India is set to host Russia’s Putin, deepening trade ties, unfazed by punitive U.S. tariffs

India is set to host Russia’s Putin, deepening trade ties, unfazed by punitive U.S. tariffs

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin awards India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia July 9, 2024.  Evgenia Novozhenina | Reuters As India reels under punitive U.S. tariffs over its purchases of Russian oil, New Delhi is all set to host President Vladmir … Read more

Tesla CEO Elon Musk bats for H-1B visas, says tariffs distort markets

Tesla CEO Elon Musk bats for H-1B visas, says tariffs distort markets

Elon Musk reacts during a press event with U.S. President Donald Trump (not pictured), at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 30, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that the U.S. has been a beneficiary of talent from India, while adding that the H1-B visa program had been misused … Read more

Costco sues Trump admin seeking tariff refunds before Supreme Court rules if they’re illegal

Costco sues Trump admin seeking tariff refunds before Supreme Court rules if they’re illegal

A shopper exits a Costco store in Centerville, Ohio, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images Costco sued the Trump administration to get a full refund of new tariffs it paid so far this year, and to block those import duties from continuing to be collected from the retail … Read more

An industry focused on death faces an existential crisis

An industry focused on death faces an existential crisis

Strathroy | Istock | Getty Images For nearly a century, John Dioguardi’s family has been making custom headstones and other memorial markers at Rome Monument in western Pennsylvania. Recently, he’s wondered how much time his business has left. Dioguardi has been trying to adapt for more than a decade as the rise in cremations has … Read more

India economy grows at faster-than-expected 8.2% in September quarter even as tariffs bite

India economy grows at faster-than-expected 8.2% in September quarter even as tariffs bite

Hadynyah | E+ | Getty Images In a quarter partially affected by the 50% U.S. tariffs, the Indian economy grew faster than expected at an annual rate of 8.2% in the quarter ending in September. The growth was an acceleration from 7.8% in the previous quarter, when a lower deflator unexpectedly boosted real growth. A … Read more

Trump spoke with Chinese President Xi

Trump spoke with Chinese President Xi

U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping as they hold a bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Busan, South Korea, October 30, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters President Donald Trump spoke on the phone with Chinese President Xi Jinping on … Read more

Singapore inflation climbs to a near 1-year high as October price growth sharply exceeds estimates

Singapore inflation climbs to a near 1-year high as October price growth sharply exceeds estimates

Restaurants and bars in the Boat Quay district in Singapore, on Wednesday, May 17, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Singapore’s inflation rate rose for a second straight month, year on year, with price growth in October scaling a near 1-year high and topping analysts’ expectations. After reaching a 4-year low in August, consumer … Read more

Japan October exports massively beat estimates on robust growth in shipments to Asia and Europe

Japan October exports massively beat estimates on robust growth in shipments to Asia and Europe

Shipping container loads dock at Tokyo Bay. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Japan’s exports in October massively beat expectations, government data on Friday showed, as shipments to Europe and Asia saw robust growth. Exports grew 3.6% year on year compared with expectations of a 1.1% growth by economists polled by Reuters. However, growth … Read more

Feds charge 4 in plot to export restricted Nvidia chips to China, Hong Kong

Feds charge 4 in plot to export restricted Nvidia chips to China, Hong Kong

Four men have been indicted on federal criminal charges related to a plot to export Nvidia chips worth millions of dollars to China and Hong Kong in violation of tight U.S. restrictions, court documents show. The chips are highly restricted from exports because of their use in artificial intelligence and supercomputing applications, according to the … Read more

India deepens energy trade with U.S. to mend relations amid tariff strain

India deepens energy trade with U.S. to mend relations amid tariff strain

A man pushes a tricycle loaded with LPG cylinders on the road below the Adani signage in Mumbai. US based Hindenburg Research firm’s allegation on fraud by Adani Enterprise has sparked political debate in India by the opposition parties. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images India is ramping up its energy imports from the … Read more