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• What did you do in the great pandemic? Bought handbags

  27-01-2022 19:40 via ft.com
  The irresistible rise of LVMH shows this crisis is different
  
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• Two lovers at sunset in Vietnam … Maika Elan’s best photograph

  18-05-2022 16:16 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘Although homosexuality is legal in Vietnam, I still got negative reactions to my pictures of couples being intimate. And this just motivated me to take more’I learned photography through workshops and forums in Hanoi, Vietnam. This is where I fell in love with documentary-style photography. It had a creative freedom I couldn’t find in other forms. Feeling inspired, in the summer of 2010 I went to a documentary workshop in Siem Reap, Cambodia.Participants had seven days to come
  
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• India’s export shock exacerbates a global food crisis

  18-05-2022 15:50 via ft.com
  Wheat prices are soaring after government plans to feed the world fell apart under domestic pressure
  
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• Tencent’s revenue growth hit by tech crackdown and Covid curbs

  18-05-2022 14:52 via ft.com
  Results come a day after China pledged ‘support’ for technology groups amid economic slump
  
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• China electric vehicles: fresh grants would provide a welcome recharge

  18-05-2022 14:23 via ft.com
  Extension of subsidies likely to boost foreign automakers as well as homegrown manufacturers
  
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• The return of a Marcos to power in the Philippines is a warning to the world | Nicole Curato

  18-05-2022 14:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Legacy and social media combined to glamorise ‘Bongbong’ Marcos’ family name – and fuel nostalgia for his father’s regimeLast week, Adarna House – a publisher of children’s books in the Philippines – posted on social media about a discount it was offering: 20% off on a #NeverAgain book bundle. The selection includes Ito Ang Diktadura, the Tagalog translation of Equipo Plantel’s Así es la Dictadura, or This is a Dictatorship. The book w
  
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• International investors sell Chinese debt at record pace

  18-05-2022 14:15 via ft.com
  Foreign fund managers have sold $35bn worth of renminbi-denominated bonds in 2022
  
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• Saudi Arabia’s PIF acquires 5% stake in Nintendo

  18-05-2022 13:13 via ft.com
  Sovereign wealth fund has already bought into Japan’s Capcom and Nexon
  
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• Japanese man blows town’s Covid relief fund after it appeared in his account

  18-05-2022 08:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Money should have gone to 463 low-income households but man received it all and commenced online casino spreeA Japanese man who was mistakenly sent ¥46.3m (£287,000/US$358,000) in Covid-19 relief funds has admitted he gambled away the entire amount in the space of a fortnight.The 24-year-old, who has not been named, was sent the sum in April as part of a local government programme to help residents who were struggling financially as a result of the pandemic. Continue reading...
  
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• Japan recovery buffeted by Covid restrictions and Ukraine war

  18-05-2022 07:02 via ft.com
  Economy contracts in first quarter as government faces pressure to address cost of living squeeze
  
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• Gambler blows town’s whole Covid relief fund that appeared in his account

  18-05-2022 06:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Money should have gone to 463 low-income households but Japanese man received it all and commenced online casino spreeA Japanese man who was mistakenly sent ¥46.3m (£287,000/US$358,000) in Covid-19 relief funds has admitted he gambled away the entire amount in the space of a fortnight.The 24-year-old, who has not been named, was sent the sum in April as part of a local government programme to help residents who were struggling financially as a result of the pandemic. Continue reading..
  
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• US rushes to catch up with China in supercomputer race

  18-05-2022 06:00 via ft.com
  World’s biggest economies battle to dominate advanced processing power that will effect defence and climate modelling
  
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• Turbulent times ahead for Hong Kong’s jet owners

  18-05-2022 05:00 via ft.com
  
  The pandemic has forced even the wealthiest in Asia’s biggest financial hub into some difficult decisions
  
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• More people leaving New Zealand than entering as young flee high cost of living

  18-05-2022 04:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Thousands head overseas, partly because of economic conditions, with departures accelerating and labour shortage fearedYoung New Zealanders are leaving in droves as borders reopen and economic conditions tighten at home.The latest data from Stats NZ found that in the year to March, annual net migration was negative, with 7,300 more people leaving than entering. That loss marks a dramatic shift from early in the pandemic when border closures and the relative safety of Covid-free New Zealand preve
  
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• Casino mogul Steve Wynn accused by US of lobbying on behalf of China

  18-05-2022 03:28 via ft.com
  Las Vegas magnate pressed Trump administration to deport Chinese asylum seeker, complaint says
  
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• Reader callout: tell us about your encounters with urban birdlife in New Zealand

