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• PwC cuts partner payouts in China Evergrande fallout

  05-06-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Proceeds from a 2022 disposal will no longer be distributed as firm deals with fines and looming lawsuit
  
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• Crisis engulfs one of world’s biggest free school meals programmes

  06-06-2026 04:17 via ft.com
  Indonesia has arrested top officials overseeing $15bn scheme over alleged corruption
  
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• India’s exam fiasco fuels rising youth discontent

  06-06-2026 04:14 via ft.com
  Cancellation of medical entrance tests taken by more than 2mn people sparks anger at Narendra Modi’s government
  
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• Everest guide survived six-day ordeal by eating chocolate and 'chewing ice'

  05-06-2026 21:53 via bbc.com
  
  Dawa Sherpa was spotted alive by a cleaning crew as he slid slowly down the world's tallest mountain and spoke to the BBC from hospital.
  
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• India exempts foreign investors from tax on bonds to shore up rupee

  05-06-2026 15:44 via ft.com
  Central bank holds interest rates despite pressure on currency from foreign outflows and war in Iran
  
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• My returns have been exponential — no, seriously!

  05-06-2026 11:52 via ft.com
  The speed at which my portfolio is rising in value is ridiculous
  
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• India scraps capital gains tax for foreign bond buyers to shore up rupee

  05-06-2026 08:47 via ft.com
  Central bank holds interest rates despite pressure on currency from foreign outflows and war in Iran
  
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• Xi Jinping to meet Kim Jong Un in rare visit to North Korea

  05-06-2026 07:17 via bbc.com
  
  It is taking place weeks after Xi met the leaders of the US and Russia - two countries that loom large over North Korea's foreign policy.
  
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• China cracks down on soft porn, violence and materialism in viral micro dramas

  05-06-2026 07:16 via bbc.com
  
  Micro dramas have surged in popularity, but drawn criticism for often sensationalist content.
  
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• The US-China decoupling fantasy, with Jessica Chen Weiss

  05-06-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Despite their differences, the world’s economic superpowers are bound together
  
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• Humanoids bring AI’s creative destruction to the shop floor

  05-06-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  The anxiety of those whose jobs are at risk won’t be enough to stave off the march of the androids
  
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• Can a Mexican cartel stronghold host the World Cup?

  05-06-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Guadalajara prepares to host matches after violent unrest this year
  
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• Bear opens window in factory escape, Japanese police say

  05-06-2026 05:19 via bbc.com
  
  The bear had earlier attacked four people in an industrial part of Fukushima, in Japan's north-east.
  
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• Can India’s central banker calm the country’s growing economic fears?

  05-06-2026 03:30 via ft.com
  Also in this newsletter: Gen Z gets political
  
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• Giant hissing cockroaches among $200,000 worth of illegal insects seized in Australia

  05-06-2026 03:26 via bbc.com
  
  Authorities say the roaches, some as big as the palm of a hand, were likely sold as food for pet reptiles.
  
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• Mangrove forests are healing after decades of human destruction

  05-06-2026 01:11 via bbc.com
  
  Swampy mangrove forests are staging a surprise comeback - which is good news for coastal communities and the climate.
  
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• Tough cookies: How pop group Le Sserafim overcame band tensions and internet trolls

  05-06-2026 00:22 via bbc.com
  
  The K-pop band say accepting their flaws and embracing humour took them to a new level of success.
  
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• FirstFT: China’s falling oil imports ‘shield’ global market from higher prices

  04-06-2026 23:01 via ft.com
  Also in today’s newsletter: global flight of the wealthy slows and a Japanese corporate scandal
  
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• Bondi Beach shooting hero charged with assault

  04-06-2026 13:22 via bbc.com
  
  Ahmed al Ahmed disarmed one of the alleged shooters during the deadly attack at a Jewish event.
  
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• The rise and rise of the IMF’s mysterious ‘other’ reserve currencies

  04-06-2026 12:32 via ft.com
  Sing me a song, Mr Reserve Manager
  
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• Miracle on Everest: Guide believed dead spotted crawling down ice

  04-06-2026 12:18 via bbc.com
  
  Cleaners found Dawa Sherpa crawling towards Base Camp six days after he went missing at a higher altitude.
  
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• Japan’s bonds

  04-06-2026 07:30 via ft.com
  Plus, India’s wobble
  
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• The ‘excessive pressure’ that led to Japan’s biggest accounting fraud in a decade

  04-06-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Probe into Nidec finds hard-charging culture pushed executives to inflate profits by $1bn over multiple years
  
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• Indian stocks lose out to Asian rivals in global hunt for AI winners

  04-06-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Exchanges in Taiwan and South Korea have overtaken India’s in the past week as the two countries’ chipmakers surge
  
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• Slumping Chinese oil imports ‘shield’ global market from higher prices

  04-06-2026 05:16 via ft.com
  Traders and analysts say near-decade-low shipments are a major factor in why crude still trades at less than $100 a barrel
  
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• Falling Chinese oil imports ‘shield’ global market from higher prices

  04-06-2026 05:16 via ft.com
  Analysts say near-decade-low shipments are a big factor in crude still trading at less than $100 a barrel
  
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• Costly fuel pushes more Indians to buy electric cars but challenges remain

  04-06-2026 01:28 via bbc.com
  
  High fuel prices are strengthening the case for EV adoption in the world's third largest auto market.
  
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• Japanese hardware stocks are having a moment — again

  04-06-2026 00:04 via ft.com
  The current surge plays to the country’s industrial strengths
  
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• FirstFT: India’s ‘cockroach’ movement founder plans protests over exam crisis

  04-06-2026 00:03 via ft.com
  Also in today’s newsletter: SpaceX targets $1.8tn valuation in historic IPO, and Trump’s Iran war drains US oil stocks
  
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• Grab what you can while you can: The new reality in the South China Sea

  04-06-2026 00:00 via bbc.com
  
  After years of watching China create land to back its expansive claims, others are doing the same.
  
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