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 Biden, Trump China tariffs draw on old, losing playbook
As Joe Biden throws down the gauntlet in his bid to defeat Donald Trump, the US president risks repeating one of his predecessor’s biggest blunders. | This week, Biden ... (photo: AP / Andy Wong, File) Asiatimes
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 Stella Assange, wife of Wikileaks founder, vows to fight on ahead of crucial court date
LONDON (Reuters) - In a week's time, WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange could be on a flight to the United States at the end of his years-long legal battle to avoid extrad... (photo: AP / Kirsty Wigglesworth) The Star
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 How Norway’s oil and gas tax fuelled an EV boom
Despite being a major oil and gas producer, Norway is known as one of the cleanest nations thanks to a huge appetite for electric vehicles (EVs). How has the country used... (photo: Creative Commons / Jarvin) Offshore Technology
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 Putin to meet Xi in Beijing as world convulses from global conflicts
Chinese leader Xi Jinping will welcome Vladimir Putin to China on Thursday for the Russian president’s second visit in less than a year – the latest sign of their gro... (photo: AP / Sergei Guneyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) CNN
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 New Caledonia closes its airport, imposes curfew amid violence
New Caledonia mobilized security forces, closed its international airport, and imposed a curfew in the capital after protests turned violent and police were attacked, the... (photo: GFDL / Pilettes) LBC International
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 Australian war crimes whistleblower David McBride jailed for six years
Former Australian Army lawyer David McBride has been sentenced to five years and eight months for revealing information about alleged Australian war crimes in Afghanistan... (photo: AP / Rod McGuirk) Al Jazeera
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 Hungary is helping Europe kiss decoupling goodbye
With the visit of Xi Jinping to Paris and Budapest last week, it’s clear that Europe and China are not breaking up—and that France and especially Hungary are keys to ... (photo: AP / Johanna Geron, Pool Photo via AP, file) Asiatimes
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 Lawrence Wong set to take centre stage as Singapore’s new prime minister
Singapore – For the first time in 20 years, Singapore will inaugurate a new prime minister, Minister for Finance and Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, who will take ... (photo: AP / Sonny Tumbelaka/Pool Photo) Al Jazeera
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 Japan’s Metaplanet Adopts Bitcoin As Treasury Reserve Asset Amid Weakening Yen
Japan’s Metaplanet has recently made global headlines following its strategic shift towards adopting Bitcoin as a primary treasury reserve asset. In direct response... (photo: Creative Commons) CoinGape
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 Asia stocks touch 15-month top, wary of US inflation
Sydney, May 13 (BNA): Asian shares eked out a 15-month high on Monday in a week when inflation figures could either support or undermine expectations for earlier U.S. rat... (photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko) Bahrain News Agency
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 Indonesia flood death toll rises to 41 with 17 missing
The number of people killed by flash floods and cold lava flow from a volcano in western Indonesia over the weekend has risen to 41 with 17 more missing, a local disaster... (photo: AP / Ali Nayaka) Gulf-Times
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 Devastating Afghanistan flash floods death toll climbs to 315
At least 315 people have now been confirmed killed and 1,600 others wounded in northern Afghanistan flash floods caused by heavy rains, according to local authorities Sun... (photo: AP) Daily Sabah
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 Fossil fuels generated less than a quarter of EU’s electricity for first time in April
The ongoing trend of increasing solar and wind uptake has continued. | Fossil fuels produced less than a quarter of the EU’s electricity for the first time in April 202... (photo: Max Pixel) Offshore Technology
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 Plastic, Plastic Everywhere — Even at the UN’s “Plastic Free” Conference
by Lisa Song | ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. | When I regis... (photo: AP / Ben Curtis, File) ProPublica
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 Air Vanuatu goes into liquidation, thousands of passengers stranded
Air Vanuatu, the national carrier of the Pacific Islands nation of Vanuatu, has gone into liquidation a day after it cancelled all flights leaving thousands of travellers... (photo: Creative Commons / Aki Kuwahara ) Al Jazeera
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 Maui to hire expert to evaluate county’s response to deadly wildfire
WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — Nine months after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century struck Maui, Mayor Richard Bissen says the county will hire an outside exper... (photo: AP / Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources) Wtop
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 Japan Fisheries Agency proposes allowing commercial catching of fin whales
TOKYO — Japan’s Fisheries Agency on Thursday proposed a plan to allow catching fin whales in addition to three smaller whale species currently permitted under the cou... (photo: Creative Commons / GeorgeZhao) Canoe
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 Hong Kong’s Bitcoin and Ethereum Spot ETFs Coming to Singapore
The post Hong Kong’s Bitcoin and Ethereum Spot ETFs Coming to Singapore appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News | Hong Kong’s Harvest Global Investments and Singapor... (photo: Creative Commons) BitRSS
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 Indonesia says Musk's Starlink granted licenses to operate
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite company has been granted business licenses to operate in Indonesia, a senior communication and information min... (photo: AP / John Raoux) The Philadelphia Inquirer
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 US emboldening Philippines to square off with China at sea
US Marines joined Filipino counterparts on May 5, 2024, for a mock battle at a telling location: a small, remote territory just 100 miles off the southern tip of the cont... (photo: AP / Aaron Favila) Asiatimes
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