Six virtual asset spot ETFs debuted on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange today, but their market performance was underwhelming. By market close, the total trading volume for the first batch of Bitcoin and Ethereum spot ETFs launched in Hong Kong amounted to…

Six virtual asset spot ETFs debuted on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange today, but their market performance was underwhelming. By market close, the total trading volume for the first batch of Bitcoin and Ethereum spot ETFs launched in Hong Kong amounted t…

Elon Musk appears to be on the cusp of deploying Tesla’s “full self-driving” system in the world’s biggest car market.
Musk flew out of Beijing on Monday after meeting China’s premier, Li Qiang, on Sunday and sealing a deal with Chinese tech giant Baid…

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President Biden has committed 148 gaffes and verbal stumbles in public comments so far this year, which White House staff have scrambled to fix in official transcripts.
Biden, 81, tripped over his tongue in at least 118 statements, speeches or comments…

Chinese smartphone-maker Huawei reported a rise in profit for the fourth consecutive quarter, outpacing its rival Apple, and showing its resilience against U.S. sanctions.
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But it’s a significant challenge for customs and law enforcement agencies to distinguish between ivory from extinct mammoths and living elephants. This is a process that is both time-consuming and requires destroying the ivory.…
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Chinese state-sponsored actors are apparently mapping out the entire internet, but it’s hard to determine why. Some media speculate that it might be in preparation for a large-scale cyberattack.
Cybersecurity researchers from Infoblox recently reported…

In recent years, the global trade in elephant ivory has faced significant restrictions in an effort to protect dwindling elephant populations. Many countries have stringent controls on the trade of elephant ivory.…
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Chinese coast guard ships fired water cannons at two Philippine patrol vessels on Tuesday near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, damaging both in the late…

Stocks popped after Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016. Markets had priced in a Hillary Clinton win, and Trump’s surprise victory raised the odds of business tax cuts and higher corporate earnings.…
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Pantabangan town, a 300-year-old town, has resurfaced due to severe temperatures in the Philippines.
The town was submerged in the 1970s, but only emerged from water on rare occasions during dry and hot weather.…
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Technology policy is arguably too esoteric to figure in India’s election discourse this season. But the next government in Delhi will have its hands full in dealing with the impact of the rapidly unfolding technological changes on the major economies, …

Is it Western exceptionalism, or the Qatari-Saudi-Chinese money, or even the growing wokeism in American society that is making the US, especially its media, so hostile towards India? read more
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It was a rare window into confrontations most have viewed from afar. We were invited on board the Philippine Coastguard Vessel BRP Bagacay.
They were on a resupply mission to Scarborough Shoal – a submerged reef which China claims as its own but …

Every major currency in the world has fallen against the U.S. dollar this year, an unusually broad shift with the potential for serious consequences across the global economy.
Two-thirds of the roughly 150 currencies tracked by Bloomberg have weakened …

The International Criminal Court (ICC) was established to prosecute severe international crimes. Rumours of issuance of ICC arrest warrants against Israeli leadership for actions during the Israel-Hamas war have caused a stir in Tel Aviv read more
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Raising his voice above the pounding drums and honking tractors, Lutz Jankus, a city councillor from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), distanced himself from the furious protest unfurling before him.…
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Now that President Biden has signed off on legislation mandating the sale of TikTok by its parent company, ByteDance, a myriad of complex legal, regulatory and market challenges emerge. This mandated divestiture is poised to be one of the most signific…

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, the capsule of Shenzhou-17 manned spaceship carrying astronauts Tang Hongbo, Tang Shengjie and Jiang Xinlin touches down at the Dongfeng landing site in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region,…