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• China urges citizens not to visit Japan over Taiwan row

  15-11-2025 04:31 via bbc.com
  Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi had suggested Tokyo could take military action if Beijing attacked Taiwan.
  
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• Singapore’s latest antisocial scourge is pickleball

  10-12-2025 15:40
  Enthusiastic picklers are fighting a war against neighbours sick of the sport’s relentless ‘pock, pock, pock’ noise
  
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• Hong Kong bankers warned to improve quality of IPO paperwork

  10-12-2025 12:25
  Regulators highlight concerns after listings boom in territory
  
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• Trump’s tariffs intensify strain on US farmers, Deere warns

  10-12-2025 12:00
  Farming equipment giant is scaling back production at flagship tractor plant in Iowa
  
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• Trump pledges to intervene as Thailand-Cambodia conflict flares

  10-12-2025 09:11
  US president says he will ‘make a phone call’ after collapse of July truce he brokered
  
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• IMF calls on China to fix economic ‘imbalances’

  10-12-2025 08:37
  Warning comes as EU companies complain ‘undervalued’ renminbi is aiding China’s exporters
  
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• South Korean CEO quits after huge online data breach

  10-12-2025 08:30
  Nearly two-thirds of Koreans were affected by the attack on the country’s biggest online retailer Coupang
  
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• Japan issues megaquake advisory in north after magnitude 7.5 earthquake

  10-12-2025 06:12
  Officials said probability of a magnitude 8 or larger quake was only about 1% but they have urged people to be preparedJapan has issued a megaquake advisory after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Aomori, the northernmost prefecture of Japan’s main island of Honshu.Damage from the quake was modest – 34 mostly mild injuries and some damage to roads and buildings. Continue reading...
  
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• Trump says he will make a call to end hostilities as Thailand and Cambodia ‘at it again’

  10-12-2025 05:27
  After a ceasefire deal he brokered collapsed, Trump told a rally in Pennsylvania that he would ‘make a call’ to ‘stop a war’ between Thailand and Cambodia US president Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he will make a call regarding reignited hostilities on the Thai-Cambodia border, where fighting has resumed less than two months after a ceasefire he brokered between the two nations collapsed.Speaking at a rally in Pennsylvania, the US president reiterated his global peace
  
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• Japan releases playwright Jeremy O Harris three weeks after arrest for alleged drug smuggling

  10-12-2025 05:01
  The Emily in Paris actor and writer of the Tony-nominated Slave Play remains in Japan while prosecutors investigate the alleged discovery of MDMA in his bagThe American playwright and Emily in Paris actor Jeremy O Harris has been released three weeks after his arrest in Japan on suspicion of drug smuggling while prosecutors investigate, police said Wednesday.Japan has some of the world’s strictest drug laws, and possession of illegal narcotics can result in jail time. Prosecutors also have
  
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• EU companies say ‘undervalued’ renminbi aiding China’s exporters

  10-12-2025 04:28
  Chamber of commerce warns that fall of tightly managed Chinese currency risks prompting trade retaliation
  
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• What’s behind the Thailand-Cambodia clashes – explained in 30 seconds

  10-12-2025 02:52
  Hostilities have flared in the contested border area after a Trump-brokered ceasefire deal has broken downStretching across more than 817km (508 miles), the shared land border between Thailand and Cambodia has been marred by conflict for more than a century. Sovereignty has been contested since France, which occupied Cambodia until 1953, first mapped the border in 1907.However, tensions have worsened significantly in 2025. In May, clashes in the area that killed a Cambodian soldier sparked natio
  
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• China adds domestic AI chips to official procurement list for first time

  10-12-2025 02:15
  Beijing encouraged purchase of Huawei and Cambricon processors before Trump’s move to allow Nvidia exports
  
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• US-Indonesia trade deal at risk of collapse

  09-12-2025 23:52
  Washington believes Jakarta is reneging on terms of agreement signed in July
  
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• FirstFT: China plans to limit access to Nvidia’s H200 chips despite Trump export approval

  09-12-2025 22:35
  Also in today’s newsletter: Trump presses Zelenskyy to respond to peace proposal, and oil market faces a ‘super glut’
  
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• The meaning of China’s $1tn trade surplus

  09-12-2025 19:22
  Beijing’s latest milestone underscores its industrial strength — and growing economic imbalances
  
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• Why has ceasefire collapsed between Thailand and Cambodia?

  09-12-2025 16:20
  The long-simmering border conflict has erupted again with each side accusing the other of breaching Trump-brokered dealA long-running border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia has erupted in fierce clashes for the second time this year, despite a peace deal brokered by Donald Trump.Seven civilians have been killed in Cambodia and 20 wounded, while Thailand has confirmed three soldiers’ deaths in the latest fighting, which began with skirmishes on Sunday night. Continue reading...
  
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• Why are Thailand and Cambodia engaged in a border conflict?

  09-12-2025 16:20
  Territory mapped during France’s colonial rule is behind clash that has exposed tensions between the countriesA long-running border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia has erupted in fierce clashes for the second time this year, despite a peace deal brokered by Donald Trump.Seven civilians have been killed in Cambodia and 20 wounded, while Thailand has confirmed three soldiers’ deaths in the latest fighting, which began with skirmishes on Sunday night. Continue reading...
  
