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TikTok curbs state-affiliated media amid foreign influence fears
Video-sharing app says state-backed accounts will not be recommended or allowed to advertise outside home countries.TikTok, the popular video-sharing app, has a
South Korea unveils record $19bn package to support chip industry
President Yoon Suk-yeol has announced a record $19bn support plan for South Korea’s crucial semiconductor industry. South Korea is home to the world’s top m
Nvidia’s profits soar as AI boom shows no sign of…
California-based company reports seven-fold jump in profit to $14.88bn in first quarter.Nvidia, the chipmaker at the centre of the boom in artificial intelligen
After Japan’s comeback, South Korea is hoping for its own…
Seoul, South Korea – Kim Gyeong-eob used to be a regular at bars and clubs in Hongdae, a popular university district and nightlife hotspot, drinking and enjoy
Load shedding & water woes: Can South Africa fix its…
“I set up my company several years ago. The power cuts were bad then, lasting up to five hours a day,” said Lezanne Viviers, who works in the fashion indust
‘Why should we vote?’ India’s jute workers blame politicians for…
Kolkata, India — Amirul Laskar has been out of a job for the past three months, since the jute mill where he was employed shut operations citing losses. The
Russian court seizes two European banks’ assets amid Western sanctions
Freezing hundreds of billions of dollars in lenders’ assets was part of dispute over gas project halted by sanctions.A Russian court has ordered the seizure o
California farmworkers cheer new housing in town scarred by mass…
Half Moon Bay, California – Almost a year and a half after a mass shooting took the lives of seven farmworkers in the town of Half Moon Bay, California, a new
As Cambodia launches $36.6bn building drive, China, Japan fight for…
Phnom Penh, Cambodia – Cambodia is pushing for an infrastructural renaissance, but it will need some help from its friends abroad to chip away at an estimated
Who benefits from US tariffs on Chinese imports? Experts weigh…
The trade war between the United States and China continued this week with its latest salvo – a move that comes amid a heated race for the White House. On Tue
Biden slaps new tariffs on Chinese imports, ratcheting trade war
President Joe Biden has slapped major new tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, advanced batteries, solar cells, steel, aluminium and medical equipment, taking
Boeing’s jets turn 70: A timeline of highs, lows and…
On May 14, 1954, Boeing, now one of the world’s largest commercial aerospace companies, unveiled its first commercial jet-powered passenger plane, the Model 3
