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The Chinese tech giant's latest smartphone series, Mate 70, is equipped with a homegrown 5G chip and its own operating system HarmonyOS Next
US lawmakers are reviewing ties with Hong Kong's banks, amid increasing reports that the city has become a hub for money laundering and sanctions evasion
Officials in Beijing have moved to rein in tech giants like Tencent, Alibaba, Meituan and Bytedance, by ordering them to fix algorithms used on their apps and websites
Amazon unit is suspected of urging sellers to lower their prices on its e-commerce site in exchange for better placement of their products on its website
President-elect warns of imposing 10% tariff "above any additional tariffs" on imports from China, saying Beijing has not taken strong enough action to stop the flow of illicit drugs to the US via Mexico
Delegates adopted a $300 billion a year global finance target to help poor nations cope with climate change, but that outcome left some countries angry and disgusted
British miner AngloAmerican has sold its Australian coal mines to Peabody, the US energy firm, for up to $3.8 billion
Prices of Adani bonds fell further on Monday, while parliament was suspended amid an uproar over US charges laid against billionaire Gautam Adani, who has close ties with PM Narendra Modi
Dhaka is reviewing its deal with Adani Power, as the firm has been charging Bangladesh a rate much higher than power producers in India
The US has added 30 more Chinese firms to its official blacklist for companies whose products are banned because of forced labour involving Uyghurs
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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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