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• Israel kills Hizbollah commander in latest Lebanon strike, IDF says

  24-09-2024 18:43
  Attack targeted head of militant group’s missiles division in latest round of bombardment
  
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• Chinese driver accused of killing 35 people in crowded pedestrian zone

  12-11-2024 14:59
  
  Incident in southern city of Zhuhai is latest in string of apparently random attacks
  
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• Nissan shares jump after activist investor takes stake

  12-11-2024 13:56
  
  Hedge fund Effissimo Capital is known for high-profile campaigns against big Japanese companies
  
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• Nissan shares surge after activist investor takes stake

  12-11-2024 11:07
  
  Hedge fund Effissimo Capital is known for high-profile campaigns against big Japanese companies
  
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• SoftBank returns to profit as Indian IPOs boost Vision Fund gains

  12-11-2024 10:15
  
  Investors await founder Masayoshi Son’s next big move on artificial intelligence
  
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• AstraZeneca chief says pharma group takes China probe ‘very seriously’

  12-11-2024 09:45
  
  UK’s largest drugmaker has been rocked by detention of its China business head
  
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• China unveils J-35 stealth fighter jet to compete with US

  12-11-2024 08:52
  
  Beijing’s latest-generation aircraft revealed at Zhuhai air show as part of military modernisation
  
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• AstraZeneca chief says group takes China probe ‘very seriously’

  12-11-2024 08:31
  UK’s largest drugmaker has been rocked by detention of its China business head
  
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• The Last Dance review – Chinese funeral business is backdrop for arresting, life-affirming drama

  12-11-2024 08:00
  
  An irascible priest loses his patience with a newcomer to Hong Kong’s funeral traditions in punchy melodrama of a filmStarting out as a prickly comedy in which wedding planner Dominic (Hong Kong standup icon Dayo Wong) switches to the funeral business, The Last Dance takes a sudden sombre turn. Dominic lands a seemingly unhinged client, turned down by all his competitors, who wants him to embalm her young son. As a string of putrefied matter hangs from the boy’s back while he is dres
  
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• Tariffs are hard work

  12-11-2024 07:30
  The uncertainty surrounding Trump’s trade policies
  
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• China’s Baidu joins Meta in race to make AI-integrated smart glasses

  12-11-2024 06:57
  Launch comes as Chinese internet groups jostle for dominance in hardware
  
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• South Korean president practising golf to prepare for future meetings with Donald Trump

  12-11-2024 06:40
  
  It is estimated that Trump played hundreds of rounds of golf during his first term as president of the United StatesSouth Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is practising golf – for the first time in eight years – in preparation for future meetings with US president-elect Donald Trump, Yoon’s office has confirmed.South Korean media said Yoon had visited a golf course on Saturday for a sport his office said he had last played in 2016. Continue reading...
  
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• ETF flows smash full year record

  12-11-2024 06:00
  The $1.4tn pumped into global ETFs in the first 10 months of the year surpasses the $1.33tn racked up in all of 2021
  
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• Big changes are coming for the dollar and emerging markets

  12-11-2024 06:00
  If Trump imposes larger tariffs, the renminbi and US currency pegs will come under pressure
  
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• Big changes are coming for dollar and emerging markets

  12-11-2024 06:00
  
  If Trump imposes larger tariffs, the renminbi and US currency pegs will come under pressure
  
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• Art Week puts Tokyo in the picture

  12-11-2024 06:00
  Galleries and institutions aimed to raise the Japanese capital’s profile with a celebration of contemporary art
  
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• Philippines set to be hit by fifth major storm in less than a month

  12-11-2024 05:19
  
  Tropical Storm Usagi is days away from making landfall, after Typhoon Toraji, Severe Tropical Storm Trami, Typhoon Yinxing and Super Typhoon Kong-reyThe Philippines issued new weather warnings on Tuesday as the fifth major storm in three weeks bore down on the archipelago, days after thousands were evacuated ahead of Typhoon Toraji.Now a weakened tropical storm, Toraji blew out to sea overnight after causing relatively limited damage and no reported deaths. Continue reading...
  
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• New Zealand offers ‘unreserved’ apology to 200,000 survivors of ‘horrific’ abuse in care

  12-11-2024 04:59
  
  Historic apology by PM Christopher Luxon comes after landmark report that exposed decades of abuse in state and faith-based care institutionsNew Zealand’s prime minister Christopher Luxon has formally apologised to the more than 200,000 children and adults who suffered “horrific” and “heartbreaking” abuse and neglect while in state and faith-based institutions.The historic apology follows a harrowing landmark report, released in July, which laid bare the scale of ab
  
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• Why China is betting on local governments to spur the economy

  11-11-2024 22:00
  Fiscal package falls short of market hopes as Beijing braces for Trump tariffs
  
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• Nintendo and Sony head into ‘grim’ holiday season with old consoles and no big releases

  11-11-2024 22:00
  Video game industry fears its most important quarter will fall flat with few new mass-market offerings
  
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• Thousands of Chinese students take part in night cycle ride in search of dumplings – video

  11-11-2024 18:38
  
  Students, mostly on public share bikes, rode several hours through Henan province from their campuses in Zhengzhou to the ancient city of Kaifeng, singing and cheering on the way. The trend started in June when four Zhengzhou university students decided to ride several hours to Kaifeng and has grown to tens of thousands of people. Authorities have begun taking measures to stop the students following complaints by people in Kaifeng, a city famous for its oversized soup dumpling, about feeling ove
  
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• Indonesia volcano: authorities race to evacuate remaining villagers amid eruptions – video

  11-11-2024 16:44
  
  Authorities have been racing to evacuate people reluctant to leave villages affected by the erupting Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano on the Indonesian island of Flores. Volcanic material has continued to spew from its crater since 3 November, prompting authorities to extend the danger area and increase the number of evacuees. Lewotobi Laki-Laki is one of 120 active volcanoes in IndonesiaAt least 10 dead as volcanic eruptions destroy houses in Indonesia Continue reading...
  
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• China roads blocked by thousands of cyclists in night quest for dumplings

  11-11-2024 11:14 via bbc.com
  
  It started as a social media trend but brought traffic gridlock between two cities.
  
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• Japan on cusp of energy storage boom

  11-11-2024 11:12
  
  Demand for residential batteries set to surge
  
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• Japan is on the cusp of an energy storage boom

  11-11-2024 11:12
  
  Demand for residential batteries is set to surge
  
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• Ishiba wins vote to stay as Japanese premier despite election drubbing

  11-11-2024 10:22
  
  Country left with fragile minority government at a time of mounting geopolitical and economic uncertainty
  
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• Japan’s parliament re-elects PM Shigeru Ishiba despite bruising election result

  11-11-2024 09:32
  
  Ishiba’s governing coalition lost majority and needs to find new partner or get consent from opposition to enact policyJapan’s parliament re-elected the prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, on Monday after his governing coalition suffered the worst election loss in more than a decade.Ishiba’s ruling Liberal Democratic party (LDP) and its junior partner, Komeito, together lost their majority in the 465-seat lower house, the more powerful of Japan’s two-house parliament, in the
  
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• Hong Kong stocks fall as China’s stimulus package disappoints

  11-11-2024 09:22
  Hang Seng index down 1.5% after Beijing unveils $1.4tn plan to restructure local government debt but no consumer support
  
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• Mixed news on China’s stimulus

  11-11-2024 07:30
  And regional banks as a Trump trade
  
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• India’s hunger for fossil fuels drags on its push towards net zero

  11-11-2024 06:00
  Growing economy sucks up more electricity than its green sources can provide despite billions invested in solar and wind farms
  
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