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IMF Raises Growth Forecast For India From 6.5 Per Cent To 6.8 Per Cent For FY24

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|Date: April 16, 2024

IMF Raises Growth Forecast For India From 6.5 Per Cent To 6.8 Per Cent For FY24

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday issued a favourable growth projection for India to 6.8 p ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday issued a favourable growth projection for India to 6.8 per cent for the 2023-24 fiscal year (FY24). Earlier in January, the global body gave a growth e ...

April 16, 2024
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Houthis Turn Their Sights on U.S. Ships, Vow to Keep Attacking Red Sea Targets

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|Date: January 15, 2024

Houthis Turn Their Sights on U.S. Ships, Vow to Keep Attacking Red Sea Targets

Updated Jan. 15, 2024 12:57 pm ETFresh attacks targeted American ships in the Middle East, days after the ...

Updated Jan. 15, 2024 12:57 pm ETFresh attacks targeted American ships in the Middle East, days after the U.S. led a round of strikes meant to diminish the capability of Houthi rebels to hit ships tra ...

January 15, 2024
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Chip Wars Boost Europe’s Top Tech Company—for Now

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|Date: January 15, 2024

Chip Wars Boost Europe’s Top Tech Company—for Now

The more the U.S. government worries about China’s ambitions in the chip industry, the more equipment for ...

The more the U.S. government worries about China’s ambitions in the chip industry, the more equipment for making chips that China seems to buy.When ASML, the Dutch company that makes the world’s most ...

January 15, 2024
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Stocks in Japan, India Notch Historic Highs; U.S. Markets to Reopen Tuesday

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|Date: January 15, 2024

Stocks in Japan, India Notch Historic Highs; U.S. Markets to Reopen Tuesday

Stock benchmarks in two of Asia’s largest economies climbed to historic highs, while U.S. equity and bond ...

Stock benchmarks in two of Asia’s largest economies climbed to historic highs, while U.S. equity and bond markets were shut for Martin Luther King Day.Bank earnings and economic data later this week c ...

January 15, 2024
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Taiwan Election Piles Pressure on Delicate U.S.-China Ties

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|Date: January 15, 2024

Taiwan Election Piles Pressure on Delicate U.S.-China Ties

Updated Jan. 15, 2024 12:03 am ETTaiwan’s election of the presidential candidate China most distrusts put ...

Updated Jan. 15, 2024 12:03 am ETTaiwan’s election of the presidential candidate China most distrusts puts at risk a fragile detente between Washington and Beijing, threatening another flare-up betwee ...

January 15, 2024
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Israel Pushes Ahead With War Against Hamas Despite Growing Pressure Over Hostages

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|Date: January 15, 2024

Israel Pushes Ahead With War Against Hamas Despite Growing Pressure Over Hostages

Updated Jan. 14, 2024 2:26 pm ETTEL AVIV—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to continue th ...

Updated Jan. 14, 2024 2:26 pm ETTEL AVIV—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to continue the war in Gaza despite mounting international pressure to wrap up the conflict, now stretching i ...

January 15, 2024
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After 100 Days, Israel-Hamas War Threatens to Spill Beyond Gaza, Disrupt Global Trade

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|Date: January 14, 2024

After 100 Days, Israel-Hamas War Threatens to Spill Beyond Gaza, Disrupt Global Trade

Updated Jan. 14, 2024 12:01 am ETListen to article(2 minutes)After 100 days, Israel’s war with Hamas is t ...

Updated Jan. 14, 2024 12:01 am ETListen to article(2 minutes)After 100 days, Israel’s war with Hamas is turning into a protracted conflict with no clear end, threatening to spread across the Middle Ea ...

January 14, 2024
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Amid War in Middle East, Ukraine Fights to Keep U.S. and Allies’ Focus

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|Date: January 14, 2024

Amid War in Middle East, Ukraine Fights to Keep U.S. and Allies’ Focus

Updated Jan. 14, 2024 12:01 am ETAs Ukraine girds for the third year of full-scale war against Russia’s i ...

