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12+ hour, 9+ min ago  (293+ words) Two Israeli universities have been ranked among the world's leading institutions for producing founders of venture capital-backed startups, according to new analysis based on Pitch Book data published by Silicon Valley investment firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). The report found that Tel…...

8+ hour, 2+ min ago  (104+ words) US President Donald Trump is set to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday (14 May). Conflict in the Middle East and tensions over Taiwan are expected to shape the tone and outcome of talks between the two leaders....

8+ hour, 33+ min ago  (523+ words) Iran's chief negotiator has warned that Washington must accept Tehran's latest peace proposal or risk "failure," following comments by U. S. President Donald Trump that the fragile ceasefire in the Middle East war is close to collapse. The conflict, which erupted over…...

16+ hour, 49+ min ago  (421+ words) The escalation of conflict in the Middle East since late February has worsened Sudan's already catastrophic situation, intensifying what the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs describes as the world's largest humanitarian emergency. In a report published…...

18+ hour, 35+ min ago  (869+ words) Six years ago, the Covid-19 pandemic reshaped Malaysia's economic structure and labour market in profound ways. The health crisis drove unemployment to 4. 5%, the highest level in nearly three decades, with 711, 000 people losing their jobs, according to the Department of Statistics…...

18+ hour, 35+ min ago  (441+ words) House building slowed sharply in the Republic last month as uncertainty triggered by the Middle East conflict hit orders across the construction industry, new figures show. The AIB Ireland Construction Purchasing Managers" Index shows building activity fell in April, the…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (1658+ words) Countries like Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand are recalibrating their tourism strategies, while tour operators have ramped up intra-Asia offerings as airspace restrictions and rising costs weaken long-haul demand. SINGAPORE: When bookings for trips to the Middle East began to drop…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (281+ words) Heathrow passenger numbers fell back by 5% last month due to the conflict in the Middle East. Year on year throughput was down to 6. 7 million, the London hub confirmed. The reduction reflected "the ongoing impact of the Middle East conflict on…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (239+ words) LONDON, May 12 " London's Heathrow Airport announced today that passenger numbers dropped in April as the Middle East war disrupted global air travel. The airport handled 6. 7 million passengers last month, down 5. 3 per cent from one year earlier, Heathrow said in a…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (371+ words) In its May Global Shipping Report, Descartes showed that total imports reached 2. 28 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) for the month, down 5. 5% year-over-year. However, volumes remained 18. 7% higher than in April 2019, suggesting continued demand despite complex global trading conditions. China-origin container imports…...