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O’Connor Climbs To ‘Brutal’ Alpine Stage Win As Pogacar Tightens Grip On Tour

Ben O’Connor won stage 18 of the Tour de France with a world-class climb over three Alpine mountains on Thursday as defending champion Tadej Pogacar tightened his grip on the…

Elon Musk Slams Trump’s $5 Trillion Bill, Proposes ‘America Party’ to Break Two-Party Grip

Elon Musk used Independence Day to reignite political tensions, taking aim at the U.S. government’s fiscal policies and the dominance of its two-party structure. Posting on X, the tech mogul…

Europe: Equities ease as US-China trade talks grip markets

EUROPEAN shares eased in cautious trade on Monday as investors avoided making big bets pending the outcome of Sino-U.S. trade talks in London. The pan-European Stoxx 600 ended slightly lower at 553.24…

China’s rare earths grip gives Xi leverage in US trade duel

AFTER the US and China agreed in Geneva to lower tariffs from astronomical heights, tensions are now surging over access to chips and rare earths. And Beijing increasingly appears to…

More Elected Democrats Are Becoming Republicans As The GOP Strengthens Grip On Texas

As President Donald Trump’s efforts to enact his mass deportation operations continue, Democrats’ hold on Texas’ border cities is waning, as elected officials in the region move to identify with…

China may loosen grip on yuan as Trump reignites trade war

CURRENCY traders are waiting with bated breath for China’s next daily reference rate for the yuan, with some expecting authorities to relax their tight grip, if Donald Trump’s tariffs go…

Microsoft relaxes data centre grip on OpenAI amid US$500 billion joint venture – The Business Times

MICROSOFT on Tuesday (Jan 21) said it has changed some key terms of a deal with OpenAI after the ChatGPT creator announced a joint venture with Oracle and Japan’s SoftBank…

Two Months On, Post-Olympic Blues Grip Paris

Swimmer Florent Manaudou is feeling glum, French MPs despair over a plummeting sports budget and the Eiffel Tower has lost its Olympic rings. Two months after the flame went out…

Olaf Scholz: Germany’s Steady Hand Losing Grip On Power

Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been dubbed the “Scholzomat” for a dry personal style bordering on the robotic, but also hailed as a safe pair of hands leading a country…

Mud And Misery Grip Epicentre Of Spain Floods

A quiet town in one of Spain’s wealthiest regions was a mud-covered hellscape of destroyed buildings, upturned vehicles and bewildered citizens trying to piece back together their lives on Thursday.…

China loosens grip on yuan with weakest fixing since November

CHINA set the yuan’s daily reference rate at its weakest since November in a sign policymakers are loosening their grip on the currency. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) set…

Strongman Haftar And Sons Tighten Grip On Eastern Libya

The military strongman in the east of divided Libya, Khalifa Haftar, has named one of his sons as army chief, tightening his family’s grip on the oil-rich region. Saddam Haftar…

Thai government eyes tighter grip on central bank after spat

THAI Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin’s administration is discussing ways to exert more control over the country’s central bank after repeatedly clashing with the monetary authority on economic policy, according to…

Behind the plot to break Nvidia’s grip on AI by targeting software

NVIDIA earned its US$2.2 trillion market cap by producing artificial intelligence (AI) chips that have become the lifeblood powering the new era of generative AI developers from startups to Microsoft,…

US dollar keeps a grip on 150 yen; China cut leaves yuan unruffled

THE greenback traded above 150 yen for a sixth day on Tuesday (Feb 20), as investors grew less certain that Japan’s era of ultra-low rates will end any time soon…