Updated Jan. 14, 2024 12:01 am ETAs Ukraine girds for the third year of full-scale war against Russia’s invasion, its leaders find themselves battling on a new front: keeping allies’ attention. Since ...

January 14, 2024
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Taiwan Voters Snub Beijing for a Third Time, Leaving China With Few Good Options

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|Date: January 14, 2024

Taiwan Voters Snub Beijing for a Third Time, Leaving China With Few Good Options

Updated Jan. 14, 2024 12:01 am ETTAIPEI—For eight years, China has raged against Taiwan’s ruling party, a ...

Updated Jan. 14, 2024 12:01 am ETTAIPEI—For eight years, China has raged against Taiwan’s ruling party, accusing it of pursuing a separatist agenda that must be confronted with economic muscle and sho ...

January 14, 2024
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Opinion | Taiwan’s Victory for Democracy

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|Date: January 14, 2024

Opinion | Taiwan’s Victory for Democracy

The press is full of fear and trembling after Taiwan’s people on Saturday elected as president the candid ...

The press is full of fear and trembling after Taiwan’s people on Saturday elected as president the candidate most disliked by Beijing. How about first celebrating the island nation’s demonstration of ...

January 14, 2024
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U.S. Strikes Give Yemen’s Houthis the Enemy They Long Sought

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|Date: January 13, 2024

U.S. Strikes Give Yemen’s Houthis the Enemy They Long Sought

By Stephen Kalin and Saleh al-Batati Updated Jan. 13, 2024 10:27 am ETListen to article(2 minutes)In disr ...

By Stephen Kalin and Saleh al-Batati Updated Jan. 13, 2024 10:27 am ETListen to article(2 minutes)In disrupting international shipping and drawing U.S. military strikes, Yemen’s Houthi forces are tryi ...

January 13, 2024
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‘Mood of the Moment: Gaby Aghion & the House of Chloé’ Review: Style in the Sands of Time

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|Date: January 13, 2024

‘Mood of the Moment: Gaby Aghion & the House of Chloé’ Review: Style in the Sands of Time

New YorkThere she is, in an early ’40s photograph that fills an entire wall—a young woman facing into an ...

New YorkThere she is, in an early ’40s photograph that fills an entire wall—a young woman facing into an Egyptian wind, her eyes narrowed, her dark hair blowing behind her. And there she is again, fil ...

January 13, 2024
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Taiwan Holds Election as World Watches

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|Date: January 13, 2024

Taiwan Holds Election as World Watches

Jan. 12, 2024 10:06 pm ETTAIPEI—Taiwanese voters headed to the polls on Saturday to choose a new presiden ...

Jan. 12, 2024 10:06 pm ETTAIPEI—Taiwanese voters headed to the polls on Saturday to choose a new president in an unpredictable three-way race being closely watched in Washington, Beijing and other cap ...

January 13, 2024
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Opinion | When Terrorists Talk, They Listen

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|Date: January 13, 2024

Opinion | When Terrorists Talk, They Listen

Yigal Carmon is one of the few Israelis who can claim to have predicted this war. His Aug. 31 article “Si ...

Yigal Carmon is one of the few Israelis who can claim to have predicted this war. His Aug. 31 article “Signs of Possible War in September-October” cited provocations by Hezbollah, escalating violence ...

January 13, 2024
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U.S., Partners Explore Seizing Russian Assets to Back Loans to Ukraine

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|Date: January 12, 2024

U.S., Partners Explore Seizing Russian Assets to Back Loans to Ukraine

The U.S. and its partners are exploring ways to use some of the $300 billion in frozen Russian central ba ...

The U.S. and its partners are exploring ways to use some of the $300 billion in frozen Russian central bank reserves to back loans to Ukraine, one of a series of ideas that Western officials are consi ...

January 12, 2024
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Tesla to Halt Production at German Car Factory as Red Sea Conflict Hits Supply Chains

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|Date: January 12, 2024

Tesla to Halt Production at German Car Factory as Red Sea Conflict Hits Supply Chains

Tesla plans to halt production at its Berlin factory for two weeks due to the conflict in the Red Sea con ...

