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An ambitious plan by the UN's shipping agency to cut maritime emissions could be scuttled at the last minute after the United States threatened to impose sanctions on those supporting it.

Most Asian stocks rose Tuesday, tracking a rally on Wall Street, after Donald Trump tempered his rhetoric against China, which he has threatened with 100 percent tariffs, while Tokyo struggled amid Japanese political turmoil.

Behind every payment, login, or account action lies a system that must process transactions in milliseconds while safeguarding user information and meeting federal compliance standards. The complexity of building such systems makes reliability as critical as capital itself. Ramesh Jitta has built his career on addressing this challenge.

They said they had smashed them.

When it comes to data infrastructure, trust in the systems people use is everything. If there's a major failure or performance lag, customers notice immediately, and they seldom come back.

Injury-hit France were held to a 2-2 draw by Iceland in 2026 World Cup qualifying on Monday, while Germany won in Northern Ireland with a Nick Woltemade goal and Belgium beat Wales to stand on the brink of a place at next year's finals.

Deforestation "has not meaningfully declined" despite a global pledge to halt forest destruction, but next month's UN climate summit in the Amazon could mark a turning point, experts said Tuesday.

Rescuers scrambled Monday to reach people cut off by devastating floods that have claimed 64 lives in central and eastern Mexico, with another 65 reported missing.

In today's world, artists must be able to produce and distribute their work themselves, and the technology at hand makes it both possible and essential.