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Asian markets climbed on Monday on hopes that China will announce a huge stimulus package that will help offset US President Donald Trump’s looming tariffs against Chinese goods.Investors were also watching for any last-ditch deals to ward off the levies hitting Mexico, Canada and China due to come into force on Tuesday.Trump has confirmed 25 …

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A high-stakes father-and-son feud has plunged Singapore property giant City Developments Ltd (CDL) into turmoil, with the private boardroom dispute of one of the city-state’s wealthiest families erupting into public view this week. The battle of words between CDL’s executive chairman Kwek Leng Beng and his son Sherman Kwek has exposed deep rifts within the Forbes-ranked …

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Wearing a traditional Indonesian black hat and shirt, President Prabowo Subianto speaks to the camera in an Instagram video, asking his people how he can help them after his election last year.”Who hasn’t received aid from me? What are your needs right now?” Prabowo appears to ask viewers in the clip posted in November.But while …

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A simple handshake between President Xi Jinping and once-shunned entrepreneur Jack Ma sent Chinese tech stocks booming in recent weeks as it was interpreted as the latest sign the sector is being brought in from the cold — though experts advise caution.Beijing launched a regulatory blitz on the industry in 2020 that triggered a massive …

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Wall Street stocks finished a downcast week on a positive note Friday on a mixed day for global equities, while bitcoin slid below $80,000 for the first time since November.US stocks, which have been under pressure in recent days, slipped into negative territory near midday following an extraordinary clash between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian …

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India will finalise a “mutually beneficial” free trade deal with the European Union by the end of this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Friday after meeting with EU chief Ursula von der Leyen.”We have asked our teams to work out a mutually beneficial bilateral free trade agreement by the end of this year,” Modi …

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China missed a key climate target in 2024 and emissions in the world’s second-largest economy rose slightly as coal remained dominant despite record renewable additions, official data showed Friday.The figures mean the world’s biggest emitter is off-track on a key commitment under the Paris climate agreement, analysts said.Beijing’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said carbon …

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Patterned poop bags, frilly dog dresses and exotic animals including minks and meerkats were on display at a bustling pet expo in Beijing, where the industry continues to thrive despite a sluggish economy.China is battling slowing growth as a real-estate crisis, persistently low consumption and high youth unemployment plague the world’s second-biggest economy.Yet the pet …

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China’s leadership convenes next week for closed-door meetings to hammer out plans to shield the ailing economy from tariffs and trade threats from US President Donald Trump.The “Two Sessions” gatherings of the country’s parliament and top advisory body are primarily talking shops, rubber-stamping decisions made by the Communist Party while giving a veneer of openness …

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