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Top court's ruling likely to hit small firms hardest and some are already axing staff. Analysts say it will limit workers' capacity to do deals on getting more pay.
China's foreign minister Wang Yi discussed mining and Belt and Road projects, the Afghan Taliban said on Wednesday; approach comes after return of 1.5m refugees this year
Trump is back on TikTok, via an account set up by his PR team, despite no deal with Beijing yet on selling the video-sharing app's US operations
Beijing has been pressing the solar sector to cut 'outdated production capacity' after companies lost about $40 billion last year
From talks on resuming direct flights to a series of high-level bilateral visits, longtime rivals China and India are quietly and cautiously strengthening ties
Huge cloudbursts cause havoc in mountainous parts of India and Pakistan, while China has seen peak levels in 330 rivers in recent weeks
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has promised to slash consumption taxes on a range of products, marking the country's deepest tax cuts since 2017
AI pioneer Sam Altman says the money being thrown at some players in the industry is 'insane' and 'not rational'
Asian tech giants say they will make data centre equipment in a factory in Lordstown, as part of the huge Stargate AI project
US Treasurer seen pressuring Tokyo with his remark the BOJ is 'behind the curve', reflecting Washington's desire for a stronger yen
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With a market cap of$240 billion, chipmaker ASML is Europe’s most valuable tech company. Its market-leading position comes from its monopoly in Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV) machines which allow chipmakers to make smaller, faster and smarter semiconductors
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Oil & GasIndia Is Likely Exporting Refined Russian Oil to the WestIndia’s fast-rising Russian oil imports are being matched by its rising oil exports suggesting it may be reselling Russia’s oil to the West.
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MarketsApple Asks Suppliers in Taiwan to Meet China Label StandardsUS tech giant Apple told its Taiwan suppliers that products moving to China must be labelled to state that the island is a part of China and not an independent nation
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MarketsIndian-Owned Tech Firms See Sharp Growth in UKDespite a moribund British economy and heavy corporate tax, Indian-owned tech firms are growing in the UK.
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MarketsChina Becomes World’s Second-Biggest Bitcoin Mining HubThe Bitcoin mining ban in China last year had collapsed its crypto markets. Despite that, the country has reemerged as a major bitcoin mining hub, according to research by the UK's University of Cambridge.
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