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• How the rupee became Asia’s worst performing currency

  05-12-2025 02:30 via ft.com
  Also in this newsletter: Adani has big plans for Indian aviation
  
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• FirstFT: US bipartisan bill seeks to block Nvidia sales of advanced chips to China

  04-12-2025 22:40 via ft.com
  Also in today’s newsletter: investors fret over Japan’s spending plans and Meta plans to slash spending on metaverse
  
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• US senators seek to block Nvidia sales of advanced chips to China

  04-12-2025 20:49 via ft.com
  Bipartisan bill is part of effort to stop Beijing from getting critical AI-related technology
  
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• Jacinda Ardern’s rocky premiership made movie in Prime Minister

  04-12-2025 18:00 via ft.com
  Profile of the New Zealander proves it is possible to be a sensitive, compassionate, sane person — and a politician
  
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• Flood death toll surpasses 1,500 across south-east Asia

  04-12-2025 17:14 via ft.com
  Several million people affected across Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Vietnam, with tens of thousands in shelters
  
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• EU to review tariffs on Volkswagen’s EVs made in China

  04-12-2025 15:15 via ft.com
  Move could offer German automaker respite from anti-subsidy measures
  
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• How is Trump reshaping globalisation and world trade? You asked, we answered

  04-12-2025 14:15 via ft.com
  The FT’s Alan Beattie and Andy Bounds replied to reader questions
  
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• How is Trump reshaping globalisation and world trade? Submit your questions

  04-12-2025 14:15 via ft.com
  Take part in a live Ask an Expert Q&A with the FT’s Alan Beattie and Andy Bounds now
  
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• Palaver by Bryan Washington — a beautiful, hopeful story of pain and redemption

  04-12-2025 13:00 via ft.com
  The author elegantly explores the interplay of past and the present as a mother and son reunite in Tokyo after a decade of estrangement
  
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• Soaring growth puts India’s central bank in tough spot

  04-12-2025 12:00 via ft.com
  Blistering GDP reading raises doubts about RBI cut amid questions about quality of official data
  
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• China says it is ‘actively’ issuing rare earths general licences

  04-12-2025 10:22 via ft.com
  Beijing’s tight export controls on critical minerals have strained relations with US and EU
  
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• South-east Asia’s EV acceleration and Japan’s data centre bottlenecks

  04-12-2025 07:17 via ft.com
  The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times
  
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• Macron warns of ‘disintegration’ risk to world order in Xi meeting

  04-12-2025 06:03 via ft.com
  Two leaders stress need for multilateralism amid rising trade tensions
  
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• Why the Taliban is coming in from the cold

  04-12-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  Isolated since 2021, the Islamist group is now rebuilding ties with many countries, despite a fierce dispute with former patron Pakistan
  
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• UK universities restricting recruitment of Bangladeshi and Pakistani students

  04-12-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  At least nine higher education institutions have stopped applications due to tougher Home Office rules and concerns over visa abuse
  
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• UK universities restrict recruitment of Bangladeshi and Pakistani students

  04-12-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  Tougher Home Office rules prompt several higher education institutions to suspend applications
  
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• The Taliban comes in from the cold

  04-12-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  Isolated since 2021, the Islamist group is now rebuilding ties with many countries, despite a fierce dispute with former patron Pakistan
  
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• How will a rise in Japanese interest rates affect global markets?

  04-12-2025 05:44 via ft.com
  Investors worry about fallout from yen carry trade unwinding after speech by BoJ governor
  
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• US halts plans to sanction Chinese spy agency to maintain trade truce

  04-12-2025 05:22 via ft.com
  Decision sparks concern among China hawks that Donald Trump is sacrificing national security
  
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• US halts plans to sanction Chinese spy agency

  04-12-2025 05:22 via ft.com
  Decision sparks concern among China hawks that Donald Trump is sacrificing national security to maintain trade truce
  
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• US halted plans to sanction Chinese spy agency to maintain trade truce

  04-12-2025 05:22 via ft.com
  Decision sparks concern among China hawks that Donald Trump is sacrificing national security
  
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• Japanese 10-year bond yields rise to highest level since 2007

  04-12-2025 04:41 via ft.com
  Investors fret over government’s spending plans and brace themselves for interest rate increase
  
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• Putin to meet Modi to talk oil, arms and Trump tariffs

  03-12-2025 22:00 via ft.com
  Russia and India seek to deepen energy and security ties that have been tested by western pressure
  
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• Putin meets Modi to talk oil, arms and Trump tariffs

  03-12-2025 22:00 via ft.com
  Russia and India seek to deepen energy and security ties that have been tested by western pressure
  
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• EU looks at legally forcing industries to reduce purchases from China

  03-12-2025 17:28
  Commission unveils €3bn strategy to de-risk and diversify supply chains for critical rare earth metals and elementsBusiness live – latest updatesThe EU is considering legally forcing industries to reduce purchases from China to insulate Europe from future hostile acts, the industry commissioner, Stéphane Séjourné, says.He made his remarks as the European Commission unveiled a €3bn (£2.63bn) strategy to reduce its dependency on China for critical raw mat
  
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• Hong Kong orders removal of scaffolding mesh after deadly blaze

  03-12-2025 16:33 via bbc.com
  Investigations continue into a fire last week at the Wang Fuk Court housing complex, which killed at least 159 people.
  
