WK Kellogg sold to Ferrero as food giants chase shelf power

WK Kellogg sold to Ferrero as food giants chase shelf power

BATTLE CREEK, Michigan: In a major consolidation of iconic food brands, WK Kellogg has agreed to be acquired by the owner of Ferrero...

Filmmaker joins biotech effort to bring back extinct giant bird

Filmmaker joins biotech effort to bring back extinct giant bird

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Filmmaker Peter Jackson's lifelong fascination with the extinct giant New Zealand flightless bird called the moa...

India seeks WTO nod for retaliatory tariffs on US

India seeks WTO nod for retaliatory tariffs on US

NEW DELHI, India: India has submitted a revised proposal to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva to implement retaliatory tariffs...

AI boom propels Nvidia to historic market cap milestone

AI boom propels Nvidia to historic market cap milestone

SAN FRANCISCO, California: Nvidia, the Silicon Valley chipmaker at the heart of the artificial intelligence boom, this week briefly...

AI saves $500 million for Microsoft as layoffs reshape strategy

AI saves $500 million for Microsoft as layoffs reshape strategy

REDMOND, Washington: Artificial intelligence is transforming Microsoft's bottom line. The company saved over US$500 million last year...

FTC’s rule to ease subscription cancellations struck down by court

FTC’s rule to ease subscription cancellations struck down by court

WASHINGTON, D.C.: A federal rule designed to make it easier for Americans to cancel subscriptions has been blocked by a U.S. appeals...

Musk’s X loses CEO Linda Yaccarino amid AI backlash, ad woes

Musk’s X loses CEO Linda Yaccarino amid AI backlash, ad woes

BASTROP, Texas: In a surprising turn at Elon Musk's X platform, CEO Linda Yaccarino announced she is stepping down, just months after...

Ex-UK PM Sunak takes advisory role at Goldman Sachs

Ex-UK PM Sunak takes advisory role at Goldman Sachs

NEW YORK CITY, New York: Former British prime minister Rishi Sunak will return to Goldman Sachs in an advisory role, the Wall Street...

Gold ETF inflows hit 5-year high as tariffs drive safe-haven bets

Gold ETF inflows hit 5-year high as tariffs drive safe-haven bets

LONDON, U.K.: Physically backed gold exchange-traded funds recorded their most significant semi-annual inflow since the first half...

PwC: Copper shortages may disrupt 32 percent of chip output by 2035

PwC: Copper shortages may disrupt 32 percent of chip output by 2035

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands: Some 32 percent of global semiconductor production could face climate change-related copper supply disruptions...

U.S. stocks recover after Trump-tariffs-induced slump

U.S. stocks recover after Trump-tariffs-induced slump

NEW YORK, New York - U.S. stocks rebounded Tuesday with all the major indices gaining ground. Markets in the UK, Europe and Canada...

Stocks slide as Trump unveils 25% tariffs on Japan, S. Korea

Stocks slide as Trump unveils 25% tariffs on Japan, S. Korea

NEW YORK CITY, New York: Financial markets kicked off the week on a cautious note as President Donald Trump rolled out a fresh round...

BRICS issues rebuke on trade and Iran, avoids direct US criticism

BRICS issues rebuke on trade and Iran, avoids direct US criticism

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil: At a two-day summit over the weekend, the BRICS bloc of emerging economies issued a joint declaration condemning...

BP appoints ex-Shell finance chief Simon Henry to board

BP appoints ex-Shell finance chief Simon Henry to board

LONDON, U.K.: This week, BP appointed Simon Henry, former Shell finance chief, to its board as a non-executive director effective September...

FedEx, UPS step up as Canada Post loses market share in strikes

FedEx, UPS step up as Canada Post loses market share in strikes

OTTAWA, Canada: With Canada Post struggling to maintain operations amid labour unrest, rivals like FedEx and UPS are stepping in to...

Kerala CM Vijayan writes to PM Modi, urges intervention in matter related to Nimisha Priya's execution in Yemen

Kerala CM Vijayan writes to PM Modi, urges intervention in matter related to Nimisha Priya's execution in Yemen

Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 13 (ANI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra...

EU postpones tariffs on US goods

EU postpones tariffs on US goods

Brussels [Belgium], July 13 (ANI/WAM): The European Union has postponed the imposition of tariffs on goods imported from the United...

EU delaying retaliation to US tariffs von der Leyen

EU delaying retaliation to US tariffs  von der Leyen

US President Donald Trump recently announced 30% tariffs on goods from the bloc Brussels will delay countermeasures against US tariffs...

Pentagon pressuring Japan and Australia over China FT

Pentagon pressuring Japan and Australia over China  FT

The US has reportedly demanded commitments from its allies in the event of a war over Taiwan The Pentagon is pressuring key US allies...

Italian governor defies EU calls to cancel Russian concert

Italian governor defies EU calls to cancel Russian concert

Brussels has pressured Vincenzo De Luca to ban a performance by Valery Gergiev due to the conductors stance on the Ukraine conflict...

EU, Indonesia strike political agreement to advance free trade deal

EU, Indonesia strike political agreement to advance free trade deal

BRUSSELS, 13th July 2025 (WAM) -- A political agreement was reached to advance the EU-Indonesia free trade deal, European Commission...

Xinhua Headlines: China completes "power expressway loop" around southern Xinjiang desert

Xinhua Headlines: China completes "power expressway loop" around southern Xinjiang desert

* China has finished construction of a 4,197-km extra-high voltage power transmission loop around the Tarim Basin, home to the country's...

BRICS can "shape a new, sustainable framework for global growth," says Oreshkin

BRICS can "shape a new, sustainable framework for global growth," says Oreshkin

Moscow [Russia], July 13 (ANI): BRICS possesses all the core elements required to achieve sustainable economic growth and uplift the...

