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• China’s premier says competitiveness not down to subsidies

  24-06-2026 07:50 via ft.com
  Li Qiang dismisses trading partners’ complaints at World Economic Forum’s ‘Summer Davos’
  
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• US tech stocks set for further declines on AI worries

  26-06-2026 10:10 via ft.com
  Apple’s price rises and fears over delay to OpenAI’s IPO add to concerns over high-flying sector
  
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• Global markets fall as investors fret about AI demand

  26-06-2026 09:28 via ft.com
  Apple’s price rises and fears over delay to OpenAI’s IPO send Asian bourses sharply lower
  
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• DeepSeek plans hiring spree in escalation of China’s AI talent war

  26-06-2026 07:12 via ft.com
  Advertised roles suggest company focused on commercialising frontier research
  
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• The AI factory: the rewiring of India’s tech industry | FT Film

  26-06-2026 06:05 via ft.com
  Outsourced data services may not be enough for India to thrive in the AI era
  
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• The AI factory: the rewiring of India's tech industry

  26-06-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Outsourced data services may not be enough for India to thrive in the AI era
  
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• Chinese carmakers ‘knocking at US gate’ from Mexico and Canada

  26-06-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Beijing-subsidised vehicles emerge as flashpoint in North American trade relationship
  
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• Across the outback on the ultimate Crocodile Dundee road trip

  26-06-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Driving the Gibb River Road — via ancient gorges, remote cattle stations and crocodile-infested rivers — is a classic Australian adventure
  
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• Noel Tata: How we made fashion one of our biggest businesses

  26-06-2026 03:30 via ft.com
  Noel Tata and P Venkatesalu on the fast-growing retail chain you have likely never heard of
  
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• Will strongman general’s push for US-Iran peace pay off for Pakistan?

  26-06-2026 02:40 via ft.com
  Islamabad elites are pinning their hopes on an agreement that could unlock financial support
  
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• Will Asim Munir’s push for US-Iran peace pay off for Pakistan?

  26-06-2026 02:40 via ft.com
  Islamabad elites are pinning their hopes on an agreement that could unlock financial support
  
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• FirstFT: Sanae Takaichi sets out Japan’s $2.3tn investment roadmap

  25-06-2026 23:28 via ft.com
  Also in today’s newsletter: attack in Strait of Hormuz halts evacuation plan and Jamie Dimon promotes two potential successors
  
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• India’s military speeds up orders for weaponised drones

  25-06-2026 23:00 via ft.com
  Conflict in Iran pushes New Delhi to focus on domestic defence supply chains
  
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• India’s indigenous drone makers see orders surge for weaponised UAVs

  25-06-2026 23:00 via ft.com
  Conflict in Iran pushes New Delhi to focus on domestic defence supply chains
  
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• India’s drone makers see orders surge for weaponised UAVs

  25-06-2026 23:00 via ft.com
  Conflict in Iran pushes New Delhi to focus on domestic defence supply chains
  
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• Robots are coming to the oil patch

  25-06-2026 13:00 via ft.com
  Also in today’s newsletter, Russia receives an oil windfall amid Iran war
  
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• Takaichi sets out Japan’s largest-ever investment roadmap

  25-06-2026 12:48 via ft.com
  $2.3tn plan combining public and private funds over 14 years implies fiscal expansion by heavily indebted government
  
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• Anthropic accuses Alibaba of obtaining illicit access to Claude

  25-06-2026 07:22 via ft.com
  AI company says Chinese ecommerce group used fake accounts to ‘extract’ chatbot’s capabilities
  
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• South Korea delays plan for new single-stock options amid record volatility

  25-06-2026 06:09 via ft.com
  Concerns grow of frothiness in world’s best-performing equity market
  
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• The reason China is building most of the world’s robots

  25-06-2026 02:51 via ft.com
  The country’s workforce is set to fall to 300mn by the end of the century. Beijing wants humanoids to narrow the labour gap
  
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• Robot nation: China’s bid to beat its demographic decline

  25-06-2026 02:51 via ft.com
  The country’s workforce is set to fall to 300mn by the end of the century. Beijing wants humanoids to narrow the labour gap
  
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• What Ambani’s deep-tech ambitions reveal about India’s AI limits

  25-06-2026 01:01 via ft.com
  Country still needs to play catch-up if it is to become self-reliant in the use of the technology
  
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• Anthropic accuses Alibaba of obtaining ‘illicit’ access to Claude

  24-06-2026 23:36 via ft.com
  AI company says the Chinese ecommerce giant used fake accounts to ‘extract’ chatbot’s capabilities
  
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• China detains two Japanese nationals over alleged rare earth smuggling

  24-06-2026 13:42 via ft.com
  Escalation of dispute with Tokyo comes as Beijing opens whistleblower hotline for violations of critical mineral exports
  
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• SK Hynix bets on AI demand with bumper $29bn US listing

  24-06-2026 12:09 via ft.com
  South Korean chipmaker capitalises on central role in global AI boom
  
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• Australia spy chief warns of rising threat of Iran-backed terrorism

  24-06-2026 12:01 via ft.com
  ASIO’s Mike Burgess says war in Middle East could fuel further violence by Tehran-aligned groups abroad
  
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• Who is the Indian entrepreneur tapped by Meta to lead WhatsApp?

  24-06-2026 12:00 via ft.com
  Kunal Shah has experience in building transaction platforms and insights into emerging markets
  
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• The Indian entrepreneur who will lead WhatsApp

  24-06-2026 12:00 via ft.com
  Kunal Shah has experience in building transaction platforms and insights into emerging markets
  
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• Hyundai workers in South Korea vote to strike over fears of robots replacing them

  24-06-2026 11:25 via ft.com
  Union at country’s largest carmaker wants greater say over how AI and automation are introduced
  
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• South Korea stock volatility hits record high amid AI doubts

  24-06-2026 08:45 via ft.com
  Shares of chipmakers Samsung and SK Hynix gyrate in choppy trading
  
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