Investing.com -- S&P Global Ratings revised its outlook on Azerbaijan to positive from stable on Friday, while affirming its ’BB+/B’ long- and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ...
Jordan takes the stand in NASCAR antitrust case
Michael Jordan, a lifelong NASCAR fan and now majority owner of 23XI Racing, explained in federal court Friday that he’s suing the sport he loves because the economics are not being handled ...
Canada Removes Syria From Its List of Foreign State Supporters of Terrorism
OTTAWA, Dec 5 (Reuters) - The Canadian government said on Friday that it has removed Syria from its list of foreign state supporters of terrorism and removed Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the group that ...
China Threatens Nvidia With Its Own Company
Moore Threads shares rose 500% on their first day of trading on the Shanghai stock exchange. The company is China's answer to Nvidia.
Sri Lanka faces long road to recovery as floodwaters recede; WFP warns of ‘catastrophic’ devastation
Speaking to CNA Asia Now, WFP’s country director in Sri Lanka, Philip Ward, described the situation as “catastrophic”, with 1.8 million people affected after Cyclone Ditwah triggered widespread flooding and landslides across the country last week.
Sri Lanka’s bloody past revealed in mass graves
In Chemmani, northern Sri Lanka, a mass grave uncovered earlier this year is forcing a nation to confront the darkest chapters of its past. More than 200 skeletons, some of them children, have been exhumed near a former war zone,
Everest and other 8,000’ers in Nepal by the numbers
This week, The Himalayan Database has updated its list of spring 2025 summits in Nepal. We examine the current trends.
Iran to play at least one World Cup game on U.S. soil
Iran will play at least one World Cup match in the United States, though a group-stage clash with the U.S. was avoided in Friday's draw.
Pakistan, Afghanistan exchange heavy fire along border
The exchange came two days after a new round of peace talks between the South Asian neighbours ended without a breakthrough, though both sides agreed to continue their fragile ceasefire.
China’s artificial island military base upgrades revealed
China has expanded reefs into military outposts to tighten its control over the South China Sea.