FPIs continue to buy India stocks well into fourth month in July

FPIs continue to buy India stocks well into fourth month in July

New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) continued to remain net buyers in Indian stock markets well into...

Grok 4 defers to Elon Musks views on controversial topics users

Grok 4 defers to Elon Musks views on controversial topics users

Grok 4 users claim that the new version relies on the tech tycoons X posts, after a prior update caused a scandal with anti-Semitic...

Smartest AI turns to Musk for tough questions media

Smartest AI turns to Musk for tough questions  media

Grok 4 users claim that the new version relies on the tech tycoons X posts, after a prior update caused a scandal with anti-Semitic...

Union Bank of India cuts 2025-26 headline inflation forecast, largely in line with RBI

Union Bank of India cuts 2025-26 headline inflation forecast, largely in line with RBI

New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): With food prices lagging seasonal trends and driving headline Consumer Price Index-based retail inflation...

Property Prices and Demand Surge Ahead of Bulgarias Euro Adoption

Property Prices and Demand Surge Ahead of Bulgarias Euro Adoption

For more than two decades, real estate in Bulgaria has been offered primarily in euros, a practice familiar to both buyers and sellers,...

MP: Nepal Embassy and PHDCCI India-Nepal Centre organised 'Economic Cooperation Meet' in Bhopal

MP: Nepal Embassy and PHDCCI India-Nepal Centre organised 'Economic Cooperation Meet' in Bhopal

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 13 (ANI): In association with the Embassy of Nepal in India, PHDCCI India-Nepal Centre organised...

Indian stock markets to track Q1 earnings, tariff talks, and macroeconomic data this week: Experts

Indian stock markets to track Q1 earnings, tariff talks, and macroeconomic data this week: Experts

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 13 (ANI): Participants in the Indian stock markets will closely monitor first-quarter earnings of...

TRKIYE-ANKARA-CENTRAL BANK-INTEREST RATES-EXPECTATION

TRKIYE-ANKARA-CENTRAL BANK-INTEREST RATES-EXPECTATION

(250713) -- ANKARA, July 13, 2025 (Xinhua) -- A teller counts banknotes at a currency exchange office in Ankara, Trkiye, on July 11,...

Daily World Briefing, July 13

Daily World Briefing, July 13

Air India crash report shows both engines shut down shortly after takeoff Both engines of the recently crashed Air India airplane...

Trump announces 30% tariffs on EU and Mexico

Trump announces 30% tariffs on EU and Mexico

The US President has threatened to impose the levies starting on August 1 US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that Washington...

Former pilot points to chip malfunction, not pilot error in initial report on AI171 tragic crash

Former pilot points to chip malfunction, not pilot error in initial report on AI171 tragic crash

London [UK], July 13 (ANI): A report released by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau following the fatal crash of Air India...

Billionaires gather in Sun Valley in US for Allen & Co.'s annual conference

Billionaires gather in Sun Valley in US for Allen & Co.'s annual conference

Idaho [US], July 12 (ANI): Tech titans and top executives are back together in Sun Valley, Idaho, in the United States for the annual...

Xinhua Commentary: Now is time to broaden path of practical China-Australia cooperation

Xinhua Commentary: Now is time to broaden path of practical China-Australia cooperation

Over the past three years, China-Australia relations have steadily stabilized, improved and delivered tangible results through joint...

EU chief slams Trump tariff threat, pledges retaliation if required

EU chief slams Trump tariff threat, pledges retaliation if required

Imposing 30 percent tariffs on EU exports would disrupt essential transatlantic supply chains, to the detriment of businesses, consumers,...

Von der Leyen warns U.S. tariffs on EU would hurt transatlantic supply chains

Von der Leyen warns U.S. tariffs on EU would hurt transatlantic supply chains

BRUSSELS, July 12 (Xinhua) -- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warned that the United States' 30 percent tariffs...

Donald Trump announces 30% import tariffs on EU and Mexico over trade and border issues

Donald Trump announces 30% import tariffs on EU and Mexico over trade and border issues

Washington [US], July 12 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Saturday announced a 30 percent tariff on goods from Mexico and the European...

US Treasury reports surprise surplus

US Treasury reports surprise surplus

The gains are largely driven by President Donald Trumps tariff hikes, which pushed customs duty collections to record highs The US...

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U.S. food prices at risk as Brazil tariff hits key imports
U.S. food prices at risk as Brazil tariff hits key imports

LONDON/NEW YORK CITY: American grocery bills may be headed higher as coffee and orange juice prices face upward pressure from new tariffs...


WK Kellogg sold to Ferrero as food giants chase shelf power
WK Kellogg sold to Ferrero as food giants chase shelf power

BATTLE CREEK, Michigan: In a major consolidation of iconic food brands, WK Kellogg has agreed to be acquired by the owner of Ferrero...


Filmmaker joins biotech effort to bring back extinct giant bird
Filmmaker joins biotech effort to bring back extinct giant bird

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Filmmaker Peter Jackson's lifelong fascination with the extinct giant New Zealand flightless bird called the moa...


India seeks WTO nod for retaliatory tariffs on US
India seeks WTO nod for retaliatory tariffs on US

NEW DELHI, India: India has submitted a revised proposal to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva to implement retaliatory tariffs...


AI boom propels Nvidia to historic market cap milestone
AI boom propels Nvidia to historic market cap milestone

SAN FRANCISCO, California: Nvidia, the Silicon Valley chipmaker at the heart of the artificial intelligence boom, this week briefly...


AI saves $500 million for Microsoft as layoffs reshape strategy
AI saves $500 million for Microsoft as layoffs reshape strategy

REDMOND, Washington: Artificial intelligence is transforming Microsoft's bottom line. The company saved over US$500 million last year...


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