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UK water crisis pollutes privatisation legacy
AFP, Published on 11/07/2023
» LONDON: Britain's biggest water supplier staving off renationalisation, trains derailed by strikes and consumers suffering huge energy bills — the nation's vital sectors are mired in chaos decades after their controversial privatisation.
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Mongolia completes rail crossing with China to boost coal exports
AFP, Published on 12/09/2022
» ULAANBAATAR: Mongolia has launched a rail line that could help boost coal exports to China to 50 million tonnes a year, the country's president said, ending a decade-long wait for the crossing.
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UK inflation hits fresh 40-year high
AFP, Published on 22/06/2022
» LONDON: British annual inflation has hit a fresh 40-year high, official data showed Wednesday, further eroding workers' wages and pressuring the Bank of England to keep on raising interest rates.
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Railway market back on track post-pandemic
AFP, Published on 08/06/2022
» SAMUT SONGKHRAM: A train bell rouses a Thai grandmother dozing in her fruit and flower stall, sending her rushing to fold in her awning before the locomotive slowly rumbles past, so close it almost touches her wares.
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Canadian Pacific trains at standstill in labour dispute
AFP, Published on 22/03/2022
» MONTREAL - Canadian authorities Monday called on railway giant Canadian Pacific to put an end to a labour dispute that has put all the firm's trains out of action, snarling supply chains and worrying the agricultural sector.
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Laos hopes for economic boost from Chinese-built railway
AFP, Published on 28/11/2021
» A new $6 billion Chinese-built railway line opens in Laos this week, bringing hopes of an economic boost to the reclusive nation, but experts are questioning the benefits of a project that has seen thousands of farmers evicted from their land.
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Biden expands blacklist of Chinese firms off-limits to US investors
AFP, Published on 04/06/2021
» WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden on Thursday expanded a blacklist of Chinese firms that are off-limits to American investors over their links to Beijing's "military-industrial complex," in a sign of Washington's continued pressure campaign against the Asian power.
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NYSE scraps plan to delist China telecom firms
AFP, Published on 05/01/2021
» NEW YORK: The New York Stock Exchange abandoned plans to delist three state-owned Chinese telecom companies on Monday, reversing a decision that further dented already strained relations between the world's two superpowers.
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Chinese e-commerce giant JD soars on Hong Kong debut
AFP, Published on 18/06/2020
» HONG KONG: Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com soared nearly 6% on its Hong Kong debut Thursday, after raising almost US$4 billion in an initial public offering that was the world's second-biggest this year.
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Chinese ecommerce giant JD.com jumps 5.75% on Hong Kong debut
AFP, Published on 18/06/2020
» HONG KONG: Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com leapt 5.75% higher on its Hong Kong debut Thursday, after raising almost $4 billion in an initial public offering that was the world's second biggest this year.
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