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Thai posts mock Cambodia with misattributed Pakistan flooding video
A video of a man being swept away by floodwaters on a road in Karachi, Pakistan has resurfaced in social media posts falsely claiming it…
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Armani’s death puts fate of luxury empire in hands of heirs
Giorgio Armani fought for decades to keep the fashion empire he founded independent, as Italian icons like Gucci and Fendi were snapped up…
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BMW’s iX3 spearheads multibillion-dollar reboot that takes the fight to Tesla, BYD
On Friday (Sep 5), German luxury carmaker BMW launched its second-generation iX3 – and with it, a sweeping reset strategy to catch up with…
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ByteDance chip design staff suddenly find out they report to Singapore unit: sources
Chip design workers at Chinese tech giant ByteDance, many based in Beijing or Shanghai, unexpectedly found out last week that they are…
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Apple’s India sales hit record US$9 billion after big retail push
Apple’s annual sales in India hit a record of nearly US$9 billion in the last fiscal year, signalling growing consumer demand for its…
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China bonds see renewed selloff after stock market rebound
Chinese government bonds declined in Friday (Sep 5) afternoon trading as an equity rebound extended and higher yields at a longer-dated…
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Nikkei ends at over 2-week high as Trump lowers tariffs on Japanese automobiles
Japan’s Nikkei share average closed at a more-than two-week high on Friday (Sep 5) as auto shares rose after US President Donald Trump…
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Citi expects global digital asset trades to hit US$2 trillion a day; DBS sees volume surge in H1
In a white paper released this week, Citi projected that in five years, the world will see US$2 trillion of digital assets held or traded…
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Former Wisconsin School Teacher Charged with Sexually Assaulting Teen While She was His Nanny
A former school teacher in Hudson, Wisconsin, was charged earlier this year with sexually pursuing a grade-school boy, is facing new…
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Tencent-backed Airwallex acquires OpenPay to harness its billing capabilities
Fintech company Airwallex has acquired OpenPay, a San Francisco-based billing platform that provides subscription management, payment…
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Tencent-backed Airwallex acquires OpenPay, in a move that pits it against Stripe Billing
Fintech company Airwallex has acquired OpenPay, a San Francisco-based billing platform that provides subscription management, payment…
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Landscaper Saves Illinois Woman from Husband Who was Trying to Kill Her by Smothering Her with a Pillow
A suburban woman is alive after a landscaper intervened when her husband allegedly tried to smother her to death with a pillow, police…
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Asia: Markets rally as Chinese stocks selloff eases
ASIAN markets mostly gained on Friday after an intense selloff of Chinese equities stalled this week, with rumours the country’s financial…
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Donna Adelson Convicted of Hiring Hitmen to Kill Her Former Son-in-Law Amid Bitter Custody Battle with Her Daughter
A Florida grandmother has been convicted of orchestrating the murder of her daughter's ex-husband, who was killed by hitmen amid a bitter…
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Has India ‘weaponised water’ to deliberately flood Pakistan?
Islamabad, Pakistan – For the second time in three years, catastrophic monsoon floods have carved a path of destruction across Pakistan’s…
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Singapore swim school Fitness Champs splashes into Nasdaq with US$15 million IPO
As a former competitive swimmer who was waiting to enter university, Joyce Lee started freelancing as a swimming instructor in 1999 to…
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Miu Miu Beauty Names Paloma Elsesser, Chloë Sevigny, Coco Gauff U.S. Ambassadors
Miu Miu Beauty is building out its roster of U.S. ambassadors in tandem with its product offerings. Having debuted Miutine in August, the…
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Qantas trims executive bonuses by 15% for fiscal 2025 over cyber hack
RALIA’S Qantas Airways has cut short-term bonuses for its top executives and CEO by 15 per cent in fiscal 2025 after a cyber hack earlier…
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OpenAI set to start mass production of its own AI chips with Broadcom, FT reports
AI is set to produce its own artificial intelligence chip for the first time next year, as the ChatGPT maker attempts to address…
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Broadcom to help OpenAI create AI chip to take on Nvidia
Broadcom is helping OpenAI design and produce an artificial intelligence accelerator from 2026, getting into a lucrative sphere dominated…
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Starbucks China valued at about US$5 billion by bidders, sources say
Most of the bidders seeking to buy a portion of Starbucks’ China operations have submitted offers valuing the business at as much as US$5…
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Starbucks China reportedly valued at about US$5 billion by bidders
Most of the bidders seeking to buy a portion of Starbucks’ China operations have submitted offers valuing the business at as much as US$5…
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Stocks to watch: ST Engineering, Olam, Yangzijiang Financial, Stoneweg Europe Stapled Trust
The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Friday (Sep 5): ST Engineering: Over the next…
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Why China’s world-beating stock rally is making investors anxious
WHEN a quiet resurgence in Chinese equities developed into a world-beating rally, it took many seasoned market watchers by surprise.…