands or expectations

US sanctions Gazprombank, 50 Russian banks & 15 officials over Ukraine war

The Biden administration had previously decided not to levy sanctions against the bank for fear of roiling global energy markets

COP29 meet: Cannot accept attempts to shift focus from finance, says India

It also said that without adequate support in terms of finance, technology, and capacity building, the fight against climate change would be severely impacted

US yields dip as market watches geopolitics, potential Trump policies

Russia's attack, if confirmed, came after Ukraine fired US and British missiles at targets inside Russia this week despite warnings by Moscow it would view such action as a major escalation

50 killed, 20 injured as militants attack vehicles in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

The militants ambushed the vehicles in the Kurram district of restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan

Expert probe underway into Russian missile attack: Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Regardless of its classification, the latest strike highlighted rapidly rising tensions in the 33-month-old war

Gaza death toll from Israel-Hamas war crosses 44,000: Palestine officials

Israel says it tries to avoid harming civilians and blames their deaths on Hamas because the militants operate in residential areas, where they have built tunnels, rocket launchers and other things

ICC issues arrest warrants for Israel PM Netanyahu, Hamas officials

Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders have condemned ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan's request for warrants as disgraceful and antisemitic

Failure not an option, says Stiell amid disagreement among nations at COP29

A surge in finance is essential: To ensure all parties can deliver new national plans aligned with 1.5 degrees as they must, he said

Death toll from gun attack in Pakistan on Shiites soars to at least 28

No one has claimed responsibility. The latest violence came a week after authorities reopened a key highway in the region after keeping it closed for weeks following deadly clashes

Abrupt, 'irreversible' drop in global freshwater levels, Nasa study claims

Recent data from Nasa satellites have revealed that Earth's surface has lost freshwater abruptly since 2015. This major drop coincides with a 2014 to 2016 period of El Niño warming

Alibaba Group combines e-commerce arms to tackle growing competition

Alibaba split into six business units in 2023, in the biggest revamp of its 24-year history

'Jeff Bezos advised selling Tesla stocks thinking Trump would lose': Musk

Donald Trump is set to assume office on January 20 and has been naming his picks for key administrative roles. The list also features Musk, who will co-lead DOGE to make the US govt more 'efficient'

Russia launches intercontinental ballistic missile attack on Ukraine

The strike, which hit enterprises and critical infrastructure, follows recent Ukrainian strikes inside Russian territory using US- and British-made missiles

FBI arrests man accused of plotting attack on New York Stock Exchange

Harun Abdul-Malik Yener, 30, of Coral Springs, Florida, was charged with attempt to use an explosive device to damage or destroy the building used in interstate commerce

Isro, Australian space agency sign cooperation pact for human space flight

The IA enables cooperation between both space agencies on crew and crew module recovery for Gaganyaan missions, the country's first crewed spaceflight program, it said

Russian military claims it shot down two British-made Storm Shadow missiles

The Russian Defence Ministry said Thursday its air defence systems shot down two British-made Storm Shadow missiles, six HIMARS rockets and 67 drones.

Sundar Pichai dials Donald Trump to congratulate, Elon Musk joins call

Elon Musk joins Sundar Pichai's congratulatory call to President-elect Donald Trump, solidifying his close ties with the leader

MIT goes tuition-free for families earning below $200k in 2025: Details

Known as a global leader in STEM, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's financial aid programme addresses student debt in the US, which surpassed $1.6 trillion in 2020