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Asian Traders Struggle After Wall St Losses As US Yields Spike

Asian markets were mixed Thursday following steep losses on Wall Street as a spike in US Treasury yields led investors to scale back their expectations on interest rate cuts.

International Business Times

What Is The Asian Tour's International Series?

Here is all the information you need to know about the Asian Tour's International Series, which offers a pathway to LIV Golf

Golf Monthly

Dengue fever: with a record 12.4m cases in 2024 so far, what is driving the world’s largest outbreak?

Cases of ‘bonebreak fever’ are on the rise, mostly in Latin America, Africa and south-east Asia. But incidences in Europe and the US are also being recorded – with an estimated 4 billion people at risk worldwide

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Asian stocks are mixed following a quiet day on Wall Street

Asian stocks are mixed under pressure from a rising U.S. dollar and the uncertainties over the U.S. election

The Independent UK

Global Shares Decline Ahead Of Earnings Reports

Global markets experienced mixed performance as investors awaited earnings reports. Wall Street showed signs of slowing, with European and Asian markets fa...

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UK export of millions of endangered eels to Russia attacked as ‘bonkers’

Critics say eels could be smuggled eastwards towards Asia but exporter says they are for ‘restocking’ project

The Guardian - UK

Asian American boba brand finds opportunity after Simu Liu sparks cultural appropriation debate

The owners of boba milk tea brand Twrl have a chance to pitch a pretty well-known investor, actor Simu Liu

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Milestone for Australia's giant connection cord to Asia

Solar energy from a massive array on a former cattle station, sent through a subsea cable, could soon power Singapore after conditional approval was granted.

AAP

Most Asian Markets Drop As Traders Weigh US Rates Outlook

Most Asian markets turned lower Tuesday after a negative lead from Wall Street fuelled by profit-taking, while traders try to ascertain the outlook for US interest rates.

International Business Times

4,300 tonnes of space junk and rising: another satellite breakup adds to orbital debris woes

A large communications satellite has broken up in orbit, affecting users in Europe, Central Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Australia, and adding to the growing swarm of space junk clouding our planet’s neighbourhood.

The Conversation

Bubba Watson will make his first ever pro appearance in this Southeast Asian country

Although Watson has made eight previous appearances on the tour, this will be his first in Indonesia.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Smoke pollution from wildfires may be killing an extra 12,000 people a year, new research suggests

Global heating particularly increasing risk of death from smoke inhalation in Australia, South America, Europe and parts of Asia

The Guardian - AU

US missile deployment to Philippines 'incredibly important' for combat readiness, US general says

A US Army general says the deployment by the US military of a mid-range missile system in the northern Philippines was “incredibly important” and allowed American and Filipino forces to jointly train for the potential usage of such heavy weaponry in conditions in an Asian tropical archipelago

The Independent UK

2024 Zozo Championship: Prize money, TV coverage, who’s in the field and more

The PGA Tour heads to Asia this week.

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Golf Monthly

Bubba Watson To Make International Series Debut Following Tough LIV Golf Season

The two-time Masters champion will compete against rival LIV golfers and the leading Asian Tour players at the BNI Indonesian Masters later this month

The Independent UK

Sunburn: Why Asia’s biggest electronic dance music festival still doesn’t have a venue

Tickets are already on sale and the festival is supposed to be just over two months away, but organisers for Sunburn 2024 are facing stiff opposition from locals in Goa who fear it will bring drugs, noise pollution and environmental damage. Shahana Yasmin reports

Radio France Internationale

Ghana grapples with crisis caused by world's throwaway fashion

This week's podcast focuses on textile waste from fast fashion. As cheap clothes from China, Asia and Europe increasingly end up in West Africa, pollution is rising – particularly in Ghana. RFI spoke to Greenpeace Africa investigators to understand the scale of the issue and how to combat it.

The Independent UK

Stock market today: Asian shares gain as China releases plan for market support

Asian shares are higher after China's central bank released plans for supporting stock markets through share repurchases

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Cocoa Prices Settle Higher on Mixed Q3 Global Cocoa Grindings

December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ24 ) Thursday closed up +6 (+0.08%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ24 ) closed up +71 (+1.23%). Cocoa prices recovered from early losses on Thursday and posted moderate gains. Short covering emerged in cocoa futures Thursday after Q3 cocoa grindings for Asia and Europe...

The Independent UK

Stock market today: Asian shares are mostly higher after strong earnings boost stocks on Wall St

Shares are mostly higher in Asia after U.S. stocks rose following better-than-expected profit reports from Morgan Stanley, United Airlines and other big companies

International Business Times UK

Hong Kong Tech And Digitial Media Graduates Arrested For $46M Deepfake AI Scam Targeting Men In Singapore And India

Hong Kong romance scam using deepfakes raked millions from men across Asia. The victims had parted more than $46 million.

The Independent UK

Major meeting of Asian security group begins in Pakistan to discuss security and economic ties

The leaders and officials from an Asian security group an international group founded to counter Western alliances have met in the capital, Islamabad to discuss how to boost security cooperation and economic ties

The Independent UK

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

International Business Times

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.

The Conversation

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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