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  • OPINION

    Google trial's secrecy seen as dangerous

    Oped, Published on 08/12/2023

    » The largest antitrust trial of the modern internet era, which wrapped up last month, has pitted the world's most popular search engine, Google, against the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). The case hearkens back to the DOJ's landmark lawsuit against Microsoft in the 1990s but with a critical difference: most of it was held behind closed doors. This unprecedented secrecy meant that only journalists and observers who were physically in the courtroom had access -- albeit limited -- to the proceedings.

  • WORLD

    Destroying Hamas tunnels ‘will take months’

    Published on 07/12/2023

    » TZE'ELIM TRAINING BASE, Israel - Israel’s military says its mission to destroy an estimated 500 kilometres of Hamas tunnels across the Gaza Strip will take months, causing a scale of urban destruction that may prove impossible to reverse.

  • WORLD

    US questions Chinese warships’ stop in Cambodia

    Published on 07/12/2023

    » The United States has called for more information about a naval base in Cambodia after a rare visit by Chinese warships, renewing concern that Beijing wants a military facility in the country.

  • INVESTMENT

    China's high-yield property bonds hand investors a 22% loss

    South China Morning Post, Published on 07/12/2023

    » Dollar-denominated bonds sold by junk-rated Chinese developers remain a minefield for investors, as another depressing year of losses and defaults in the real estate sector draws to a close, according to money managers.

  • GENERAL

    UK makes arrest in fake airplane parts scandal

    Published on 06/12/2023

    » LONDON - British fraud authorities have raided the home of the director at the centre of a global scandal over bogus airplane parts and arrested him for suspected fraud.

  • WORLD

    Green rules could lead to coffee shortage in EU

    Published on 06/12/2023

    » The European Union is facing the prospect of a coffee shortage in 2025 as the market grapples with a lack of clarity in new deforestation regulations, according to the International Coffee Organization.

  • LIFE

    Happy ending to Blackpink contract drama

    Published on 06/12/2023

    » SEOUL - All four members of the K-pop supergroup Blackpink have renewed their contracts with YG Entertainment, the agency has confirmed, dispelling concerns about the band’s future after their initial contract expired in August.

  • GENERAL

    Bitcoin above $43,000 after ‘jet-fuelled’ jump

    Published on 06/12/2023

    » Bitcoin hovered above $43,000 on Wednesday after its longest winning run since May, amid questions about whether the breakout reflects growing optimism about looser US Federal Reserve monetary policy.

  • OPINION

    Cities can drive climate solutions

    Oped, Published on 06/12/2023

    » Nation-states, presidents, and prime ministers are the players who garner the biggest headlines and the most media attention at each year's UN Climate Change Conference. Yet for the past decade, and with far less fanfare, cities, states, and regional governments (known as "subnationals") have been implementing the Paris climate agreement's guidance, even when their national governments have not. This has meant investing in clean-energy systems and other urban innovations to reduce emissions locally and sharing what works through networks like C40 and the Global Covenant of Mayors to accelerate progress on a larger scale.

  • WORLD

    COP28 fossil fuel battle hardens despite new warning on warming

    AFP, Published on 05/12/2023

    » DUBAI - Battle lines on fossil fuels hardened at UN climate talks on Tuesday despite scientists warning that global warming could breach the 1.5C threshold within seven years.

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