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FTAs show India a preferred destination for investment, trade: Goyal
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Financial Express
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India’s free trade agreements with developed nations show that it is the preferred destination for trade and investments, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said Thursday. He said India has signed trade agreements with Australia, the...
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Celebrating 200 years of Norwegian Immigration
Along with Norwegian dancers, the Fargo Spelemannslag group at the Concordia College Centrum The 2025 Commemorative Hardanger Fiddle. Michael Stein They came to celebrate 200 years of Norwegian immigration to the United States. On Thursday,...
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80s Hitmaker Cancels Two Concerts Amid “Extreme Exhaustion”
Morrissey’s Mexico concerts have been canceled. The former frontman of The Smiths canceled his Oct. 31 and Nov. 4 shows in Mexico City and Guadalajara, respectively, amid “extreme exhaustion.” Promoter Ocesa confirmed the cancelations in an...
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Norwegian self-adjusting mooring buoy set to ease solar-hydro integration
Oslo-headquartered Fred. Olsen 1848 has unveiled its Tension Buoy concept, designed to maintain stable mooring tension for floating solar installations in reservoirs and hydropower dams with large water-level variations. Tension Buoy installed in...
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How EU is strengthening steel market protection and what Ukraine should do
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European Pravda
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On 7 October, the European Commission officially released a draft of a new regulation, COM(2025)726 (Proposal for a regulation of the European parliament and if the Council addressing the negative trade-related effects of global overcapacity on...
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New Mexico Becomes First U.S. State To Offer Free Child Care To All
TAOS, New Mexico, Nov 1 (Reuters) - New Mexico became on Saturday the first U.S. state to offer free child care to all residents in a bid to boost its economy and lift education and child welfare levels ranked the worst in the country. Under the...
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Bank of Uganda unveils SupTech initiative to ‘modernise financial sector supervision’
The Bank of Uganda has launched a supervisory technology (‘SupTech’) initiative as the authority looks to ‘modernise financial sector supervision’. SupTech is the application of innovative technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine...
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Israeli army arrests 35 Palestinians across occupied West Bank, demolishes home
Israeli army forces detained 35 Palestinians across the occupied West Bank since last night, according to a rights group. The Palestinian Prisoner Society said in a statement that the army launched a mass arrest campaign across the West Bank,...
Owner: Daud Al-Jamal Abdullah
10 (More) Years of Shudder: What’s Next for the Scariest Brand in the Indie Film Business?
Sam Zimmerman is known for his impeccable and calculating taste. But as Shudder‘s senior vice president of programming and acquisitions, the 37-year-old horror movie devotee still takes care to hunt from the heart. An authentic genre film buff —...
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How Norway’s 2026 budget could save (or cost) families money
Families with young children could make significant savings on their monthly costs under the proposed 2026 budget, but there may also be some added expenses. In the draft 2026 budget, which was presented on Wednesday, Norway’s government is...
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It’s now or never for EU-wide company status
The final months of 2025 will be the “tipping point” that determines whether the European Commission’s plans for a new EU-wide company status are a success, according to one of the policy’s most prominent advocates. The Commission will present its...
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World Bank pins hope on private sector as savage aid cuts bite
Low income countries and development finance organisations are scrambling to find ways to make up for devastating cuts to official development assistance by the world’s leading donors. For the first time for nearly 30 years, four of the biggest...
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Futures Rise After Strong Earnings Ease Trade War Fears
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Zero Hedge
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US equity futures are again higher due a combination of softening trade rhetoric, a dovish Powell who reassured markets that another rate cut was coming, and solid results from BofA and Morgan Stanley. While cooking oil has become the latest...
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Carbon Tracker Roundtable for Norwegian Pension Funds on the “The Under-pricing of Climate Damages in the Financial System – How can we Align Pension Fund Investment Decisions with Climate Science?”
Climate change is no longer a distant threat— it’s a present and intensifying risk to the global financial system. During a roundtable convened by Carbon Tracker and CICERO held on 3 June 2025, experts, scientists, and financial stakeholders...
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Norwegian Crown Prince Haakon marks 200 years of organized emigration to US
Norwegian Crown Prince Haakon is photographed outside of a NVIDIA office in Santa Clara, Calif on April 16, 2024. (AP) MINNEAPOLIS, Oct 7, (AP): Norwegian Crown Prince Haakon is marking the 200th anniversary of organized emigration from his...
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Global Drone Market Expected Reach $95 Billion By 2034 As Drone Operations Across The World Take Flight - Financial News Media
(MENAFN- Financial News Media) data-id="165ecfe1" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="theme-post-content"> Palm Beach, FL – October 15, 2025 – The drone market encompasses the manufacturing and operations of drones across various sectors...
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Absa Bank South Africa Partners With Ripple For Crypto Custody Solutions
(MENAFN- Crypto Breaking) Ripple , a leading provider of blockchain infrastructure solutions and a key developer of XRP , has announced a strategic partnership with South African banking giant Absa. The collaboration aims to introduce digital...
Owner: Abdel Rehim Ali & Hani Jabsheh
Norwegian Crown Prince Haakon visits Minnesota to highlight close ties
Published 3:25 pm Tuesday, October 7, 2025 MPR News Staff Minnesota is getting a brush with royalty this week as the crown prince of Norway visits the state to mark 200 years since the first organized Norwegian emigration to the U.S. Crown Prince...
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Entrepreneurship support organisations approach to funding rural entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs in rural Africa have long struggled with significant barriers to growth such as limited market access, inadequate infrastructure, and climate-related challenges. However, recent initiatives by entrepreneur support organizations...
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European Christmas markets you can fly to from Newcastle Airport
Newcastle's Christmas Markets are set to return to the city in two weeks' time. However, if you can't wait that long or want to get a slice of a properly traditional European festive market, you might be best jumping on the Metro at Monument and...
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