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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. ON NOVEMBER 23rd Mark Rutte, the new head of NATO, and Donald Trump, America’s president-elect, were photographed together grinning delightedly and shaking hands in Palm Beach, Florida. Yet the mood in Europe’s defence ministries is one of grim foreboding.

A Connecticut couple has been charged in Minnesota with being part of a shoplifting ring suspected of stealing around $1 million in goods across the country from upscale athletic wear retailer Lululemon

Supermarket giant Carrefour’s support for French farmers’ protests against a trade agreement between the European Union and the South American bloc Mercosur has sparked a strong reaction in Brazil

President-elect Donald Trump is threatening to impose sweeping new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China as soon as he takes office as part of his efforts to crack down on illegal immigration and drugs

Shoigu, a former defence minister, also said the U.S. should play a leading role in rebuilding Afghanistan in view of its many years of military involvement in the country. Taliban leaders asked Shoigu to help them ease the pressure imposed by U.S. sanctions against the Kabul government, according to the Russian news agency reports.

Canada is on a “clear path” to hit NATO’s defence spending target over the coming years, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said, as pressure ramps up on Ottawa in the wake of the U.S. election.

Other than the need to import gold and oil, the heart of our trade deficit stems from imbalanced trade with Asian economies. Of these, the biggest is our trade deficit with China, at over $83 bn a year. Our industrial machine can’t compete with the Chinese one as they sell to us 6× what we sell to them. Is this all a result of free trade? Not quite. What really exists are state-backed national manufacturing systems that compete for the best industries in the world economy. And that is where China, along with other East Asian nations, has had tremendous success.

NTPC's green hydrogen hub in Vizag, one of the country's largest, on November 29 has been pushed back. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu had invited the Prime Minister for opening, and several large investments were expected to be announced from Vizag.

A last round of negotiations on a legally binding treaty to address the global scourge of plastic pollution has opened in Busan, South Korea

Applicants are required to put forward research proposals which cover areas the FCA could have an influence on, such as growth and productivity of the UK financial services sector, its international competitiveness, as well as ways to support the country's economy and consider regulatory impacts. Financial services firms rush to AI despite lack of understanding of its functions «We recently reviewed what research had been done into the role regulation can play in supporting growth and competitiveness, and we found the pool was a mile wide and an inch deep,» Kate Collyer, chief economi...

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. China’s industrial overcapacity became an issue of global concern even before the election of Donald Trump. Now his threat to place tariffs of 60% or more on Chinese exports will elevate the issue even further.

TORONTO — The trillion-dollar question these days is where the huge sums of money needed to address climate change are going to come from, especially for developing countries.

BSNL) is gathering pace in India's telecom sector dominated by two large players, Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, while the third, Vodafone Idea, is dragged back by debt and losses. The state-owned telco is wooing subscribers to claw back market share, launching a slew of new offerings and initiatives, ranging from spam blockers to automated SIM kiosks and direct-to-device services. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government’s ambitious project to revive BSNL is finally gaining momentum for the first time in two years. BSNL has gained subscribers and outperformed private giants Jio, Airtel and Voda Idea, shows data. This growth is largely due to BSNL’s decision not to raise tariffs in the latest quarter, and the central government injecting a lofty amount of Rs 3.22 lakh crore over the years into the company as well as into MTNL. «BSNL will be at the forefront and not a follower in the days to come,» Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said recently. This optimism comes when, after a long wait, BSNL recorded growth for three months straight, from July to September.

Canada has committed to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, and for many Canadians that will mean savings on their energy bills — but not all.

Kia India on Monday said it is eyeing markets in the Middle East and Africa as it aims to double the export of completely knocked down (CKD) units by 2030. To date, the automaker has exported one lakh units of CKD vehicles since it began shipments in June 2020 from its manufacturing facility at Anantapur in Andhra Pradesh. Kia India is one of the key export hubs for the South Korea-based Kia corporation, accounting for 50 per cent of the its CKD exports worldwide. In a statement, Kia India Chief Sales Officer Joonsu Cho said the automaker is grateful for the government's export-friendly policies, which have played a crucial role in strengthening country's position within the global automotive value chain.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has threatened bring down France’s minority government by the end of the year unless changes are made to the country's budget bill

Tim Cook joined more than 20 corporate leaders in discussions with China’s premier Monday, as global companies grapple with potential trade disruptions and economic uncertainty. Cook, who’s visiting the country for at least the third time this year, joined top executives of global firms including Rio Tinto Plc, Corning Inc. and Charoen Pokphand Group in a meeting with Li Qiang, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified discussing a private session. Chinese corporate chiefs including the heads of Lenovo Group and ICBC also attended the discussions focused on supply chain and trade issues, according to a guest list seen by Bloomberg News. The event comes ahead of a supply chain expo in Beijing that starts on Tuesday.

Amara Raja Infra on Monday said it has completed construction of India's first green hydrogen fuelling station in Leh, Ladakh, for NTPC Ltd. Union Minister for Power and Housing and Urban Affairs Manohar Lal inaugurated the facility on Saturday, the company said. The fuelling station project with a capacity of producing GH2 of 80kg per day was completed in two years, at extreme conditions at a height of 3,400 meters above sea level with temperatures varying between -25°Celsius to 30°Celsius, the company said. The landmark project will enable emission-free transport in and around Leh — making India among the few countries to take the lead in the green mobility space, Amara Raja Infra said in a statement, adding with the completion of the project, NTPC will now operationalise five hydrogen fuel cell buses in the region, it said.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : NTPC Green Energy Ltd (NGEL) is in talks with global airlines including British Airways, Lufthansa, Singapore Airlines, and Virgin Atlantic, among others, to secure deals for supplying sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The cleaner aviation fuel will be supplied from NGEL's green hydrogen hub in Andhra Pradesh, which is yet to begin production, said a person familiar with the developments.

At Confederation of British Industry's (CBI) annual conference today, the chief executive Rain Newton-Smith is set to heed risks the Autumn Budget poses to hitting profits and investment, arguing that more must be done to pursue the chancellor's growth ambitions.  In a speech at the conference, Newton-Smith will say «margins are being squeezed and profits are being hit» and when you «hit profits, you hit competitiveness, you hit investment, you hit growth».  This will be the CEO's first major speech since Reeves announced her fiscal plans for the country on 30 October. Newton-Smith...

While investors have gained clarity on many political leadership questions that loomed a year ago, new uncertainties have emerged. According to Karen Ward, EMEA chief market strategist at JP Morgan Asset Management, the focus has shifted to the policies that will shape and steer markets in the years ahead. Speaking at the firm's 2025 Outlook roundtable, Ward said that while investors now know who is residing in the various political offices in the US, the UK and other countries, the picture about what the fiscal agenda will be is greyer than it was a year ago. JP Morgan AM's Karen ...