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ASEAN withdraws joint statement targeting China
15 Jun 2016
San Francisco, 6 other US cities in Smart City Challenge for federal and private funding
11 Jun 2016
Act now to prevent AIDS rebound, warns UN chief
10 Jun 2016
Act now to prevent AIDS rebound, warns UN chief
10 Jun 2016
Swiss govt supports action against tax dodgers
09 Jun 2016
Panama law firm helped Cuba thwart US embargo: report
09 Jun 2016
Cuba’s ministry of foreign trade, through the Compañía Panamericana SA, used Mossack Fonseca to create a string of disguised companies in Panama, the Bahamas and the British Virgin Islands that bought and sold medicines, cigars and food
Angela Merkel is Forbes Woman of the Year for 6th time
08 Jun 2016
Forbes magazine cited German Chancellor Angela Merkel's “sheer humanism” while naming her Woman of the Year for the sixth year running; followed by presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in second place
Clinton virtually clinches Democratic nomination
07 Jun 2016
Hillary Clinton has reached the number of delegates needed to clinch the US Democratic presidential nomination, it emerged on Monday, a day before six states are set to vote in nominating contests
Swiss vote against ‘free’ salary to all
06 Jun 2016
Voters in Switzerland have rejected a proposal to introduce a guaranteed monthly income for all citizens, with the 'yes' vote only getting 22 per cent
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Cisco's new Silicon One G300 targets AI data center bottlenecks as networking becomes central to compute performance.
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Intel and AMD server CPU shortages are hitting China as AI data center demand surges, pushing lead times to six months and driving prices higher.
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By Cygnus | 02 Feb 2026
India's Budget 2026-27 targets fiscal discipline with record capex as markets tumble, the rupee weakens and manufacturing struggles to regain momentum.
The Thirsty Cloud: Why 2026 Is the Year AI Bottlenecks Shift From Chips to Water
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The New Airspace Economy: How Geopolitics Is Rewriting Aviation Costs in 2026
By Axel Miller | 22 Jan 2026
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India’s Data Center Arms Race: The Battle for Power, Cooling, and AI Real Estate
By Cygnus | 22 Jan 2026
India’s data centre boom is turning into an AI arms race where power contracts, liquid cooling and fast commissioning decide the winners across Mumbai, Chennai and Hyderabad.
India’s Oil Balancing Act: Refiners Rebuild Middle East Supply Lines as Russia Flows Disrupt
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India’s refiners are rebalancing crude sourcing as Russian imports fell to a two-year low in December 2025, lifting OPEC’s share and raising geopolitical risk concerns.
