Global World Economy

Spotify’s Altered Approach to Artist Payments

Spotify is planning to implement changes to its streaming royalty model in early 2024 that would affect the lowest-streaming acts, non-music noise tracks and distributors and labels committing fraud, sources tell Billboard. The changes to Spotify’s royalty model, which were first reported by Music Business Worldwide, include: A new threshold of minimum annual streams that […]

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Over 100 Fatalities and 150 Injuries Reported in Iraqi Wedding Blaze

In Iraq’s Nineveh province, Hamdaniya district, a devastating fire at a wedding party resulted in the tragic loss of over 100 lives and left 150 individuals injured. Civil defense teams were engaged in a meticulous search for survivors among the scorched remnants of the building until the early hours of Wednesday. Hassan al-Allaq, the Deputy

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Asia’s Economic Model: A Journey of Reinvention

The future of the continent will see a diminished presence and influence from the West. The emergence of new supply chains necessitates a surge in intra-Asian investment in transport and logistics, observes Sabita Prakash of ADM Capital, a firm specializing in private credit. The alignment of investors seeking stable income with projects in need of

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An Elevated Global Oil Price Bolsters Russia’s War Financing

The Kremlin Adopts Innovative Strategies to Sustain Revenue       The windfall was bound to reach its limit. Despite facing Western sanctions, reduced production, and the challenges of navigating the Black Sea, Russia’s crude shipments experienced a decline, falling to 3 million barrels a day in August, a significant drop from the April-May average

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Is China Heading Towards a Decade of Stagnation?

“Xi Jinping Holds the Keys to Avoiding Japan’s Destiny: It’s Time to Utilize Them”    “Since the burst of China’s real estate bubble,” Richard Koo of the Nomura Research Institute remarked in a recent seminar, “I have been flooded with inquiries from Chinese media, economists, investors, and occasionally, policymakers, questioning, ‘Is China heading down the

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Sovereign Shadows: The Escalating Boldness in Targeting Adversaries Beyond

    The assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, an advocate for Sikh separatism, in Canada this past June, has ignited a fiery dispute between Canada and India, highlighting a volatile element of the evolving global disorder: state-sponsored assassinations. The elimination of political dissidents, terrorists, and significant political or military figures is a practice as ancient

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