Business
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West African Powers Move to Limit South African Corporate Influence After Xenophobic Unrest
G hana and Nigeria have taken steps to limit South African corporate influence, rejecting mining leases and enforcing stricter regulations…
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Russia Moves to Eradicate Remaining Visa and Mastercard Domestic Footprint
M OSCOW — The Russian Central Bank has confirmed it is moving to completely purge Visa and Mastercard from its…
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Huawei Unveils Tau Scaling Law to Challenge Moore’s Law Amid Supply-Chain Curbs
Shanghai — Huawei has introduced a semiconductor design framework aimed at improving system-level efficiency under constraints imposed by mature fabrication…
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Weaponized Commodities: How Moscow Rewrote the Global Currency Playbook to Forge a Dominant Ruble
L ONDON/MOSCOW — The Russian ruble has quietly staged an audacious performance in global currency markets, muscling its way to…
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India Ends Four-Year Fuel Price Freeze as Strait of Hormuz Blockade Chokes Crude Imports
India’s state-run oil marketing companies have raised petrol and diesel prices by ₹3 per litre — the first increase in…
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India Steers BRICS Toward Digital Currency Interoperability, Rejecting Unified Monetary Union
A s India steers the 18th annual BRICS summit—scheduled for September 2026 in New Delhi—the world’s most populous democracy is…
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The Hormuz Chokepoint: Global Economies Brace as “Dual Blockade” Hardens
L ONDON/SINGAPORE — The global economic machinery is grinding against the friction of a $105 barrel. As the crisis in…
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US Trade Court Strikes Down Trump’s 10% Global Tariffs in Major Legal Defeat
W ASHINGTON — US trade courts have struck a definitive blow against the administration’s “America First” protectionist agenda, as the…
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Beijing Defies Washington: China Issues Historic “Blocking Order” Over Iranian Oil Sanctions
B EIJING – In a direct challenge to Washington’s financial reach, the Chinese government has issued a formal “blocking order”…
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China Opens Its Market to Africa in Landmark Zero-Tariff Deal as First Shipment Arrives at Shenzhen Port
In the early hours of Friday morning, customs officers at Shenzhen’s Shenzhenwan Port cleared 24 metric tons of South African…
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