Tesla plans to halt production at its Berlin factory for two weeks due to the conflict in the Red Sea continuing to disrupt transport ships, raising the specter of a new supply-chain crisis for Europe ...

January 12, 2024
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U.S.-Led Coalition Launches Strikes on Multiple Houthi Rebel Targets in Yemen

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|Date: January 12, 2024

U.S.-Led Coalition Launches Strikes on Multiple Houthi Rebel Targets in Yemen

Updated Jan. 11, 2024 8:08 pm ETA U.S.-led coalition launched more than a dozen strikes on Houthi rebel t ...

Updated Jan. 11, 2024 8:08 pm ETA U.S.-led coalition launched more than a dozen strikes on Houthi rebel targets in Yemen late Thursday, officials said, two days after the Yemeni rebel force defied an ...

January 12, 2024
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U.S., U.K. Warships Shoot Down Houthi Barrage in Red Sea

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|Date: January 11, 2024

U.S., U.K. Warships Shoot Down Houthi Barrage in Red Sea

Listen to article(2 minutes)MANAMA, Bahrain—U.S. and British warships shot down one of the largest barrag ...

Listen to article(2 minutes)MANAMA, Bahrain—U.S. and British warships shot down one of the largest barrages of missiles and drones fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels into the crucial Red Sea shipping lane ...

January 11, 2024
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Chinese Soccer Remains Terrible. It Says This Is Why.

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|Date: January 10, 2024

Chinese Soccer Remains Terrible. It Says This Is Why.

China has a keen interest in soccer, a population of 1.4 billion people and a powerful leader determined ...

China has a keen interest in soccer, a population of 1.4 billion people and a powerful leader determined to see his country succeed in the sport. So why has the Chinese men’s team been so poor? Xi Jin ...

January 10, 2024
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Maruti Suzuki Plans to Invest $4.21 Billion in New India Plant

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|Date: January 10, 2024

Maruti Suzuki Plans to Invest $4.21 Billion in New India Plant

Maruti Suzuki plans to invest 350 billion rupees ($4.21 billion) to build a new automobile production pla ...

Maruti Suzuki plans to invest 350 billion rupees ($4.21 billion) to build a new automobile production plant in India’s Gujarat state.The plant, expected to begin operations in fiscal year 2028-2029, w ...

January 10, 2024
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South Korea’s Opposition Head Was Stabbed to Stop Him Becoming President, Police Say

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|Date: January 10, 2024

South Korea’s Opposition Head Was Stabbed to Stop Him Becoming President, Police Say

SEOUL—The elderly man who stabbed South Korea’s opposition leader last week did so wanting to prevent the ...

SEOUL—The elderly man who stabbed South Korea’s opposition leader last week did so wanting to prevent the progressive politician from winning the country’s next presidential election in three years, p ...

January 10, 2024
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Opinion | Biden’s Slap in the Face to Terrorism Victims

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|Date: January 09, 2024

Opinion | Biden’s Slap in the Face to Terrorism Victims

The Palestinian Authority’s ‘pay-for-slay’ program must end and the flow of U.S. dollars must stop. Dooni ...

The Palestinian Authority’s ‘pay-for-slay’ program must end and the flow of U.S. dollars must stop. Doonited Affiliated: Syndicate News Hunt Source link ...

January 09, 2024
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Energy & Utilities Roundup: Market Talk

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|Date: January 09, 2024

Energy & Utilities Roundup: Market Talk

The latest Market Talks covering Energy and Utilities. Published exclusively on Dow Jones Newswires at 4: ...

The latest Market Talks covering Energy and Utilities. Published exclusively on Dow Jones Newswires at 4:20 ET, 12:20 ET and 16:50 ET.0834 GMT – Metal prices are mixed as market watchers await U.S. CP ...

