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PAG to raise buyout fund of around $4 billion, sources say
Asia-focused investment firm PAG plans to raise a buyout fund of around $4 billion, three people with knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday, in a test on investor appetite as ...
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At least nine killed in hotel fire in India's Kolkata
At least nine people were killed, including a child, in a fire at a hotel in India's eastern city of Kolkata on Wednesday, local police said.
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RBA's Hauser warns of higher rates if inflation risks crystallise
Australia's central bank will have to raise interest rates again if upside risks to inflation crystallise, a top official said on Wednesday, reiterating a hawkish warning after p...
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Vietnam police address ex-politician's car crash that killed a teenager
A former Vietnamese politician unintentionally killed a teenager in a traffic accident in central Hanoi last year but was exempted from criminal prosecution, a police officer tol...
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Japan bond yields near 3% as inflation, fiscal worries mount
Japan's benchmark bond yield is on the brink of hitting 3% for the first time since the mid-1990s, highlighting how inflation, rising fiscal concerns and monetary policy expectati...
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Nvidia H200 chips reach China in small shipments, FT reports
Small batches of Nvidia's H200 chips, one of the company's most powerful AI chips, have been allowed to enter mainland China, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, citing two ...
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Unitree soars in Shanghai debut, a milestone for China's humanoid robotics sector
Shares in Unitree , China's best-known humanoid robot maker, soared nearly six-fold in its Shanghai trading debut, in a landmark moment for the country's robotics sector which has...
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SK Hynix union finalising preliminary wage deal, source says
SK Hynix's South Korean labour union is finalising the wording of a tentative wage deal with management and will brief members on the terms Wednesday afternoon, a source familiar...
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Trump pushes for Kim Jong Un meeting this year, WSJ reports
U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing aides for a meeting as soon as this fall with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing U.S...
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North Korea condemns US-South Korea drills despite Trump order to scale back
North Korea denounced military drills by the U.S. and South Korea, saying it would continue exercising its right to self-defence to counter what it called military threats from t...
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US sanctions International Criminal Court president, senior lawyer
The U. S. imposed sanctions on Tuesday on the International Criminal Court's president and a senior trial lawyer at the court, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.
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Russia's Putin hosts Myanmar leader, talks up energy projects
Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks in Moscow on Tuesday with Myanmar's junta chief-turned-president, Min Aung Hlaing, discussing a wide range of issues including prospect...
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UN says Monday education centre explosion in Kabul injured at least 42 children
An explosion at an education centre in Kabul injured at least 42 children on Monday, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan said on Tuesday, calling for an "investig...
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Nokia to close almost all sites in mainland China by year end, SCMP reports
Finnish telecom equipment maker Nokia plans to cut most of its workforce in mainland China and close sites in stages by year end, the South China Morning Post reported on Tues...
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Women's share of Afghan labour market shrinks to 5% under Taliban, UN says
The portion of women in Afghanistan's workforce has fallen to just 5% since the Taliban takeover five years ago, according to the International Labour Organization, which called ...
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What are the cases against former Pakistan PM Imran Khan?
Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered authorities to move former Prime Minister Imran Khan to hospital from jail, where he has been lodged for the last three years, his lawyer and party...
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Beyond marathons and backflips, China's robots face a commercial test
China's humanoid robot makers have spent the past two years dazzling investors with machines that can breakdance, throw punches and even set marathon records.
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Lavrov says Russia, North Korea fighting for 'new, righteous' world order
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told his North Korean counterpart that their countries were working to establish a "new and righteous world order", after Pyongyang helped M...
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