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“President Trump will sign an additional executive order this week to keep TikTok up and running,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.
Global firms are seriously underestimating the threats to their operations from increasingly changing climates, experts say
Chinese AI developers reportedly carried hard drives with a vast amount of data to a computing centre in Malaysia with top US chips to build an AI model they later took home, a new report says
China says the move would 'sell out the island's interests' and that it was aimed at 'currying favour' with the Donald Trump administration in the US
New government launches an industry task force following an emergency meeting on Friday after the US announced a 50% tariff on imported appliances
State Department memo warns that citizens of '36 countries' may face full or partial 'suspension of entry' if their governments do not resolve US concerns within 60 days
Data released on Monday showed that industrial output slowed last month, while retail growth enjoyed a slight lift from subsidies and a shopping festival
Border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia continues to simmer, as Phnom Penh pushes for international recognition of old boundaries
Discounts of up to $351 helped US tech giant beat tough competition from domestic rivals to top China phone sales last month, new data shows
There are over 1,100 787s in service around the world, and while there have been concerns over the plane's engines, this is the Dreamliner's first fatal crash
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With a market cap of$240 billion, chipmaker ASML is Europe’s most valuable tech company. Its market-leading position comes from its monopoly in Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV) machines which allow chipmakers to make smaller, faster and smarter semiconductors
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PaymentsCan China Take Place of SWIFT System? Analysts Say ‘No’There is no global payment system that is strong enough to act as an alternative to SWIFT and enable Russia to evade sanctions
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MarketsChina Becomes World’s Second-Biggest Bitcoin Mining HubThe Bitcoin mining ban in China last year had collapsed its crypto markets. Despite that, the country has reemerged as a major bitcoin mining hub, according to research by the UK's University of Cambridge.
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Market InsightsHere’s How China Can Win the Tech War With USAThe Chinese government is doubling down on incentives for innovation, which it believes to be the cornerstone of its future growth and international position.
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Fintech InsightsAsia Becomes the Epicentre of Global NFTsAsia is the frontrunner in the NFTs craze with Central and Southeast Asia accounting for 35% of the $22 billion in global trade
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