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• The economic miracle of China’s midday naps

  03-12-2025 15:53 via ft.com
  The wuxiu habit is regarded as traditional but its popularity has grown with rising incomes and longer working hours
  
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• HSBC appoints interim chair Brendan Nelson to permanent role

  03-12-2025 15:42
  Questions raised about permanency of 76-year-old’s appointment and ‘leadership stability at critical juncture for bank’Business live – latest updatesHSBC has appointed the former KPMG partner Brendan Nelson as its chair after a prolonged search process that left one of the world’s biggest banks without a permanent executive in the top role for months.The decision to appoint Nelson, who has been serving as interim chair, came as a surprise, after a protracted hunt fo
  
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• Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 search to resume 11 years after jet went missing

  03-12-2025 13:34
  Malaysian transport ministry says robotics company Ocean Infinity will restart search operation on 30 DecemberThe search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will resume this month, the Malaysian transport ministry has said, more than a decade after the plane disappeared in one of aviation’s greatest mysteries.In a statement on Wednesday, the transport ministry confirmed that the marine robotics company Ocean Infinity, based in the UK and US, would resume a search of the seabed f
  
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• Starmer proposes trip to China in January

  03-12-2025 13:12 via ft.com
  First visit by UK prime minister since 2018 expected to come after London approves Beijing’s ‘mega’ embassy plans
  
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• Russia strengthens financial ties to China with first renminbi bond

  03-12-2025 12:49 via ft.com
  Country’s $3bn ‘dim sum’ bond will help finance war in Ukraine and could lead to many more
  
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• India reverses order to install government app on all smartphones

  03-12-2025 12:36 via ft.com
  Communications minister says use of state-run cyber security app is ‘completely voluntary’ following public outcry
  
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• Thailand relaxes afternoon alcohol ban to boost tourism

  03-12-2025 11:55 via bbc.com
  The ban was primarily introduced to stop government employees from drinking during work hours.
  
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• India scraps order to pre-install state-run cyber safety app on smartphones

  03-12-2025 11:39 via bbc.com
  The order to make the registration mandatory had led to a major backlash from several cyber experts.
  
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• Trafigura says growth in China oil demand to hit multiyear low in 2026

  03-12-2025 11:28 via ft.com
  Commodity trader says growth in India will overtake that in China for first time
  
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• Trafigura says China oil demand to hit multiyear low in 2026

  03-12-2025 11:28 via ft.com
  Commodity trader says growth in India will overtake that in China for first time
  
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• South Korea raises foreign bond cap to prepare for $350bn US investment

  03-12-2025 08:32 via ft.com
  Parliament approves record ceiling of $5bn amid concerns about impact on won from trade deal with Washington
  
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• Delhi records 200,000 acute respiratory illness cases amid toxic air

  03-12-2025 07:53 via bbc.com
  More than 30,000 people with respiratory illnesses had to be hospitalised in Delhi between 2022 and 2024.
  
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• Man charged with theft over claims he swallowed $19k Fabergé egg

  03-12-2025 07:37 via bbc.com
  The egg pendant, which is set with 60 white diamonds and 15 blue sapphires, has yet to be recovered.
  
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• Search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 to resume more than 11 years after plane went missing

  03-12-2025 06:41
  The country’s transport ministry said the search would resume on 30 December and confirmed that US robotic company Ocean Infinity would take part The search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will resume this month, the Malaysian transport ministry has said, more than a decade after the plane disappeared in one of aviation’s greatest mysteries.In a statement on Wednesday, the transport ministry confirmed the search would resume on 30 December, saying that US-based robotic
  
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• Search for long-missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 to resume

  03-12-2025 06:13 via bbc.com
  The Boeing 777 with 239 people on board vanished in 2014 in one of the greatest aviation mysteries.
  
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• The hunt for copper to wire the AI boom

  03-12-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  Data centres and green grids are heavy users of the red metal, but mine supply is stagnating and new discoveries are rare
  
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• Indian equities underperform peers by widest margin in three decades

  03-12-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  China’s resurgence and excitement over AI leave India behind
  
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• India lags emerging markets by widest margin in three decades

  03-12-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  China’s resurgence and excitement over AI leave Indian equities behind
  
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• Defying death: The longevity lab

  03-12-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  Does Singapore have the blueprint for a longer, healthier life?
  
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• Indonesia to repatriate two Dutch men, including one on death row

  03-12-2025 05:07 via bbc.com
  The Netherlands requested on humanitarian grounds the return of the men, one of whom is on death row.
  
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• Search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 to resume over 11 years after plane went missing

  03-12-2025 04:21
  The country’s transport ministry said the search would resume on 30 December and confirmed that US robotic company Ocean Infinity would take part The search for the missing Malaysia Airline flight MH370 will resume this month, over a decade after the plane was lost, Malaysia’s transport ministry has announced.In a statement on Wednesday, the transport ministry said the search would resume on 30 December, and confirmed that US robotic company Ocean Infinity would take part in a search
  
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• Cyclone catastrophe in Sri Lanka awakens volunteer spirit

  03-12-2025 01:34 via bbc.com
  Fishing boats deliver relief supplies to flooded suburbs as community kitchens churn out food aid.
  
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• China spy case report criticises UK government and prosecutors as ‘shambolic’

  03-12-2025 01:16 via ft.com
  ‘Systemic failures’ contributed to collapse of case against Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry, security committee finds
  
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• Handling of China spying case was ‘shambolic’, security committee concludes

  03-12-2025 01:01
  Report says ‘systemic failures’ led to collapse of trial, but found no evidence of UK government interference Parliament’s security committee has criticised prosecutors for pulling their charges against two men accused of spying for Beijing, in a damning report that concluded the handling of the case was “shambolic”.MPs said that a process “beset by confusion and misaligned expectations” and “inadequate” communication between the government a
  
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