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Buccellati Brings Retrospective to Shanghai Highlighting Craftsmanship, Family Legacy
MILAN — A decade after entering Mainland China, Buccellati will stage a retrospective exhibition in Shanghai beginning Sunday until Jan.…
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EXCLUSIVE: Eos Launches Fragrance
Body care heavyweight Eos is ready to take on fragrance. The brand, best known for its hero scented body lotions, is debuting its first…
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China chipmaker Moore Threads soars 469% after eight billion yuan IPO
The listing comes as optimism over the country’s drive for tech self-sufficiency intensifies, fuelled by trade tensions and fears of US…
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China chipmaker Moore Threads soars 502% after eight billion yuan IPO
The listing comes as optimism over the country’s drive for tech self-sufficiency intensifies, fuelled by trade tensions and fears of US…
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Netflix Enters Exclusive Deal Talks for Warner Bros. Discovery
Netflix has entered exclusive talks with Warner Bros. Discovery to acquire the company’s film and television studio, as well as the HBO…
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Feminist Supernatural Drama ‘The Difficult Bride’ Unveils Cast as Rubaiyat Hossain Wraps Principal Photography (EXCLUSIVE)
Acclaimed Bangladeshi director Rubaiyat Hossain, known for her powerful women-centric films, has completed principal photography in Dhaka…
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CLI-backed SC Capital starts work on US$600 million first phase of Osaka data centre
The 100MW facility in a prime location will have direct access to robust power infrastructure and major network routes Singapore-based…
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Philippines eyes easing IPO float rules to lure firms like GCash
Companies will be required to keep certain minimum public float levels after listing The Philippines’ securities regulator plans to relax…
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China’s risky shadow banks back in spotlight after Xi’s debt crackdown
Bridging the funding gap has become more urgent as bond issuance by the special financial vehicles has fallen to its lowest level since…
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Judge blocks Trump firings at State Department, says spending bill prohibits cuts right now
A federal judge put a stop to the State Department's plans to fire some employees, ruling late Thursday that the new stopgap spending law…
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Asian markets mixed ahead of US data, expected Fed rate cut
Focus is now on the release later Friday of the personal consumption expenditures index Asian markets struggled into the weekend on Friday…
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Faroe Islands scraps one of Europe's strictest abortion laws
The parliament of the Faroe Islands voted on Thursday to legalise abortion until the end of the 12th week of pregnancy, overturning a…
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VinFast to invest US$500 million in India to expand manufacturing
The company plans to increase production to 150,000 annually within a year and double it in the next three years VinFast Auto, Vietnam’s…
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US Supreme Court will allow Texas to use redrawn voting maps
The US Supreme Court has cleared the way for Texas to use a new congressional map that could help the Republican effort to shore up their…
Culture
Singapore, Malaysia to ramp up cross-border taxi quota to 500 per country
Singapore and Malaysia will gradually increase the quota for licensed cross-border taxis to 500, from the current level of 200 per…
Culture
Hainan Jury Touts Festival as a Launchpad for Next Year’s Breakthrough Films
At the 7th Hainan Island International Film Festival in China, jury president Marco Müller urged audiences and industry to rethink the…
Business
Gold steady as rising yields offset dollar weakness; PCE data eyed
Gold prices held steady on Friday (Dec 5), as rising US Treasury yields offset support from a weaker US dollar, while markets awaited US…
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Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Actor in ‘Mortal Kombat’ and ‘The Man in the High Castle,’ Dies at 75
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, who played evil sorcerer Shang Tsung in the “Mortal Kombat” franchise and appeared in “The Last Emperor,” “Licence…
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Liu Chang: The reluctant heiress who saved her father’s agriculture empire
The “young” Liu has already been with New Hope Group, founded by her father Liu Yonghao, for 23 years. “I’M NOT like the heroes of the…
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The reluctant heiress who saved her father’s agriculture empire
Amid mounting losses, Liu Chang instilled a “wartime culture”. “I’M NOT like the heroes of the founding generation, I don’t have a story,…
Culture
Pubs in England and Wales could stay open longer for World Cup 2026
Pubs in England and Wales could stay open until 01:00 next summer if a home nation reaches the quarter-finals or further at the football…
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Humanoid robots have a data problem. China’s ‘training centres’ hope to fix it
The humans controlling the droids have them repeat each task over and over, as a computer system logs their every move Home economics…
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Top UK scientist says research visa restrictions endanger economy
One of Britain's most distinguished scientists, Prof Sir Paul Nurse, says the government is "shooting itself in the foot" with its visa…
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‘The Batman’ Director Matt Reeves Stands Up for Paul Dano After Tarantino’s Diss: ‘An Incredible Actor’
Filmmaker Matt Reeves added his voice to the wave of praise for Paul Dano — an outpouring that was prompted by Quentin Tarantino dissing…