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Hong Kong/Beijing — In quick succession, US President Donald Trump has removed two of Beijing’s closest allies: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The former was abducted from Caracas in an extraordinary overnight raid by US special forces and is currently shackled in a New York detention center. The latter was killed in a daring daylight bombing of central Tehran during a joint US-Israeli mission. In the aftermath, China reacted angrily, accusing the United States of detaining and killing leaders of sovereign nations and of apparently attempting regime change while expressing friendship with Iran. But Beijing…

England fell seven runs short in a frenetic chase of 254 in the T20 World Cup semi-final against India, but Jacob Bethell’s incredible 105 off 48 balls was not enough to qualify for Sunday’s final against New Zealand.Bethel’s 45-ball hundred took Harry Brook’s side to the pinnacle of a remarkable victory, as India posted a massive 253-7 at the toss, making England conceding over 250 runs for the first time in a T20 international. Bethel forged a fine 77-run partnership with Will Jacks (20 off 35) for the fifth wicket, but by the time the latter departed England needed to…

With the rise of agent coding, the working life of software engineers has become incredibly complex. A single engineer may oversee dozens of coding agents at once, initiating and directing various processes as needed. There was so much to keep track of, and the attention spans of human engineers quickly became resource limiting. Cursor on Thursday released a new tool aimed at curbing that confusion. This new system, called Automation, gives users a way to automatically launch agents within their coding environment, triggered by new additions to the codebase, Slack messages, or simple timers. As Cursor explains, this is a…

Smoke rises after the attack on Tehran on March 4, 2026. Atta Kenare | AFP | Getty Images What you need to know todayChina on Thursday set its GDP growth target for 2026 at 4.5% to 5%, according to a copy of a government work report obtained by CNBC. This is the lowest goal ever recorded dating back to the early 1990s. Defense spending is expected to rise 7%, the slowest growth since 2021, as Beijing grapples with persistent deflationary pressures and trade tensions with the United States, but analysts believe the official figures are an underestimate.A vote to force…

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on March 3, 2026.Brendan McDiarmid | ReutersCloud and software stocks were a rare bright spot amid Thursday’s market decline.of WisdomTree Cloud Computing Fund (WCLD) rose 2.7%, marking the best day since April 24, when exchange-traded funds rose 4.7%. The main cloud stocks that rose on Thursday jumped 8.4%. Octa and Wix.comand its stock price rose about 7%. Mongo DB and in tap. sale pointan identity security technology provider for cloud companies, rose 6.5%. Z scaler It rose 1.5%. hubspot and paycom softwaretop holding amount WCLDrose 4.5% and 1.5%, respectively.Okta’s…

President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he is firing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem from her post and appointing Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, to replace her.Noem’s firing from the Department of Homeland Security comes in the wake of a wave of criticism of the former South Dakota governor’s management of the agency and her heavy-handed response to President Trump’s immigration enforcement policies, which led to the killing of two Americans by federal agents in Minnesota in January.She is the first Cabinet secretary to be fired during President Trump’s second term, but in contrast to his first term, the turnover in…

The US-Israel war with Iran continues to escalate, with the US government pledging to send more troops and military assets to the Middle East and Tehran expanding retaliatory attacks across the region.But on Thursday, senior officials under President Donald Trump shifted their focus to another military front: Latin America.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listSince taking office for his second term, President Trump has laid out plans to project American dominance throughout the Western Hemisphere. His control efforts coincide with military operations against alleged criminal networks across the region.At the first U.S. Counter-Cartels Conference on Thursday, speakers including National…

On Thursday, OpenAI released GPT-5.4. This is a new foundation model that is being touted as “the most capable and efficient frontier model for professional work.” In addition to the standard version, GPT-5.4 is also available as an inference model (GPT-5.4 Thinking) or a model optimized for high performance (GPT-5.4 Pro). The API version of this model will be available in a context window of 1 million tokens, the largest context window ever available in OpenAI. OpenAI also stated that GPT-5.4 was able to solve the same problem with significantly fewer tokens than its predecessor, highlighting improved token efficiency. The…

A “Now Hiring” sign is seen at an AutoZone in Hollywood, Florida on February 11, 2026. Joe Radle | Getty ImagesThe labor market in 2025 has been widely described as “unstable,” with virtually no job growth and significant headwinds expected. But in 2026, things will look more or less the same, and the buzzword seems to be “stable.”Employment is low and layoffs remain low, with companies reluctant to lay off workers as demand remains strong, but also reluctant to add employees due to uncertainties surrounding tariffs, inflation and geopolitics.But characterizations from Federal Reserve officials and market economists have become at…

This report is from this week’s Inside India newsletter, which brings you timely and insightful news and market commentary on emerging economies. Subscribe here.big storyIndia is unlikely to escape the aftermath of the escalating conflicts in the Middle East. Most of the country’s energy imports are at risk of disruption, and the aviation sector is facing higher costs due to airspace restrictions.But there is another multibillion-dollar concern the country must address. That’s remittance.India is the world’s largest recipient of remittances, accounting for nearly 3.5% of GDP, which is higher than the 2% share of exports to the US in the…