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Grab your cup of coffee or tea, and sit down with a selection of this week’s great reads from The Globe. In this issue, Ottawa bureau chief Robert Fife and senior parliamentary reporter Steven Chase have an exc…

Good morning, and welcome to the weekend.
Grab your cup of coffee or tea, and sit down with a selection of this week’s great reads from The Globe. In this issue, Ottawa bureau chief Robert Fife and senior parliamentary reporter Steven Chase have an exc…

UPSC Weekly Quiz is a current affairs-based quiz on relevant topics from the past week, curated for the aspirants of competitive examinations. Attempt the weekly quiz every Saturday and find answers to the MCQs with explanations at the end of the artic…

The financial damage from cybercrimes will reach an astronomical $10.5 trillion by 2025. As global economies go, that would rank third behind only the U.S. and China.

But what’s bad for global conglomerates and the average person could be an opportunity for cybersecurity firms like Check Point Software (NASDAQ:CHKP).

Check Point sees 'fantastic' year ahead even as rivals report disappointing billings comes via ChinaTechNews.com.

Longines CEO Matthias Breschan at the opening of a new boutique for the Swiss watch brand in Vienna on September 28, 2023. Andreas Tischler / Picturedesk.com
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Alphabet, the $1.7trn (£1.4trn) technology behemoth which owns Google, is in talks to take a stake in Monzo, one of Britain's biggest digital retail banks.
Sky News has learnt that Capital G, an investment fund which deploys capital into fast-growing t…

Two camps haggle over which candidate should lead the push to unseat the ruling party

Taiwan's APEC envoy Morris Chang said on Friday that he had informal interactions with U.S. President Joe Biden and discussions with Secretary of State Antony Blinken at a summit in San Francisco, but none with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Chinese-claimed Taiwan, which takes part in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum as "Chinese Taipei" and does not send its president to summits, has faced increased military pressure from Beijing, including two rounds of major war games during the past year and a half.

Taiwan's APEC envoy chatted with Biden at summit, but not Xi comes via ChinaTechNews.com.

APEC leaders have worked together to find ways to build inclusive, resilient, and sustainable economies for the Asia Pacific, US President Joe Biden said on Friday at the conclusion of the annual leadership summit here.
Attended by leaders from the Asi…

Those cutting through discussions on global power politics have been making blasé assumptions about the end game of the Russia-Ukraine war. The initial expectation that the Russian military would overrun Ukraine in weeks has been belied. Russia’s image…

Six weeks after the eruption of the war in Gaza with the attack by Hamas on Israel, social media platforms are still caught in the maelstrom, struggling to control content and withstand user fury.
TikTok and X, formerly Twitter, were swept up in contro…

Cadillac has officially revealed its Optiq, its entry-level electric SUV, at the Guangzhou motor show.
Images and some specifications of the Tesla Model Y and BMW iX3 rival appeared online earlier this year in a filing with the Chinese Ministry of Indu…

It took 40 days for the UN Security Council to come up with a form of words to address the spiral of violence in the Middle East.
In that time, some 12,000 people were killed.
On Wednesday, a call for "extended humanitarian pauses for a sufficient numb…

Good evening, let’s start with today’s top stories:
Latest developments from the Middle East
Israel agreed today to let fuel trucks into Gaza and promised “no limitation” on aid requested by the United Nations, appearing to bow to global pressure after…

ENCOURAGED by the successful run of the first India Business Roadshow-Cebu Edition, key leaders of Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) are eyeing to mount another trade mission to India.
“It’s a matter of time that we organize a trade mission …

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The new Qi2 wireless charging standard nears a 2023 holiday season launch as devices enter the certification queue.
The Wireless Power Consortium states the new standard, based on MagSafe technology, will arrive for the iPhone 15 …

Wall Street's three major indexes edged up slightly on Friday as investors digested recent gains while remarks from Federal Reserve officials clouded the outlook about when the U.S. central bank might start cutting interest rates.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Canada and China need to keep in touch, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he told Xi Jinping during a chance encounter this week at the annual economic summit of Pacific Rim leaders that wrapped up Friday in northern California.
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