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Stock market today: Asian shares track Wall St decline, as selling hits tech companies

Shares are mostly lower in Asia after U.S. stocks pulled back from their records

The Independent UK

Asian Markets Track Wall Street Losses On Worries Over Tech Rally

Asian markets mostly fell on Wednesday after a tech-led sell-off on Wall Street fuelled by worries about the sustainability of the AI rally, while oil prices clawed back some of the previous two days' hefty losses.

International Business Times

Jokowi was once seen as Indonesia’s ‘new hope’. Instead, he leaves a legacy of democratic backsliding

As Indonesia’s president Joko Widodo (Jokowi) prepares to leave office, Indonesia is still routinely lauded as one of Asia’s most important democracies. Jokowi was first elected, in 2014, on the promise of breaking with the old Jakarta elite and making government more responsive to ordinary people.

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The lasting scars of war: How conflict shapes children’s lives long after the fighting ends

The world is witnessing some of the highest levels of conflict in decades, with more than 110 armed conflicts occurring across Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America and Europe.

The Conversation

UN asks Asia-Pacific countries to invest more in preventing damage from disasters

A U.N. official says disasters, including those wrought by fiercer storms, are threatening more people and could derail economic progress in the Asia Pacific region if governments would not invest more in disaster-prevention and mitigation

The Independent UK

Oil Prices Hit By Easing Middle East Fears, Most Asian Markets Rise

The sell-off came as the commodity is also hit by worries about China's economic outlook after Beijing failed to announce any new stimulus at a weekend briefing.

Latin Times

Hong Kong Police Bust Million Deepfake Romance Scam Ring

Hong Kong police arrest individuals in a deepfake romance scam targeting men across Asia, highlighting the dangers of deepfake technology in online scams.

Top News

HashKey Capital H1 Crypto Analysis: AI Integration, TON's Potential To Challenge WeChat

Crypto had a significant run in the first half of the year, with AI integration maintain momentum, TON seeing massive growth, and zkEVM and zkVM action building up – which of the first half's top trends will continue to gain traction throughout the rest of the year?

International Business Times

Thailand’s cash handouts made a ‘very good’ month even better for retail conglomerate Berli Jucker’s CEO

Thapanee Techajareonvikul, No. 47 on the Fortune Most Powerful Women Asia list, is the first female CEO of the 142-year-old Thai company.

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The Independent UK

Blinken tells ASEAN the US is worried about China's 'dangerous' actions in disputed sea

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Southeast Asian leaders Friday that the U.S. is concerned about China’s “increasingly dangerous and unlawful” activities in the disputed South China Sea during an annual summit meeting, and pledged the U.S. will continue to uphold freedom of navigation in the vital sea trade…

International Business Times

Asian Markets Mixed After Wall St Drop, Shanghai Dips Before Briefing

Most Asian markets were mixed Friday as investors digested disappointing US inflation data that further dampened expectations for another bumper interest rate cut next month.

International Business Times

Asian Leaders Meet In Laos With US, Russia On World Turmoil

Asian leaders and top diplomats of adversaries the United States and Russia will meet Friday in Laos to discuss a world in turmoil as war rages in the Middle East and Ukraine.

The Conversation

Discovery of 5,000-year-old farming society in Morocco fills a major gap in history – north-west Africa was a central player in trade and culture

A new discovery of an ancient farming society at Oued Beht in Morocco fills a centuries-old gap in history. It reveals that, 5,000 years ago, the Maghreb (north-west Africa) was far from a backwater. Rather, it was an integral part of life in the Mediterranean, a region nestled between north…

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Cycling Weekly

Mark Cavendish to conclude professional cycling career in Singapore

Tour de France stage win record holder to bring curtain down on racing career at ASO end of season criteriums in Asia

The Independent UK

Coldplay’s Hong Kong fans upset as tickets for tour sell out in under an hour

Asia leg tickets being resold on other sites at extremely inflated prices

International Business Times

Asian Markets Track Wall St Record As Hong Kong, Shanghai Stabilise

Asian markets tracked a record day on Wall Street Thursday, with Shanghai and Hong Kong supported by a Chinese central bank move to boost liquidity for major stock-buyers.

Creative Bloq

I visited Cygames' massive mocap studio in Japan, and I'm in awe

Inside Asia's largest motion capture facility.

The Independent UK

China stocks decline amid economic recovery disappointment, while other markets in Asia rise

Shares in China have slumped as details of economic stimulus plans from officials in Beijing failed to meet investors' expectations, while other markets in Asia are higher

International Business Times

Chinese Shares Drop On Stimulus Upset, Asia Tracks Wall St Higher

Stocks in mainland China and Hong Kong fell Wednesday in a volatile start a day after Beijing left investors disappointed over a lack of fresh stimulus and scant detail on its plans for implementing a raft of measures already unveiled.

International Business Times

Pacific Island Nations Swamped By Global Drug Trade

A surge of drugs is engulfing the paradisal South Pacific, as cartels and triads use far-flung island nations to channel narcotics across the globe, top police and UN officials have told AFP. Pacific islands such as Fiji and Tonga sit at the crossroads of largely unpatrolled ocean-trafficking routes used to…

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