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The firm - founded by Australian videogaming entrepreneurs - said the funding was backed by Liberty City Ventures and Kingsway Capital
TikTok said its staff in China were able to access Australian users' data but added that "our security teams minimise the number of people who have access to data"
The new guidance shows when existing payment sector rules should apply to large stablecoins, marking a major step forward in applying "same risk, same regulation"
Blocking China-made equipment means higher costs and that's bad news for local telecom companies, says consultancy firm Com First in Delhi.
Closer ties with the EU ``would be very helpful for our companies for their attention towards and knowledge of Europe," said Taiwan Deputy Economy Minister Chen Chern-chyi.
The alliance will feature a joint laboratory, boosting the ability of Mercedes to provide self driving cars to the Chinese market, Pandaily said.
A trove of data files reveals how cab-hailing service "flouted laws, duped police, exploited violence against drivers and secretly lobbied governments" between 2013 and 2017, the Guardian story alleges.
Hikvision, Dahua and Huawei facial recognition cameras are being installed in cities across Myanmar by its military government, with hundreds more to come, sources say.
The controversial trade shows how Russia could continue to sell commodities abroad without settling in US dollars despite sanctions imposed over its invasion of Ukraine
Chinese banks have issued a total of 800 million credit cards as of the end of 2021, with outstanding loans totalling 8.62 trillion yuan ($1.29 trillion), according to the central bank
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