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China's H1 growth shows resilience as recovery accelerates in June, say economists

China's economy in the first half of 2022 has shown resilience in the face of elevated pressures led by weakening global growth and ongoing pandemic, while recovery gat

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WTO indicator shows global trade growth stable, but stagnating

The World Trade Organization (WTO) said on Tuesday that its global goods barometer was stable, pointing to stagnant global trade growth following a COVID-19 triggered s

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Car parts manufacturers matched in China's Taizhou to solve supply chain snags

The automobile manufacturing industry is a pillar industry in Taizhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. But hit by the COVID-19, over 6,000 local auto parts companies fa

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Asian shares skid as rising U.S. yields hit tech stocks

Monitors displaying the stock index prices and Japanese yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar at the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Tokyo, Japan January 4, 2022./ Reuters Asian stocks fell on Wedne

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U.S. stocks retreat from records amid COVID-19 worries

The New York Stock Exchange, New York, U.S. /CFP Major U.S. stock indices retreated from records on Monday as investors weighed progress on U.S. infrastructure legislation against concerns abo

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Nasdaq, S&P 500 set records as jobless claims decline

A sign for Wall Street hangs outside of the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, U.S., June 21, 2021. /VCG The Nasdaq and SP 500 closed at record levels on Thursday after a spate of stron

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'Strayed' Chinese pangolin released back into the wild in SW China

00:56 A pangolin was recently found resting on the beam of a local resident's house in Menghun Town, Xishuangbanna Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Provi

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China's bulk commodity market growth eases in May

Growth in China's bulk commodity market was moderated to a five-month low in May, with sales, supply and stocks reporting month-on-month contraction, industrial data sh

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Dollar shines, stocks stumble after strong U.S. data

The dollar shined but equities mostly spun their wheels on both sides of the Atlantic on Thursday as a U.S. hiring surge and drop in unemployment rekindled worries abou

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Oil prices dive $2 on fears of pandemic in Asia, U.S. rate hikes

A Colonial Pipeline storage tank at the company's Baltimore Washington International Airport facility in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., May 11, 2021. /CFP Oil prices dropped by over $2 a barrel on

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S. Korea demands U.S. give evidence supporting Japan's water dump plan

South Korea's Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong has demanded that the U.S. provide scientific evidence after it showed support for the Japanese government's plan to dump nuclear polluted water into the

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The Pacific Ocean is not Japan's sewer: Chinese Foreign Ministry

00:32 Japan should not expect the world to pay the bill for its choice of discharging contaminated wastewater, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Thursday at a press brief

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China expresses concerns over Japan's plan to dump wastewater

China has expressed serious concern over Japan's plan to discharge contaminated radioactive wastewater from Fukushima Prefecture into the sea, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday.

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Comedian Joe Wong on Stopping Asian Hate

02:36 Weighed down with a deadly pandemic and tense geopolitics, the world has become more divided than ever. There have been widely reported cases of violence against Asian Americans

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Oil down 5% as rising OPEC+, Iranian output weighs

A crude oil pump jack on a drill pad in the Permian Basin in Loving County, Texas, U.S., November 24, 2019. /Reuters Oil fell by more than $3 a barrel on Monday as rising supply from OPEC+ and

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The Supreme Court sided with Google in its epic copyright fight against Oracle

The highest court in the land has a lot to say about tech this week. The Supreme Court weighed in on Google’s long legal battle with Oracle on Monday, overturning a prior victory for the latter

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Saudi Aramco says 2020 profit slid 44.4% on lower crude prices

Oil pipes run at a Saudi Aramco oil refinery and oil terminal in Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia, on October 1, 2018. /VCG Energy giant Saudi Aramco on Sunday posted a 44.4 percent slump in 2020 net