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• Trump decides to let Nvidia export powerful H200 chips to China

  09-12-2025 15:00
  Also in today’s newsletter, the US warns the EU to be ‘very careful’ after it fined Elon Musk’s X
  
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• Preparation for the Next Life review – deeply felt story of love among the marginalised in New York

  09-12-2025 12:00
  Bing Liu’s film is an unflinching portrait of an undocumented Uyghur immigrant and a traumatised US veteran whose fragile connection is strained by their pastsChinese-American film-maker Bing Liu made an impression with the poignant documentary Minding the Gap about people from his home town in Illinois; now he pivots to features with this sad and sombre study of romance and life choices among those on the margins of US society, adapted from the prize-winning novel of the same name by Atti
  
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• China set to limit access to Nvidia’s H200 chips despite Trump export approval

  09-12-2025 11:38
  Discussions among regulators come as Beijing seeks to achieve self-sufficiency in semiconductor production
  
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• BoJ governor says economy has weathered Trump’s tariffs

  09-12-2025 10:01
  Kazuo Ueda’s comments feed market expectations of an interest rate rise at next week’s meeting
  
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• Food Delivery: Fresh from the West Philippine Sea review – gripping trip along supply lines in China standoff

  09-12-2025 10:00
  A gripping film captures the fraught contests, lonely outposts and human toll of the Philippines’ struggle to assert sovereignty against ChinaDirector Baby Ruth Villarama and her crew board an assortment of maritime vessels to record the ongoing strife and its consequences between the Philippines and China over control of what has recently been named the West Philippine Sea (WPS), formerly part of the South China Sea. This area, which is seen by just about everyone (apart from the People&r
  
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• Trump clears way for Nvidia to sell powerful AI chips to China

  09-12-2025 09:29
  Commerce department finalising deal to allow H200 chips to be sold to China as strict Biden-era restrictions relaxedDonald Trump has cleared the way for Nvidia to begin selling its powerful AI computer chips to China, marking a win for the chip maker and its CEO, Jensen Huang, who has spent months lobbying the White House to open up sales in the country.Before Monday’s announcement, the US had prohibited sales of Nvidia’s most advanced chips to China over national security concerns.
  
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• Fatal Thailand-Cambodia clashes spread along contested border area

  09-12-2025 09:26
  Each side has blamed the other for renewed clashes, which have derailed a ceasefire brokered by Donald TrumpDeadly clashes have escalated along the disputed Thailand-Cambodia border as both sides blamed each other for the fighting and vowed to defend their territories.Seven civilians have been killed and 20 wounded in Cambodia and three Thai soldiers have been killed in the fiercest fighting since a five-day conflict in July. Continue reading...
  
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• Australia deporting refugee to Nauru may cause his ‘imminent’ and ‘preventable’ death, court hears

  09-12-2025 08:25
  Legal team of man who was part of cohort of non-citizens freed after high court decision argues Nauru’s medical facilities are ‘insufficient’ to treat his severe asthmaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLawyers for an Iranian refugee Australia wants to deport to Nauru say there is a “real risk he will die” there, setting the stage for a showdown against the federal government’s $2.5bn NZYQ deal.The case surrounding the Iranian refugee,
  
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• China’s record trade surplus reveals its biggest strength – and hidden weakness

  09-12-2025 07:52
  Booming Chinese exports have driven trade surplus past $1tn but also reveal the extent of country’s reliance on foreign marketsA boom in exports that has pushed China’s trade surplus past $1tn for the first time reveals the extent to which its economy is still overwhelmingly reliant on foreign markets – and the difficulty figures like Donald Trump will have in trying to rebalance global trade.Data released on Monday shows that in the first 11 months of this year, China’s
  
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• Goa nightclub owners fled to Thailand hours after deadly fire, police say

  09-12-2025 06:14 via bbc.com
  Indian authorities confirmed the two brothers boarded a flight to Phuket in Thailand shortly after the incident.
  
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• It’s the world’s rarest ape. Now a billion-dollar dig for gold threatens its future

  09-12-2025 06:00
  Tapanuli orangutans survive only in Indonesia’s Sumatran rainforest where a mine expansion will cut through their home. Yet the mining company says the alternative will be worseA small brown line snakes its way through the rainforest in northern Sumatra, carving 300 metres through dense patches of meranti trees, oak and mahua. Picked up by satellites, the access road – though modest now – will soon extend 2km to connect with the Tor Ulu Ala pit, an expansion site of Indonesia&r
  
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• What is LegCo in Hong Kong – explained in 30 seconds

  09-12-2025 04:15
  LegCo elections have become devoid of meaningful opposition as Hong Kong has faced significant political repression and undergone major governance system overhauls in recent yearsHong Kong’s Legislative Council (LegCo) acts as a mini parliament that can make and amend laws for the city. However, LegCo elections have become devoid of meaningful opposition as Hong Kong has faced significant political repression and undergone major governance system overhauls in recent years.When the former B
  
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