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• Global stocks sell-off deepens as chipmakers tumble

  15-10-2026 09:30 via ft.com
  European and Asian equities slide as investors question durability of AI boom
  
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• MSCI warns it may cut Indonesia from main indices

  16-10-2026 02:44 via ft.com
  Warning from global index provider fuels concerns about investability in south-east Asia’s biggest economy
  
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• How India lost more than 100mn voters

  15-10-2026 23:00 via ft.com
  Critics say ‘aggressive’ review wrongly deleted eligible voters, many of them Muslim, and may have benefited PM Modi’s party
  
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• How India deleted more than 100mn voters

  15-10-2026 23:00 via ft.com
  Critics say ‘aggressive’ review wrongly removed eligible voters, many of them Muslim, and may have benefited PM Modi’s party
  
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• Europe cannot rely on trade barriers to counter China

  15-10-2026 18:35 via ft.com
  The EU’s hybrid car deal with Beijing eases tensions but only offers a brief respite
  
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• At least 33 pupils and teacher killed after school roof collapses in Pakistan

  15-10-2026 17:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Children were buried under the debris after the roof crashed through three classrooms, police say.
  
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• Treasuries rally as investors seek shelter from AI turbulence

  15-10-2026 16:56 via ft.com
  Global chip stocks hit with two-day sell-off amid fears over sustainability of AI boom
  
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• Global chip stocks sink as AI debt fears intensify

  15-10-2026 14:51 via ft.com
  Treasuries rally as investors flee to safety of bonds
  
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• Who’s winning the trade war with China? You asked, we answered

  15-10-2026 14:00 via ft.com
  Senior trade writer Alan Beattie and economics columnist Soumaya Keynes replied to reader questions
  
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• Submit your questions: Who’s winning the trade war with China?

  15-10-2026 14:00 via ft.com
  Join us for a live reader Q&A with senior trade writer Alan Beattie and economics columnist Soumaya Keynes, now
  
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• Live reader Q&A — Who’s winning the trade war with China?

  15-10-2026 14:00 via ft.com
  Join us for a live reader Q&A with senior trade writer Alan Beattie and economics columnist Soumaya Keynes, now
  
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• How to host a tea ceremony – Korean style

  15-10-2026 12:00 via ft.com
  Tokkia’s Sooji Im makes matcha, plum blossom and mugwort in Seoul
  
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• Global stock sell-off deepens as chipmakers tumble

  15-10-2026 09:20 via ft.com
  European and Asian stock markets slide as investors question durability of AI boom
  
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• India approves biggest foreign takeover of domestic bank

  15-10-2026 09:19 via ft.com
  Canada’s Fairfax Financial Holdings to buy nearly 61% of IDBI Bank for $5.6bn
  
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• North Korea and China open new bridge after 12-year delay

  15-10-2026 08:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  China is the North's largest trading partner and a lifeline against the sanctions Pyongyang faces.
  
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• Soaring energy prices set to swamp EU summit and overshadow budget talks

  15-10-2026 07:00 via ft.com
  Also in this newsletter: Europeans are embracing some parts of AI faster than expected
  
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• Global AI sell-off deepens as Asian markets tumble

  15-10-2026 06:04 via ft.com
  Sharp falls trigger trading halt on South Korea’s Kospi and Japan’s Nikkei 225 sinks 5%, following Wall Street lower
  
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• At the end of a 75km dirt track, an outback idyll awaits

  15-10-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  In a remote corner of Australia’s Northern Territory, Bullo River Station is a working cattle ranch being reinvented as a high-end escape
  
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• Desperate to clear toxic haze, Indonesia douses its skies with dry ice

  15-10-2026 05:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Authorities in South East Asia have turned to weather modification as fires blanket the region in smog.
  
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• 'Nowhere to escape' - Indonesians share footage of orange haze blanketing towns

  15-10-2026 05:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thick orange smog descended on the Indonesian city of Palangka Raya as wildfires continue raging nearby.
  
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• ‘We have to live with it’: Indonesia’s worst fires in years wreak havoc

  15-10-2026 04:55 via ft.com
  El Niño weather pattern has exacerbated seasonal blazes and toxic haze has spread across the region
  
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• ‘We have to live with it’: Indonesia’s worst fires in years wreak havoc

  15-10-2026 04:55 via ft.com
  El Niño weather pattern has exacerbated seasonal blazes and toxic haze has spread across the region
  
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• Global tech sell-off deepens as Asian markets tumble

  15-10-2026 03:44 via ft.com
  AI-related stocks in South Korea and Japan suffer after Wall Street falls on hot US inflation
  
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• India and China aren't friends - but Nepal wants to unite them against climate threats

  15-10-2026 01:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Can Nepal bring the two regional giants together to confront a shared climate threat in the Himalayas?
  
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• Tata battle has potential to reshape India Inc

  15-10-2026 01:01 via ft.com
  If ties between key charitable trusts and the conglomerate’s holding company are loosened, will the group lose its distinctive ethos?
  
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• Australia's first-ever Michelin stars go to 11 restaurants in one state

  15-10-2026 00:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  All of the spots are in South Australia, reportedly because the state government paid for incognito inspectors to visit.
  
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• What if you could turn off your algorithm? Australia is about to try

  14-10-2026 20:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New legislation is being tabled in Australia's parliament on Thursday to force big tech to allow users to switch off algorithms which send them recommended content.
  
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• Russia arrests Japanese journalist on spying charges

  14-10-2026 10:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Hokkaido Shimbun journalist is accused of collecting information on Moscow's defence capabilities for Tokyo.
  
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• Olympus shares suffer biggest drop since 2011 after FDA warning

  14-10-2026 09:24 via ft.com
  Japanese medical devices maker tumbles 13.5% as private equity circles company
  
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• India's 'cockroach' leaders jailed after holding protest

  14-10-2026 09:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The youth leaders were sent to custody on charges of trespassing at Jantar Mantar, a now denotified protest site.
  
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