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Chinese equities are once again adrift after a frenzied rally in state-owned firms, leaving traders searching for catalysts to drive the next leg of gains.

Santos Ltd., Australia’s second-biggest gas producer, says it can slash the cost of sucking carbon dioxide directly out of the atmosphere, allowing it to manufacture a synthetic version of natural gas that it says would have no climate impact.

Bloomberg’s housing tracker shows the Austrian capital is showing some of the steepest declines in Europe

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met with the heads of the world’s largest chipmakers on Thursday in Japan’s latest move to boost its domestic semiconductor sector amid a global rethink of economic security.

Nomura Holdings Inc. Chief Executive Officer Kentaro Okuda slashed earnings targets across the firm’s main businesses and plans a review to revive profitability after net income fell for three straight years under his leadership.

Hundreds of thousands of people queued online for flights to Hong Kong being given away by Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. on its North America website, with 4,445 tickets from the US and Canada up for grabs.

The bid of Pita Limjaroenrat, leader of Thailand’s opposition group Move Forward, to form a coalition government hit a setback when a key political party said it won’t back a prime minister who wants to relax the law against criticizing the monarchy.

Chinese authorities have arrested a woman for insulting the People’s Liberation Army, after she defended a comedian’s joke about a Xi Jinping military slogan that caused a national outcry.

New Zealand will avoid a recession as more tourist arrivals, cyclone recovery and government spending support growth, according to Treasury Department forecasts.