LONDON, Dec 15 : Oaktree Capital‑backed Pure Data Centres said on Monday it plans to invest up to 1 billion euros ($1.17 billion) in a new Amsterdam campus, one of Europe’s largest hyperscale data‑centre commitments this year.
The company said…

LONDON, Dec 15 : Oaktree Capital‑backed Pure Data Centres said on Monday it plans to invest up to 1 billion euros ($1.17 billion) in a new Amsterdam campus, one of Europe’s largest hyperscale data‑centre commitments this year.
The company said…

ROME, Dec 15 : Scientists in Italy are developing sweet snacks with lab-grown plant cells and fruit residues, producing a material that a 3D printer can then process into ‘pastries’ with high nutritional content.
Italy’s rich culinary traditions…

Dec 15 : Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Bank said on Monday an independent board committee found HSBC’s $13.6 billion take-private offer to be fair and reasonable, and recommended its minority investors vote in favour of the proposal.
Under the offer, HSBC…

KARACHI, Pakistan, Dec 15 : Pakistan’s central bank cut its key interest rate by 50 basis points to 10.5 per cent on Monday, breaking a four-meeting hold in a surprise move it said was aimed at supporting sustainable economic growth while keeping…

SEOUL, Dec 15 : South Korea’s central bank and the national pension fund have agreed to extend their foreign exchange swap line to the end of 2026, a move aimed at stabilising the dollar-won market as the won hovers near the weakest level in 16…

TOKYO, Dec 15 : Big Japanese manufacturers’ business sentiment hit a four-year high in the three months to December, a closely watched survey showed on Monday, reinforcing market expectations the central bank will raise interest rates this…

JERUSALEM, Dec 15 : Appetite for Israeli technology innovation has remained undiminished this year, with a surge in acquisitions and IPOs led by Alphabet’s $32 billion purchase of Israeli cybersecurity company Wiz, PwC Israel said on Monday.
The…

JAKARTA, Dec 15 : Vietnamese electric vehicle maker VinFast will increase its investment in Indonesia to up to $1 billion, its local unit chief executive told Reuters on Monday.
The statement came after VinFast Indonesia inaugurated its first…

Dec 15 : Sri Lanka’s economy grew 5.4 per cent year-on-year in the third quarter of 2025, official data showed on Monday, signaling a sustained recovery from the decade’s worst financial crisis in 2022.
The island nation’s economy had grown 4.9…

In Kadugli, a besieged city in Sudan’s Kordofan region, escalating violence and worsening famine have left civilians trapped in a state of constant fear, according to testimonies gathered by AFP.
Two and a half years of war between the army and…