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Pacific Islands Want ICC to Make Ecocide a Criminal Offence
Pacific Islands Want ICC to Make Ecocide a Criminal Offence

Vanuatu, Fiji and Samoa ask ICC to recognise 'ecocide' as an international crime; with companies and executives punished for severe cases of environmental degradation

Hang Seng Lifted by Stimulus Bets, Nikkei’s 6-Day Losing Streak
Hang Seng Lifted by Stimulus Bets, Nikkei’s 6-Day Losing Streak

Investors were in cautious mood ahead of Wednesday’s latest US inflation figures while China’s woes also distracted traders

Japan Now Asia’s Top Choice For Hedge Funds as China Falters
Japan Now Asia’s Top Choice For Hedge Funds as China Falters

Analysts say the shift points to fresh confidence in Japan – despite being rattled by its biggest one-day stocks rout since 1987

Germany Rejects ‘Fake’ Chinese Carbon Credits Used by Oil Firms
A Deflationary Spiral Looms Over China as Overcapacity Bites
Hang Seng Dips as Property, Tech Drag; Yen Weighs on Nikkei
Fugitive Ex-Mayor Alice Guo Flown Back to The Philippines
Chinese Solar Giants’ Profits and Revenue Plunge in First Half
Nikkei Dips on US Jobs Worries, Typhoon Yagi Closes Hang Seng
China Starts Merging State Brokerages, to Create $226bn Giant

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ASML in the Centre of the Chip War

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