Business and Economy

Rising costs and tight budgets strain Americans ahead of midterm elections
Rising costs leave US workers juggling multiple jobs as financial security becomes increasingly elusive.
Published On 22 Oct 2026
Carney, Erdogan launch ‘strong and resilient’ Canada-Turkiye partnership
Published On 22 Oct 2026
Southeast Asia’s toxic haze spurs calls for legal action against polluters
Published On 22 Oct 2026
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The world is $365 trillion in debt, and the interest bill is climbing
Published On 22 Oct 2026
Judge orders Meta to pay $25bn in fines for Facebook privacy violations
Published On 21 Oct 2026
Will Russia’s diesel shipment to the US lower prices before midterms?
Published On 21 Oct 2026
Cuba accuses US of threatening countries ahead of UN embargo vote
Published On 21 Oct 2026
Canada wants to expand its LNG business. Critics raise red flags
Published On 21 Oct 2026
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Musk pledges $10bn in SpaceX shares for US children: Who really gains?
Published On 21 Oct 2026

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Anthropic posts $80bn loss in first half of 2026: WSJ

The loss, up from $13bn in the same period last year, was driven by accounting charges, according to the report.

OpenAI says its agents turned off own safeguards

ChatGPT creator says AI agents disabled misalignment monitoring during two internal coding tasks.

Elon Musk says SpaceX and Tesla exploring largest merger in history

Tech mogul says tie-up has a ‘lot of merit’, given firms’ complementary work on AI.

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Musk confirms SpaceX and Tesla exploring merger

Elon Musk says SpaceX and Tesla are considering a merger that would form a $3.5 trillion mega company.

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Is Cyprus becoming Israel’s backyard?

Israeli capital, water technology, and real estate are making Cyprus a strategic and economic extension of Israel.

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Qatar says only negotiations can resolve regional tensions

Qatar says diplomatic efforts are ongoing to de-escalate regional tensions and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

‘You have to sacrifice’: Trump voters stay loyal as US midterms approach

Rising economic pain confronting US voters has not translated into a loss of faith among Trump’s most loyal supporters.

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Why Rubio is visiting Reliance’s oil refinery in India, the world’s largest

Reliance is central to Washington’s efforts to punish Russian energy buyers and contain oil prices amid the war on Iran.

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France’s growing debt woes: How bond markets set countries’ borrowing costs

France’s rising debt is unnerving investors, but countries such as the US and Japan owe even greater sums.

Saudi Arabia cancels 2026 ‘Davos in the Desert’ amid Houthi attacks

Riyadh postpones flagship investment conference until 2027, orders government staff to work from home.

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