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EuroWire, PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY: The 6th Sustainable Development Forum is scheduled to be held in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky from Feb. 17 to Feb. 21, bringing together government officials, business representatives and industry specialists for a multi day program focused on regional development in Kamchatka Krai

BEIJING: China’s rapid shift to electric vehicles is reshaping the world’s largest auto market and dulling growth in the transport fuel demand that once underpinned its appetite for imported crude, including heavy oil from Venezuela. The International Energy Agency said China sold

MENA Newswire, SEOUL: South Korea’s consumer inflation eased to 2.0% in January from 2.3% in December, as measured by the consumer price index, government data released Tuesday showed. The CPI, with 2020 set to 100, rose to 118.03 in January. On a month-to-month basis,

MENA Newswire, NEW DELHI: India’s government has proposed a tax holiday through 2047 for foreign companies that provide cloud services to customers worldwide while running those workloads using data centre services based in India, a long-horizon incentive unveiled in the Union Budget

MENA Newswire, NEW YORK: Gold and silver prices tumbled in a sharp, disorderly selloff that erased an estimated $7 trillion in notional value across precious metals, after a record-setting rally gave way to forced liquidations, margin pressures, and a stronger U.S. dollar. The

WASHINGTON: More than seven years after President Donald Trump launched sweeping tariffs on Chinese goods, official data and widely cited economic studies show the measures raised costs inside the United States while leaving the core U.S. goods trade deficit with China largely intact.

MENA Newswire, BUENOS AIRES: Argentina has repaid the United States $2.5 billion that it drew under a short term currency swap credit line from the U.S. Treasury, completing the repayment by the end of December 2025, according to statements from U.S. and

MENA Newswire, SAN FRANCISCO: Shares of Alphabet Inc. rose sharply on Monday, lifting the Google parent’s market capitalization above $4 trillion for the first time and placing it among a small group of companies to reach that valuation threshold. The milestone was achieved during

MENA Newswire, SAN FRANCISCO: Apple has entered into a multi year agreement with Google to integrate Google’s Gemini artificial intelligence models into Siri, marking one of the most significant partnerships between the two technology companies in recent years and a major shift in

NEW YORK: The global economy is experiencing a period of subdued economic performance marked by weak momentum and limited expansion, according to the latest assessment by the United Nations. The organisation said current conditions reflect an environment in which economic activity is restrained