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December 12, 2025
China outlines more controls on exports of rare earths, technology
China outlined new curbs on exports of rare earths and related technologies on Thursday, extending controls over use of the elements critical for many high-tech and military products ahead of a…
December 12, 2025
OpenAI partners with Walmart on shopping in ChatGPT
OpenAI is partnering with Walmart to let shoppers make purchases directly within ChatGPT, furthering the artificial intelligence company’s push to turn its chatbot into a virtual merchant as it seeks…
December 12, 2025
Federal Reserve cuts key rate
The United States Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate on Wednesday for a second time this year as it seeks to shore up economic growth and hiring, even as inflation stays elevated. But Fed…
December 12, 2025
Relentless rise in carbon pollution from fossil fuels slightly dampens climate-fighting hopes
For each of the past several years, scientists, analysts and officials have been hoping that it would be the year when emissions from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas would stop going up.…
December 12, 2025
US government shutdown costly for Delta airline
The longest shutdown of the United States government on record cost Delta Air Lines an estimated US$200 million, CEO Ed Bastian said Wednesday in the first disclosure by a US airline regarding the…
December 12, 2025
Paramount says China’s Tencent withdrew from Warner Bros bid to avert national security issues
Paramount Skydance says the Chinese gaming and social media giant Tencent Holdings withdrew from its bid to buy Warner Bros Discovery to avert a possible national security review.
December 12, 2025
Tariffs have cost American households US$1,200 each
Sweeping taxes on imports have cost the average American household nearly US$1,200 since Donald Trump returned to the White House this year, according to calculations by Democrats on Congress’ Joint…
December 12, 2025
Osman and Sleat | The limits of Xi and Putin’s no-limits partnership
Much has changed since Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin last stood together atop Tiananmen Square in 2015. When they did so again this week, it was supposedly as equal…
December 12, 2025
ECB leaves interest rates unchanged
The European Central Bank, ECB, left interest rates unchanged on Thursday with inflation back under control and the economy weathering Trump’s tariff onslaught better than expected. The bank’s…