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China injects ¥200bn in new special bond quotas to boost provincial investment
BEIJING (Realist English). China has allocated an additional ¥200 billion ($28.1 billion) in special bond quotas to support investment and...
Read moreNvidia becomes world’s first $5 trillion company amid surging AI demand
NEW YORK (Realist English). Nvidia has become the first company in history to surpass a $5 trillion market capitalization, marking...
Read moreInvestors split as Google, Meta* and Microsoft pour nearly $80bn into AI infrastructure
SAN FRANCISCO (Realist English). The world’s largest tech companies — Google, Meta*, and Microsoft — collectively spent almost $80 billion...
Read moreIndia launches $2.7 billion push to cut dependence on imported electronic components
NEW DELHI (Realist English). India’s government has approved the first set of projects under its $2.7 billion Electronics Component Manufacturing...
Read moreGazprom bets on LNG, rules out shale gas development
MOSCOW (Realist English). Gazprom has announced a strategic decision to focus on liquefied natural gas (LNG) production while ruling out...
Read moreGold’s retreat and the return of trust: what the latest correction tells us about global confidence
LONDON (Realist English). Just weeks after gold broke through the $4,000-per-ounce mark, the precious metal’s meteoric rally has stalled. Prices...
Read moreSaudi Arabia accelerates economic diversification beyond oil, investing heavily in AI and tourism
RIYADH (Realist English). Saudi Arabia is rapidly reshaping its oil-dependent economy, expanding into sectors such as artificial intelligence, tourism, and...
Read moreTotalEnergies lifts force majeure on $20 billion Mozambique LNG project after four-year halt
PARIS (Realist English). TotalEnergies announced on Friday that it has lifted force majeure on its $20 billion Mozambique LNG project,...
Read moreU.S. signs major trade and minerals deals with Southeast Asia amid China export curbs
KUALA LUMPUR (Realist English). The United States signed a series of trade and critical minerals agreements with four Southeast Asian...
Read moreChina’s overseas yuan lending surges as Beijing accelerates push to reduce dollar dependence
BEIJING (Realist English). China’s overseas lending in renminbi (RMB) has surged sharply in recent years, underscoring Beijing’s strategic push to...
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Iran war exposes global reliance on fragile energy routes
LONDON (Realist English). The war involving Iran has exposed the global economy’s dependence on vulnerable fossil fuel supply routes, intensifying...
Taiwan fears US weapons use in Iran could aid China
TAIPEI (Realist English). Taiwan has raised concerns that extensive US use of long-range cruise missiles in the war involving Iran...
Strait of Hormuz disruption sends shockwaves through global trade
LONDON (Realist English). Escalating military tensions around the Strait of Hormuz are rapidly disrupting global shipping and energy markets, as...
Iran war puts Vice President JD Vance in difficult political position
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The ongoing war with Iran has placed US Vice President JD Vance in a politically sensitive position,...
Star Wars without fiction: how space became the next battlefield
MOSCOW (Realist English). “Star Wars” stopped being science fiction long ago. Unfortunately, over ten thousand years of civilisation, humanity has...
Dadivank: The Legacy of Christ’s Apostles in Artsakh
YEREVAN (Realist English). In Artsakh, before the ethnic cleansing and forced deportation – simply put, genocide – carried out by...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
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