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President Donald Trump again downplayed risks that TikTok is in danger of being banned in the United States, saying he remains confident of finding a buyer for the app’s US business by a Friday deadline.The hugely popular video-sharing app, which has over 170 million American users, is under threat from a law that passed overwhelmingly …

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Debt-laden Chinese property giant Vanke reported annual losses of 49.5 billion yuan ($6.8 billion) on Monday, citing falling sales and shrinking profit margins despite Beijing’s attempts to revive the housing market.Vanke said 2024 was an “exceptionally challenging year” in a filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange and apologised for “distress caused… due to the …

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Renault and Nissan said Monday they had revised their partnership to allow for a reduction in their cross-shareholdings and other measures that would help the financially troubled Japanese carmaker.The new agreement will allow the carmakers to reduce their current 15 percent cross-shareholdings to 10 percent.Renault will also acquire Nissan’s 51 percent stake in their joint …

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Chinese smartphone maker giant Huawei said Monday that profits fell 28 percent last year as it faced international economic uncertainty and weak consumption at home.The Shenzhen-based company has been at the centre of an intense standoff between China and the United States after Washington warned its equipment could be used for espionage by the Chinese …

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President Donald Trump said Sunday he was confident of reaching a deal on TikTok ahead of the April 5 deadline for its Chinese owner ByteDance to sell the popular short video app or see it banned in the United States.”We have a lot of potential buyers. There’s tremendous interest in TikTok,” Trump told reporters onboard …

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Japan wants to become a hydrogen fuel leader to meet its net-zero goals, but one blockbuster project is hanging in the balance over questions about its climate credentials.The Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain (HESC) is billed as a billion-dollar attempt to ship liquid hydrogen from Australia to Japan.However, cold feet about the project in Australia means …

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China’s manufacturing activity grew in March for the highest rate in a year, official data showed Monday, a rare bright spot as the world’s second-largest economy struggles to climb out of a prolonged slump.Authorities have looked in recent months to revive confidence in the Chinese economy, grappling with a prolonged property sector crisis and now …

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Tokyo led another plunge across Asian markets Monday while gold hit a record high as investors steel themselves for a wave of US tariffs this week that has fuelled recession fears.Equities across the planet have been hammered in recent weeks ahead of Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” on April 2, when his administration will unveil a …

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