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Scores of companies have born the brunt of cheap imports from China and a slide in industrial competitiveness due to factors such as rising energy prices and an ageing workforce

Big Tech is struggling to deal with the huge rise in energy emissions driven by AI expansion

Chinese officials have warned the world's second-largest economy faces hotter and longer heatwaves and more frequent and unpredictable heavy rain as a result of climate change

Prof Sean Turnell says Myanmar's central bank should be hit with sanctions as it is the key actor providing the junta with funds to wage war against the people of Myanmar

The economic summit will outline moves to boost advanced manufacturing, rejig the tax system to curb debt risks, manage the property crisis, lift consumption and the private sector, but analysts doubt it will work

The drop in imports does not bode well for exports in the coming months, as just under a third of China's imports are parts for re-export, particularly in the electronics sector.

Latest numbers out of China indicate the country's carbon emissions may have peaked last year