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Glaciers at the source of some of Asia's biggest rivers are melting faster, with glacial lakes getting bigger and more likely to collapse and create 'outburst floods', a new report says
The South Korean tech giant estimated its Q2 operating profit fell to $459 million, the lowest for any quarter since the first half of 2009
About a dozen Chinese firms, including Tencent Music Entertainment Group, Didi Global and NetEase, are likely to be inspected in a fresh round of routine checks
Yellen expressed concern about "unfair" and "punitive" actions against US companies in China after a meeting on Friday with US business representatives in Beijing
Asian investors recoiled on Friday as the spectre of another round of central bank tightening cast a shadow across trading floors
The penalty will pave the way for fintech giant to become a financial holding company and eventually allow it to revive its plan for a stock market listing.
Firms across the globe are scrambling to assess the impact on supply chains from restrictions China announced this week, with a focus on finding alternatives for key components
President Xi Jinping warned his Russian counterpart against using nuclear weapons in Ukraine during his visit to Moscow in March, a new report says
Abrupt end to zero-Covid and lack of confidence in the economy and the yuan spurs rush to buy Hong Kong insurance, with policies leaping a staggering 2,686% to $9.6 billion in the first quarter
Tech-sensitive Hong Kong was in retreat with investors worried about more interest rate rises while the overheating Nikkei continued to cool
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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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Oil & GasIndia Is Likely Exporting Refined Russian Oil to the WestIndia’s fast-rising Russian oil imports are being matched by its rising oil exports suggesting it may be reselling Russia’s oil to the West.
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MarketsApple Asks Suppliers in Taiwan to Meet China Label StandardsUS tech giant Apple told its Taiwan suppliers that products moving to China must be labelled to state that the island is a part of China and not an independent nation
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MarketsIndian-Owned Tech Firms See Sharp Growth in UKDespite a moribund British economy and heavy corporate tax, Indian-owned tech firms are growing in the UK.
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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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