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China braces for slow growth as Communist Party conference hints at tax expansion & more spending
The Third Plenum of the Communist Party of China (CPC) did not announce any big-bang reforms but instead sought to focus on qualitative growth read more
Beijing is solidifying the China-Hamas-Fatah triad via peace talks between the latter two.…
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Cathie Wood unloads $8 million of surging tech stock
Cathie Wood, head of Ark Investment Management, is an active trader. She often buys her favorite stocks when they fall and sells them when they rise.
The investment community has conflicting views toward Wood, who may be the country’s best-known invest…
Bangladesh army imposes ‘shoot-at-sight’ curfew after deadly protests
Bangladesh’s army has imposed a “shoot-at-sight” curfew across the country after days of clashes between student-led protesters and the police.
At least 105 people have been killed and thousands injured this week, according to data fr…
Why India can neither shun Russia nor ignore West
It is imperative that, while giving great importance to maintaining relations with Russia, India doesn’t in any way downgrade the enormous importance that the West holds for India read more
The meltdown in Western media, official circles, and think tan…
Chinese artefacts in repatriation row were ‘given willingly’ to British Museum
The British Museum boasts one of the biggest collections of Chinese antiquities in the west, but it has faced repeated calls to return them to China. Now historical documents reveal that many of the antiquities were acquired with the full cooperation o…
Is this the sketchiest VPN of 2024?
There are a lot of scam VPNs out there, so I’m naturally suspicious when I’m reviewing a new VPN I haven’t seen before. I try to keep an open mind, but usually it becomes very evident we’re dealing with a scam provider pretty quickly.…
This data …
U.S. vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance is a study in contradiction
Open this photo in gallery: From the left: Former U.S. President Donald Trump, Melania Trump, U.S. Senator and 2024 Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance and his wife Usha Vance stand onstage during the last day of the 2024 Republican Natio…
‘It affects everything’: why is Hollywood so scared to tackle the climate crisis?
A rodeo crowd waves cowboy hats as a man rides a bucking horse. Then comes a shower of leaves, a chorus of mobile phone rings and a wail of klaxons. Horses run wild and cars collide.…
This data comes from the ChinaPulse.com media intelligence and…
Tech Fails, Wins, and WTFs of the week: Buggy Apps, Trillion Dollar Chips, AI DJs and more
Ever feel like you’re drowning in breaking news, yet some good stuff always seems to slip through the cracks? Fear not, weary news consumer! This is your weekly escape hatch, your portal to the under-the-radar stories that deserve a moment in the spotl…
Economic populism of the right has gone mainstream
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has remoulded the Tory party from the outside as the economic populism of the right has gone mainstream. Photograph: Getty Images
How transformed would UK politics be if Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party had won close to 100 …