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India-US Trade Deal Signals Reset in Bilateral Economic Ties

India and the United States have announced a major trade agreement aimed at easing tensions and restoring momentum to their economic relationship after nearly a year of strained negotiations. The deal was confirmed on Monday following a phone call between US President Donald Trump and...

US to Host Global Talks on Critical Minerals Alliance to Secure Supply Chains

Around 20 countries, including major G7 economies, will meet in Washington this week to discuss forming a strategic alliance on critical minerals and rare earths. Participants include the US, UK, EU members, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, India, South Korea, Mexico, and others. The discussions...

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Oil’s $91 Reality Hits Home as Inflation Nightmare Returns for Global Consumers

The inflation nightmare that plagued households across the world in the post-Covid period is returning with cruel timing as the Iran conflict drives oil above $91 a barrel and threatens another cycle of energy-driven price increases. For consumers who had only recently begun to see relief from the highest inflation in decades, the more than 25% weekly surge in crude oil — the biggest...

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Trump’s War on Iran Is Now the Defining Test of His Second Term

President Donald Trump has fought many battles in his political career, but the US-Israeli offensive against Iran is something different: a military campaign of historic...

Trump’s Board of Peace: What Weapons Depots in Gaza Would Actually Mean

Among the ideas being quietly discussed in the margins of Gaza ceasefire negotiations is a concept that sounds technical but carries profound strategic implications: Hamas...

Trump Authorizes USS Gerald R Ford Middle East Transit for Maximum Iran Negotiation Leverage

President Trump has authorized USS Gerald R Ford Middle East transit for maximum leverage in Iran negotiations, substantially enhancing American military presence and options in...

Technology

OpenAI Captures Pentagon Market While AI Industry Debates the True Meaning of Principled Engagement

The true meaning of principled engagement with the government has become the AI industry's most contested question, with OpenAI claiming to have achieved it through...

Nvidia Buys Into OpenAI’s Story With $30 Billion Equity Investment

Every investment is, in some sense, a purchase of a story — a bet that the narrative a company tells about its future will prove...

Macron’s AI Reckoning: The Summit Where Europe’s Approach Gained Global Respect

For years, Europe's approach to AI regulation has been characterised by its critics — primarily in the United States — as risk-averse, innovation-hostile and out...

Sports

Finn Allen Fails to Fire and New Zealand’s Chase Never Gets Started in T20 Final

The semi-final version of Finn Allen — the one who scored 100 off 33 balls against South Africa — would have made this final interesting. The actual version, who made nine before departing in the third over of New Zealand's chase, made the T20 World Cup final the formality that India's brilliant 255 had already half-guaranteed. New Zealand were bowled out for 159, losing...

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