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23.02 / 05:35

markets UPS economy Food Trade country Charting the global economy: Inflation picks up in Japan, UK

Inflation accelerated in Japan, the UK and Canada, reinforcing a resurgence in price pressures around the world at the start of the year.

23.02 / 04:21

markets War reports cricket Sporting Money, history & passion: Why India-Pakistan cricket rivalry is unmatched

India player Ravi Shastri. His iconic voice has narrated countless unforgettable moments, capturing the intensity of a rivalry that binds 1.6 billion people across the subcontinent.

22.02 / 20:13

markets Career Tesla reports Relationships Headlines Who are Elon Musk's baby mamas with whom he has fathered 13 children? Meet the women who built the world's riches man's family empire

Elon Musk, who has made headlines for business empires like Tesla, SpaceX, and X (formerly Twitter), has also made headlines for his increasingly large family. With 13 children from various relationships, Musk's personal life is as interesting as his professional life, as per a report. Here are details about the women who have been a part of his life and contributed to his family.

22.02 / 19:19

Platform Apple Software innovations testing Features Updates Apple Intelligence confirmed for iPhone, iPad and Mac. New update expands AI to more languages and regions in April

Apple Intelligence, its personal intelligence system, will soon support additional languages, including French, German, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, and Simplified Chinese. Additionally, localized English versions will be available for Singapore and India.

22.02 / 18:05

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22.02 / 17:15

COST Research students Universities Doge hospital reports DOGE slashes research funds to private medical sector, scientists warn China could snatch America’s brightest minds

Elon Musk, has implemented significant reductions in research funding for the private medical sector. Specifically, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has capped indirect cost rates at 15%, down from an average of 30%. Indirect costs, which include utilities, administrative salaries, and maintenance, are essential for research institutions to operate. This cut means private research institutions, universities, and hospitals must now cover more of these costs themselves, potentially leading to budget deficits and reduced research capabilities.

22.02 / 15:55

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Sunil Bharti Mittal, founder and chairman of Bharti Enterprises, was awarded the Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE) medal at a special investiture ceremony held at the British High Commissioner's residence in New Delhi on Saturday. The ceremony was attended by close friends and family.

22.02 / 14:31

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Jeff Bezos started a contentious discussion by asking fans who they thought should be the next James Bond. Fans worry that Amazon's dominance over the franchise may weaken the most revered spy series, though.

22.02 / 12:55

Manufacturing economy Trade President War country Relationships After 150 years of friendship, the US and Canada come to blows

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Canadian officials used to think President Trump was joking during his first term when he mused in private meetings with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about annexing Canada. All it took was a wild hockey showdown between the two countries to show that Canada is taking the threat very seriously.

22.02 / 01:01

COST Cooper Mobile Trade President War India-UK trade talks to resume soon

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: India and the UK are set to restart talks for a free trade agreement (FTA) after nearly a year, with a top British delegation arriving in New Delhi on Sunday. India is likely to soften its demand on workers' mobility considering reservations in the new British government led by prime minister Keir Starmer, two people familiar with the matter said.

21.02 / 15:37

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Bharti Airtel will acquire up to an additional 5% in its Africa unit in one or multiple tranches in FY25 via all-cash deals, the nation’s second-largest telco said.

21.02 / 15:37

Food Retail sales and consumer confidence grow but caution remains over 'elevated' inflation

Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) today (21 February) revealed that, in particular, food store sales grew strongly in January, after falls in recent months, contributing to wider 1.7% sales volume increase seen over the month, following a 0.6% fall in December last year. Despite this uptick, more broadly, sales volumes fell by 0.6% in the quarter to January 2025 compared with the previous quarter. However, the latest figures for the three months to January saw a 1.4% rise compared with the same period a year prior. UK consumer confidence dips in February as worri...

21.02 / 13:19

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Tariff does not protect any country and India needs to cut tariffs for its own good, irrespective of who tells India to do so, NITI Aayog CEO BVR Subrahmanyam said on Friday. Addressing the 69th Foundation Day of All India Management Association (AIMA), Subrahmanyam further said that being open to the world has to be among the top five priorities of India if it wants to become a developed country.

21.02 / 12:33

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21.02 / 11:53

UPS reports Public sector finances in record monthly surplus but pressure continues to mount on Reeves

According to data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), this £15.4bn surplus was £800m larger than January last year, a month in which tax receipts tend to be higher than other months because of the takings from self-assessed taxes. Combined self-assessment income and capital gains tax receipts were provisionally estimated at £36.2bn in January, up £3.8bn from 12 months before, and the highest January receipts since monthly records began in 1999. Rachel Reeves to commission full audit of 130 UK regulators in effort to slash red tape – reports AJ Bell's head of financial ...

21.02 / 09:53

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Donald Trump has temporarily removed the iconic Resolute Desk used by his Democratic predecessors Joe Biden and Barack Obama from the Oval Office and replaced it with the C&O desk. Trump ordered the iconic Resolute Desk removed from the Oval Office for refurbishment after Elon Musk’s 4-year-old son, Little X, appeared to pick his nose and rub the desk on live TV last week.

21.02 / 09:17

COST Target Stealth wellness War Battlefield Is the age of American air superiority coming to an end?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. On August 26th the skies over Ukraine filled with the roar of 230 missiles and Shahed explosive-laden drones. It was Russia’s biggest such attack and it ought to have been devastating, since the largest missiles each carried as much as 700kg of explosives.

21.02 / 02:47

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A blustery cold day calls for huddling in front of a fireplace with hot chocolate, but the rhythmic sound of the waves and the thought of “treasure hunting" lure me out of my comfy hotel in Newquay, Cornwall, in the UK. Over the last few years, I have switched allegiance from the sea to mountains, from beaches to alpine forests.

21.02 / 00:31

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20.02 / 20:09

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The Wild Robot is the only film among this year’s 30 Academy Award nominees that directly addresses climate change, according to a survey by environmental consultancy firm Good Energy.

20.02 / 17:01

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Ukraine peace talks' on Tuesday in Riyadh. With the 'elephant' of Ukraine not in the room, frankly, the meeting was more about 'resumption' of US-Russia ties and Moscow's view of Europe's security architecture than ending the Russia-Ukraine war. The Riyadh meeting, and much of Donald Trump's statements on international relations, signal a direction of travel: an increasingly multipolar world with its separate spheres of influence (SoI).

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