January 09, 2024
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Dog Meat Will Be Off the Menu in South Korea

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|Date: January 09, 2024

Dog Meat Will Be Off the Menu in South Korea

Updated Jan. 9, 2024 5:42 am ETSEOUL—Dog meat will no longer be allowed in South Korea, capping a decades ...

Updated Jan. 9, 2024 5:42 am ETSEOUL—Dog meat will no longer be allowed in South Korea, capping a decadeslong campaign against a controversial practice that many locals have come to view with unease. ...

January 09, 2024
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Blinken Meets Arab Leaders on Shape of Post-War Gaza

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|Date: January 09, 2024

Blinken Meets Arab Leaders on Shape of Post-War Gaza

Updated Jan. 8, 2024 3:33 pm ETAL ULA, Saudi Arabia—Secretary of State Antony Blinken outlined a series o ...

Updated Jan. 8, 2024 3:33 pm ETAL ULA, Saudi Arabia—Secretary of State Antony Blinken outlined a series of requirements for the future of the Gaza Strip after meetings Monday with leaders of key Gulf ...

January 09, 2024
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China Says It Has Detained a British Spy

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|Date: January 08, 2024

China Says It Has Detained a British Spy

Updated Jan. 8, 2024 1:17 pm ETSINGAPORE—China has taken into custody an alleged British spy, the country ...

Updated Jan. 8, 2024 1:17 pm ETSINGAPORE—China has taken into custody an alleged British spy, the country’s national security agency said Monday, as Beijing steps up warnings over national security an ...

January 08, 2024
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Hezbollah Commander Killed by Israeli Strike in Southern Lebanon

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|Date: January 08, 2024

Hezbollah Commander Killed by Israeli Strike in Southern Lebanon

Listen to article(2 minutes)ABU DHABI—An Israeli strike killed a senior Hezbollah commander in southern L ...

Listen to article(2 minutes)ABU DHABI—An Israeli strike killed a senior Hezbollah commander in southern Lebanon on Monday, ratcheting up cross-border tensions during a Middle East visit by Secretary o ...

January 08, 2024
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One Plane Breaks Apart, Another Burns: Air Travel’s Rough 2024 Start

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|Date: January 08, 2024

One Plane Breaks Apart, Another Burns: Air Travel’s Rough 2024 Start

Updated Jan. 8, 2024 7:29 am ETA burning inferno on the runway, followed four days later by a midair emer ...

Updated Jan. 8, 2024 7:29 am ETA burning inferno on the runway, followed four days later by a midair emergency involving a gaping hole in the side of the plane, isn’t the way the airline industry want ...

January 08, 2024
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China Evergrande New Energy Vehicle Executive Detained

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|Date: January 08, 2024

China Evergrande New Energy Vehicle Executive Detained

A senior executive of China Evergrande New Energy Vehicle Group has been detained on suspicion of crimes, ...

A senior executive of China Evergrande New Energy Vehicle Group has been detained on suspicion of crimes, the latest blow to the company after a deal for a potential cash injection lapsed last week.Ev ...

January 08, 2024
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Opinion | Joe Biden and Bob Casey Fail the Israel Test

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|Date: January 08, 2024

Opinion | Joe Biden and Bob Casey Fail the Israel Test

You could hear the demented joy through the phone. A young man standing in the Mefalsim kibbutz called hi ...

You could hear the demented joy through the phone. A young man standing in the Mefalsim kibbutz called his parents back in Gaza to brag about murdering 10 Jews on Oct. 7. They were elated.That was but ...

January 08, 2024
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Nvidia’s New China Pickle: Customers Don’t Want Its Downgraded Chips

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|Date: January 07, 2024

Nvidia’s New China Pickle: Customers Don’t Want Its Downgraded Chips

Updated Jan. 7, 2024 12:01 am ETSINGAPORE—After U.S. regulations barred Nvidia from selling its high-perf ...

Updated Jan. 7, 2024 12:01 am ETSINGAPORE—After U.S. regulations barred Nvidia from selling its high-performance artificial-intelligence chips to China in October, the company’s engineers quickly desi ...

January 07, 2024
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