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President seeks to allay fears that world’s second-largest economy will falter in 2025 because of high US tariffsChina’s economy is on course to expand by 5% in 2025, according to its president, Xi Jinping, meeting official growth targets and rebutting…
続きを読むAuthorities announce investigation as shocked citizens enter second day of official mourningSouth Korea has launched an emergency safety inspection of the country’s entire airline operations, and a separate check of all Boeing 737-800s, after 179 peopl…
続きを読むTreasury minister denies claims by Bangladesh that she helped broker corrupt deal with Russia to build nuclear plantThe Treasury minister Tulip Siddiq has been questioned by the Cabinet Office’s propriety and ethics team after Bangladesh’s anti-corrupt…
続きを読むDespite ‘spy’ scandal, Philip Hammond says Britain should now adopt a ‘pragmatic approach to Beijing’China should be encouraged to build electric cars and renewable energy technology in the UK as part of a new pragmatic trading relationship that would …
続きを読むJapan’s complex defence alliances built up over years as protection against China could be put at risk in a Trump-launched trade warArguably, no country in Asia has better reason to be in a state of anxiety over the return of Donald Trump to the White …
続きを読むRice wine enshrined as part of ‘cultural heritage of humanity’ Sake is perhaps more Japanese than the world-famous sushi. It’s brewed in centuries-old mountaintop warehouses, savoured in the country’s pub-like izakayas, poured during weddings and serve…
続きを読むRelevance of World Trade Organization under scrutiny amid US president-elect’s protectionist stanceThe sting of teargas was a price worth paying, said Michael Dolan, as he looks back on the Battle of Seattle and how the World Trade Organization’s attem…
続きを読むTruong My Lan must repay three-quarters of $12bn she embezzled from bank in a case that shocked the countryThe Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan has lost her appeal against the death penalty for masterminding a multibillion-dollar fraud scandal …
続きを読むDocumentary shows the gruelling labour put in by a married couple wringing out drops of black gold as their son looks for a different livingIn Saeed Taji Farouky’s impressionistic documentary, the act of manual labour gains a sensorial, almost celestia…
続きを読むAssociates of former Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina have spent millions buying up top-flight property assets in the UKAs Sheikh Hasina watched Dhaka fade from view, aboard a military helicopter, crowds were storming her palatial residence.Far below, abou…
続きを読むConceptual work created by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan was sold at auction in New York last weekThe cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun has fulfilled a promise he made after spending $6.2m (£4.88m) on an artwork featuring a banana duct-taped to…
続きを読むSurvival International says Hongana Manyawa in Indonesia are at risk but mining company says the people in ‘voluntary’ contact with workersUncontacted hunter-gatherers in Indonesia “are facing a severe and immediate threat of genocide” because of minin…
続きを読むAdani, widely regarded as one of the wealthiest and most powerful men in India, has close ties to Modi’s government• Gautam Adani charged in US over alleged $250m briberyGautam Adani is widely regarded as one of the most powerful men in India, as well …
続きを読むIndian chair of Adani Group, worth about $85bn, accused of agreeing to pay bribes to obtain solar energy contractsGautam Adani, one of the world’s richest men, has been indicted in New York over an alleged multibillion-dollar scheme to pay $250m in bri…
続きを読むConvenience stores are a neat and functional retail institution in Japan, where customers can access the daily essentials, from buying breakfast to paying billsKenji Yamamoto was unsure that his business would survive when he opened Japan’s first conve…
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