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The first 27 satellites for Amazon’s Kuiper broadband internet constellation were launched into space from Florida earlier this week, kicking off the long-delayed deployment of an internet-from-space network that will ...

As the United States ends a tariff exemption for small parcels on Friday, some retailers have stopped selling to US customers while others are seeking temporary workarounds in the hope ...

Apple (AAPL.O) shares fell nearly 3 per cent in premarket trade on Friday after the iPhone maker trimmed its share buyback program and CEO Tim Cook warned of additional tariff-related ...

Mastercard (MA.N) beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter profit this week as customers kept up spending on its card network despite the economic uncertainty sparked by a global trade ...

The Bank of England is expected to lower interest rates by a quarter point on May 8 as US President Donald Trump’s tariffs darken the global growth outlook, and some ...

The International Monetary Fund has announced that it now expects Middle East and North Africa economies to grow by just 2.6 per cent in 2025 as uncertainties stemming from a global trade ...

Tesla (TSLA.O) chair Robyn Denholm on Thursday denied a Wall Street Journal report that said board members had reached out to executive search firms to find a new replacement ...

Saudi Arabia’s economy grew in the first quarter, supported by activity in the non-oil sector as the kingdom pushes on with diversifying away from hydrocarbons. Real gross domestic product (...

A stablecoin launched by Donald Trump’s World Liberty Financial crypto venture is being used by an Abu Dhabi investment firm for its $2 billion investment in crypto exchange Binance, one ...

Oil prices fell on Thursday, extending a steep decline the previous session due to signs that Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest crude exporter, could raise production and data showing ...

British house prices fell by 0.6 per cent in April, a sharper fall than forecast and their biggest monthly decline in more than 18 months, as a discount on property transactions ended, ...

South Korean technology giant Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) warned on Wednesday US tariffs could cut demand for products such as smartphones, making it difficult to predict future performance. Samsung said it ...

The US economy contracted in the first quarter, weighed down by a deluge of goods imported by businesses eager to avoid higher costs, underscoring the disruptive nature of President Donald ...

Turkey’s monthly inflation rate is expected to climb to 3.1 per cent in April, driven by energy prices and lira depreciation following the imprisonment of President Tayyip Erdogan’s main ...

A group of banks including Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Barclays and Mitsubishi UFJ sold the final piece of debt tied to billionaire Elon Musk’s $44 billion buyout of social ...

The US aviation industry, reeling from President Donald Trump’s trade war and a slump in travel demand, is lobbying the White House for exemptions from tariffs. Industry officials have ...

A bruising rollercoaster ride for markets in the first 100 days of the Trump administration has seen some investors move away from American assets, but it remains to be seen whether ...

British retail sales volumes fell by the smallest amount since October this month but stores expect conditions to worsen next month, according to a survey on Monday that reflected ongoing ...

Chinese automakers and foreign rivals are launching ever more advanced long-range hybrids to meet rising demand in the world’s largest auto market. Unlike many other major markets, China treats ...

During his first earnings conference call with analysts as Intel’s new CEO, Lip-Bu Tan outlined how Intel (INTC.O) hopes to change that, but warned, “This is not a ...

Global trade tensions sparked by US President Donald Trump’s tariffs have hurt UK business sentiment and will slow economic growth, according to a Reuters poll of economists who stuck ...

Turkey’s central bank is expected to restart its easing cycle from the current 46 per cent by the end of the second quarter, with interest rate cuts likely to continue ...

The future of urban mobility is near. EU-backed trials of driverless cars in public transport could make Europe’s city centres affordable, cleaner, safer, more efficient, inclusive and fair. By ...

Economic gains from artificial intelligence will boost global output by around 0.5 per cent a year between 2025 and 2030, outweighing the costs of rising carbon emissions by the data centres needed to ...