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• Zelenskyy wooed the G7 summit with a little help from his friends

  22-05-2023 07:00 via ft.com
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• Singapore launches carbon exchange despite market’s greenwashing scandals

  08-06-2023 07:19 via ft.com
  City-state bets on industry’s growth as global leaders confront climate change
  
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• The housing supply problem: Part 3

  08-06-2023 06:00 via ft.com
  
  US to link up with Taiwan and Japan drone fleets to share real-time data
  
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• Former British insurance salesman kept North Korea’s fleet ‘afloat’

  08-06-2023 06:00 via ft.com
  The late David Skinner issued fraudulent certificates even after the UK was made aware of his activities
  
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• British insurance salesman kept North Korea’s fleet ‘afloat’

  08-06-2023 06:00 via ft.com
  The late David Skinner issued fraudulent certificates even after the UK was made aware of his activities
  
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• Singapore bids farewell to horse racing to free up land for housing

  08-06-2023 02:53 via theguardian.com
  
  City-state is to close its only turf club in order to redevelop 120-hectare site for public housing amid declining popularity of the sportMore than 180 years of horse racing in Singapore will soon come to an end, as the “land scarce” city state closes its only race course to make space for public housing.The chairman of the Singapore Turf Club, Niam Chiang Meng, said the club was saddened by the decision, but that it also understood the “land needs” of Singapore. The 120-
  
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• US to link up with Taiwan and Japan drone fleets to share real-time data

  08-06-2023 02:30 via ft.com
  Military co-ordination with Taipei is ‘taboo’ issue for China, analysts said
  
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• Tokyo could win ‘not China’ global hub status — but it must want it

  08-06-2023 02:00 via ft.com
  Optimists see the chance of benefits as Sino-US tensions alter the financial dynamics
  
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• FirstFT: Blinken to visit China in sign of easing tensions

  07-06-2023 23:56 via ft.com
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• How US-China tensions shattered Sequoia’s venture capital empire

  07-06-2023 19:14 via ft.com
  Silicon Valley VC firm’s lucrative foray into rival nation ends as geopolitical tensions flare up
  
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• India and Germany in talks on €5bn submarine deal

  07-06-2023 13:15 via ft.com
  Thyssenkrupp and Mazagon Dock expected to sign memorandum of understanding
  
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• Communist party accessed TikTok data of Hong Kong protesters, former executive alleges

  07-06-2023 12:38 via theguardian.com
  
  China’s ruling party accessed activists’ data including network information, Sim card ID and IP addresses, legal filing claimsA former executive at TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, has alleged that the Chinese Communist party accessed user data from the social video app belonging to Hong Kong protesters and civil rights activists.Yintao Yu, a former head of engineering at ByteDance’s US operation, claimed in a legal filing that a committee of Communist party members ac
  
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• China exports recede in May as economy struggles to mount strong recovery

  07-06-2023 09:14 via ft.com
  Imports decline less than expected in optimistic signal as manufacturing growth continues to lag behind
  
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• New York sues Hyundai and Kia over ‘explosion’ of car thefts

  07-06-2023 07:35 via ft.com
  Viral TikTok videos on how to steal the vehicles led to a surge in crime, says the city’s law department
  
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• Fiji rethinks police deal with China amid rising Pacific tensions

  07-06-2023 06:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Previous Fijian government signed a memorandum of understanding in 2011 enabling its police officers to undergo training in ChinaChina’s rising power in the Pacific explained in 30 secondsThe Fijian prime minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, has said a police exchange agreement with China is under review as his government considers whether to cancel it outright.In 2011, Fiji’s government – a military dictatorship at the time – signed a memorandum of understanding enabling Fijian po
  
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• Blinken to visit China this month in sign of easing tensions

  07-06-2023 06:07 via ft.com
  US secretary of state had scrapped planned trip over suspected spy balloon incident
  
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• ‘We torment others’: the dark side of South Korean school life

  07-06-2023 02:28 via theguardian.com
  
  Government vows to end school violence as experts say bullying methods have become more maliciousClutching an iron hair curler radiating scorching heat, a schoolgirl torments a classmate in a desolate school gymnasium.The curler sizzles raw flesh, as the camera pans to show scars on the victim’s body. Continue reading...
  
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• EU considers mandatory ban on using Huawei to build 5G

  07-06-2023 02:00 via ft.com
  Brussels concerned lack of action by member states to bar high-risk companies threatens security of entire bloc
  
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• Japan’s supply chain predicament

  07-06-2023 01:01 via ft.com
  Companies such as Toyota face pressure to reduce emissions in a country with a heavy reliance on fossil fuels
  
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• Australian man arrested over alleged drunken rampage in Indonesia freed from jail

  07-06-2023 00:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Noosa man Bodhi Mani Risby-Jones tells news conference he is ‘relieved’ after being releasedFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAn Australian man arrested for an alleged drunken rampage in Indonesia has been freed from jail.Bodhi Mani Risby-Jones, 23, was detained in April after he was accused of assaulting people during a naked rampage near a surf resort on the island of Simeulue, off the
  
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• Ten Chinese snooker players banned over match-fixing

  06-06-2023 20:05 via ft.com
  Sport’s governing body bars Liang Wenbo and Li Hang for life and suspends eight others for up to five years
  
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• India drops evolution and periodic table from some school textbooks

  06-06-2023 15:00 via ft.com
  Educators condemn move by Narendra Modi’s government as threat to science teaching and IT sector
  
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• US venture capital giant Sequoia to split off China business

  06-06-2023 14:13 via ft.com
  Group plans to break up into three entities following Beijing’s campaign to rein in country’s largest tech companies
  
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• US venture capital giant Sequoia to spin off China business

  06-06-2023 12:56 via ft.com
  Group plans to break up into three entities by March next year
  
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• Sequoia to split off China business

  06-06-2023 12:56 via ft.com
  Venture capital giant to break up into three entities by March next year
  
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• Odisha train accident: More than 80 bodies unidentified after India train crash

  06-06-2023 10:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The deadly three-train collision on Friday evening killed 288 people in Balasore district.
  
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• China begins drilling one of world’s deepest holes in hunt for discoveries deep inside the Earth

  06-06-2023 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Narrow 11,000-metre shaft will reach the Earth’s crust to study internal structures as China seeks to explore new frontiersChina has begun digging its deepest borehole in an effort to study areas of the planet deep beneath the surface.The drilling of the borehole began on Tuesday in a desert in the Tarim basin in China’s north-western region of Xinjiang, according to the Chinese state-run Xinhua news agency. With a planned depth of 11,100 metres, the narrow shaft will penetrate more
  
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• Kathleen Folbigg: Mum pardoned for baby deaths claims win for science

  06-06-2023 07:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kathleen Folbigg spent 20 years in prison after being convicted of killing her four infant children.
  
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• Singapore to hold final horse race after more than 180 years

  06-06-2023 06:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Southeast Asian island nation's only racecourse will hold its final meeting next year.
  
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• ‘Pirelli is in peril’: Pressure rises over Chinese grip on Italian tyremaker

  06-06-2023 06:00 via ft.com
  Rome assesses whether to limit state-owned ChemChina’s voting rights or force it to sell down 37% stake
  
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