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New EU medicines law aims to bypass India, China on key drugs
The EU will look to boost local production of medicines through state aid and rewards for “made in EU” products, after legislators clinched a deal…
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Hong Kong mourns victims of blaze that killed 128 and counting
Hong Kong on Saturday mourned the 128 people known to have died in a massive fire at a high-rise apartment complex, a toll that is…
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China signals defiance in face of Trump’s 100% tariff threat
The Chinese government has come out swinging in response to President Donald Trump’s threat Friday of 100 percent tariffs on China’s imports in response to…
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North Korea’s hidden wildlife trade: new research reveals state involvement
Reports suggest long-tailed goral skins are being sold illegally to buyers in China. Joshua Elves Powell North Korea is notorious for its illicit trade in…
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Politics
Putin slams ‘discriminatory’ sanctions ahead of China trip
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that Moscow and Beijing stand together against “discriminatory” sanctions on global trade, as he heads to China for a…
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Why China can build so quickly and America can’t
America has a hard time building stuff. Roads. Trains. Light rail. Bridges. Housing. Everything takes seemingly forever, if it even happens at all. Meanwhile, there’s China. A country that builds much faster — high-speed trains, solar panels, electric cars, bridges, ports, drones — all churned out at breakneck speed. Why can China do this, and […]
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How tariff wars are reshaping migration and raising the risk of human rights abuses in supply chains
Arturo Almanza K/Shutterstock The tariff wars between the US and its trade partners have rarely been out of the news since the US president, Donald…
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Technology
The White House just joined TikTok
While it was President Joe Biden who signed the law that would force ByteDance to sell its stake in TikTok or face a ban, it’s…
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What will it take for China to arrest its declining birth rate?
China’s central government introduced a childcare subsidy on July 28 that will provide families with 3,000 yuan (around £312) a year for each child under…
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Why the US is letting China win on energy innovation
The Heyuan Queyashan wind farm near the Chinese city of Heyuan, Guangdong province. maple90 / Shutterstock During the cold war, the US and Soviet Union…
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