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Thursday, November 13, 2025
TopicBloomberg wire

Topic: Bloomberg wire

Madeleine Albright, first female US secretary of state, dies at 84

Albright died Wednesday, according to a statement from her family posted on her Twitter account. The cause was cancer.

Tech billionaires back nuclear power as alternative to carbon emissions, Russian gas

The Russia-Ukraine war has galvanised sentiment in favour of nuclear power in startup world, as billionaires including Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos & Peter Thiel have opened their wallets to back it.

Chinese jet’s fatal dive took it near speed of sound before crash

The Boeing 737-800 was knifing through the air at more than 966 kms/hour, and at times may have exceeded 1126 kms/hour, according to data from Flightradar24, a website that tracks planes.

Recovery from Covid widens India’s urban-rural divide, Citi report says

Citigroup’s broad recovery index indicated a 9.6% jump in demand in urban regions. In contrast, the rural consumption index rose 3.6% and stayed below pre-pandemic levels.

The world’s attention is on Ukraine and Russia, but the deadliest war is in Ethiopia

Researchers from Belgium’s Ghent University estimate between 50,000-100,000 people have died from fighting, 150,000-200,000 from starvation & more than 100,000 from lack of medical attention.

Why Mariupol is so important to Ukraine and Russia

Apart from being an important port and a symbol, Mariupol is on the land bridge that Russia has sought to establish between the separatist republics and Crimea.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ‘not something we want to see’, Xi tells Biden on video call

During the conversation, US President Joe Biden told his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping that there would be ‘implications and consequences’ should China support the invasion.

Crude oil climbs to near $106, after gaining on doubts over peace talks between Russia-Ukraine

Market has been driven by developments surrounding the war & concerns about lockdowns in China, with a liquidity crunch adding to oil’s volatility, leaving prices vulnerable to big swings.

Biden to speak with Xi in bid to ‘pressurise’ Putin to halt war in Ukraine

The call is Biden and Xi’s first since November, and follows a meeting in Rome Monday between US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and China’s top diplomat Yang Jiechi.

Putin vows to cleanse country of ‘scum and traitors’, accuses West of trying to destroy Russia

Putin's warning, made during a televised video conference, came 2 days after a producer at Russia’s state-run Channel One TV interrupted news with a public protest against war in Ukraine.

On Camera

This era has made journalistic independence harder than ever: New York Times publisher

Journalist Arthur Gregg Sulzberger delivered the Reuters Memorial Lecture on 4 March last year.

Inflation plunges to a 10-yr low of 0.25% in October. Here’s why

Record-low inflation gives RBI room to ease rates. Food prices have something to do with it.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.