Founder of TikTok owner ByteDance jumps to top of China’s rich list

Zhang, 41, who stepped down as chief executive of ByteDance in 2021, becomes the 18th individual to be crowned China’s richest person in the 26 years since the Hurun China Rich List was first published. ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming is China’s richest person, with personal wealth of $49.3 billion, an annual rich list showed on […]

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Who is Sheikh Naim Qassem, Hezbollah’s new leader?

He has been the general coordinator of Hezbollah’s parliamentary election campaigns since the group first contested them in 1992. Hezbollah’s deputy secretary general Sheikh Naim Qassem, elected head of the Lebanese armed group on Tuesday, has been a senior figure in the Iran-backed movement for more than 30 years. Speaking in front of curtains from […]

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Saudi fund says will cut portion of investments abroad

The governor of Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund said on Tuesday it would reduce the portion of its overseas investments after years of splashy deals including in sports and entertainment. Describing how the Public Investment Fund (PIF) had grown over the past decade or so, Yasir al-Rumayyan told an investment forum in Riyadh that the […]

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Israel’s ‘limited’ attack on Iran brings relief, oil prices fall

  Iran launched 200 ballistic missiles against Israel on October 1. Fears that Israel may attack Iran’s oil infrastructure in retaliation have caused oil prices to rise sharply. However, Israel has attacked Iranian military bases. Therefore, oil prices have started to fall again. The Times of Israel reported this in a report on Monday (October […]

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Pentagon, NATO confirm deployment of North Korean troops in Russia

The Pentagon and the Western military alliance NATO have confirmed that North Korea has sent about 10,000 troops to Russia for training. On Monday (October 28), Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte confirmed this information to reporters, Reuters reported. Although Washington last week reported that North Korea had deployed […]

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We don’t want war with Israel, but we will give a befitting reply: Iranian President

Israel responded to Iran’s 200 ballistic missile attack on October 1. Almost 4 weeks later, Israel launched airstrikes on several military bases including Tehran in retaliation for Israel’s attack. It was reported that 4 Iranian soldiers were killed. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said that his country does not want war with Israel. However, it will […]

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New political polarization in the Middle East, why is war the only option for Netanyahu?

Benjamin Netanyahu is the longest-serving Prime Minister in Israel’s history. A far-right Jew and the leader of the Likud party that has ruled Israel for a long time, Netanyahu was once quite popular. But his popularity has plummeted in recent years. Especially during his second term, he was accused of authoritarian rule and widespread corruption. […]

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Kolkata’s hospitals are suffering due to lack of Bangladeshi patients

Kolkata’s markets, shopping malls, and hospitals are largely dependent on Bangladeshi tourists. The decline in Bangladeshi tourists has had a negative impact on the economy of private hospitals in Mukundapur, Kolkata, like New Market. Earlier, Bangladeshis used to seek help from doctors here even with tourist visas. However, Bangladeshi patients are currently not getting visas […]

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Bangladesh’s GDP growth drops to 3.91 percent

Gross domestic product (GDP) growth slowed in the fourth quarter of the 2023-24 fiscal year. On a point-to-point basis at constant prices, the growth in this quarter fell by almost half to 3.91 percent. The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) released this information on the quarterly GDP growth on Monday. This information was revealed from […]

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