  18-05-2022 03:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Research shows that regenerating urban forests draws native bird life back intocities – have you seen more birds in your neighbourhood?New research shows that regenerating urban forests draws native bird life – including previously rare species – back into New Zealand’s cities. We’d love to hear from Guardian readers about whether and how your experience of urban birdlife has shifted over time.Has the presence of birds changed in your city? Are you seeing more tui,
  
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• Australia’s ‘khaki’ election campaign centres on fears of China

  18-05-2022 03:00 via ft.com
  Government and opposition broadly agree challenge from Beijing is Canberra’s security priority
  
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• Buffalo shooting: unease in New Zealand as live stream of ‘Christchurch-inspired’ attack finds foothold

  18-05-2022 02:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Researchers find New Zealand has become a fertile ground for extreme material amid efforts to ban alleged shooter’s ‘manifesto’Widespread horror at the killing of shoppers at a Buffalo grocery store, allegedly by a white supremacist gunman, has been felt keenly in New Zealand as it continues to reckon with the ripple effects of the 2019 Christchurch massacre of 51 Muslims at prayer.New Zealand has already moved to ban the live stream video and “manifesto” apparently
  
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• China diverts anti-poverty funds to Covid testing as crisis deepens

  18-05-2022 02:30 via ft.com
  Local governments say resources are being used to cover costs of zero-Covid policy
  
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• China’s lockdowns hammer consumer spending to reveal toll of zero-Covid

  18-05-2022 02:01 via ft.com
  Strategy has muted stimulus efforts and slowed transition from export and construction-led economy
  
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• China’s lockdowns hammer consumer spending

  18-05-2022 02:01 via ft.com
  Strategy has muted stimulus efforts and slowed transition from export and construction-led economy
  
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• US accuses casino mogul Steve Wynn of lobbying on behalf of China

  18-05-2022 01:55 via ft.com
  Las Vegas magnate pressed Trump administration to deport Chinese asylum seeker, complaint says
  
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• Casino mogul Steve Wynn accused of lobbying on behalf of China

  18-05-2022 01:55 via ft.com
  Las Vegas magnate pressed Trump administration to deport Chinese asylum seeker, complaint says
  
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• China relationship looms over Australian assets

  18-05-2022 01:01 via ft.com
  Bilateral trade at risk from slowdown in Asia’s biggest economy and political tensions between the countries
  
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• Kim Jong-un calls North Korea’s response to Covid outbreak ‘inadequate’

  18-05-2022 00:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Leader accuses officials of inertia as total number of people with reported fever symptoms reaches 1.72 millionNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un has criticised his country’s response to its first officially confirmed Covid-19 outbreak as “immature”, accusing government officials of inadequacies and inertia as fever cases swept the country.On Wednesday, North Korea reported 232,880 more people with fever symptoms, and six more deaths, after the country’s first admission of t
  
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• Child’s 130,000-year-old tooth could offer clues to extinct human relative

  18-05-2022 00:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Researchers believe the discovery in a Laos cave proves that Denisovans lived in the warm tropics of southeast AsiaA child’s tooth at least 130,000 years old found in a Laos cave could help scientists uncover more information about an early human cousin, according to a new study.Researchers believe the discovery proves that Denisovans – a now-extinct branch of humanity – lived in the warm tropics of southeast Asia. Continue reading...
  
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• Video showing arrest of Fiji bus driver reignites debate about police use of excessive force

  18-05-2022 00:32 via theguardian.com
  
  The incident was witnessed by a Fijian MP who said she intervened telling the police officer ‘You can deal with this without violence’Fiji police have suspended an officer pending an investigation after a video showing what appeared to be the use of excessive force against a bus driver during an arrest was shared widely in the Pacific country.The video appears to show a police officer attempting to remove a handcuffed bus driver from his bus in Labasa on Vanua Levu, Fiji’s seco
  
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• Fiji officer’s bus driver arrest video reignites debate about excessive police force

  18-05-2022 00:23 via theguardian.com
  
  The incident was witnessed by a Fijian MP who said she intervened telling the police officer ‘You can deal with this without violence’Fiji police have suspended an officer pending an investigation after a video showing what appeared to be the use of excessive force against a bus driver during an arrest was shared widely in the Pacific country.The video appears to show a police officer attempting to remove a handcuffed bus driver from his bus in Labasa on Vanua Levu, Fiji’s seco
  
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• Japan’s chip industry faces old challenge: scaling up production

  18-05-2022 00:00 via ft.com
  A boutique investment bank is working to set up a chip foundry to fill the gap
  
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• FirstFT: China pledges to support tech companies after market rout

  17-05-2022 23:38 via ft.com
  Plus, new details on Musk’s Twitter takeover and US accused of undermining Taiwan defences
  
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