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Hong Kong’s de facto central bank intervenes to defend currency peg
Hong Kong’s de-facto central bank said it intervened twice on Friday and sold US$3.78 billion against the Hong Kong dollar after the local…
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Hong Kong moves to defend FX peg for third time in a week
Hong Kong authorities intervened for the third time in a week to support the currency, which had dropped towards the weak end of its…
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Alibaba offers 50 billion yuan of subsidies to defend turf in China
The world’s second-largest economy’s e-commerce leader is facing growing challenges from up-and-comers such as PDD Holdings Alibaba Group…
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DNC chair: Sen. Thom Tillis is retiring because he can't defend 'big, beautiful bill' to voters
The head of the Democratic National Committee said Monday that North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis decided against running for reelection…
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Hong Kong intervenes to defend FX peg as local currency drops
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) purchased HK$9.4 billion (S$1.5 billion) of local currency. This came after the exchange rate…
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Hong Kong sells record amount of currency to defend exchange peg
The recent rally in currencies of trade-dependent Asian economies is fuelling concerns among central bank policymakers Hong Kong…
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World Athletics Indoor Championships: Molly Caudery unable to defend pole vault title with fourth-place finish
The competition was delayed by around 40 minutes because of an issue with the technology that lifts the bar. Once it resumed, Caudery went…
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Hollywood creatives urge government to defend copyright laws against AI
More than 400 Hollywood creatives, including director Guillermo del Toro and actors Cynthia Erivo and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, are urging the…
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Commentary: Did AI really defend the KKK at the end of my column? Let's discuss
Journalism schools teach that writers should report the news, not be the news. But what happens when one of your articles goes viral — not…
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As Deportation Concerns Grow, California Allocates $50M Fund to Battle Trump Policies and Defend Immigrants
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed laws on Friday to allocate $50 million for legal battles against the Trump administration and to…
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Original ‘Little House on the Prairie’ Actors Defend Netflix Reboot Amid Fan Backlash: ‘It Will Be Different’ and Not Turned ‘Into Something Weird’
Original “Little House on the Prairie” actors Dean Butler and Alison Arngrim are quelling concerns that the recently announced reboot will…
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Microsoft, Meta CEOs defend hefty AI spending after DeepSeek stuns tech world
DAYS after Chinese upstart DeepSeek revealed a breakthrough in cheap artificial intelligence (AI) computing that shook the US technology…
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PBOC halts bond buying to defend yuan as economic gloom worsens
CHINA’S central bank said it will suspend buying government bonds, its latest attempt to temper investor bets on weak economic growth that…
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'Deny' 'Depose' and 'Defend': Chilling Cryptic Message Found on Bullets of Brian Thompson's Assan Has Eerie Book Slamming Insurance Companies
The suspect who shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Midtown hotel may have left a cryptic message on the bullets used in…
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Why Is It OK for Everyone but Israelis to Defend Themselves?
The International Criminal Court says its decision to issue arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former…
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Australia's Woolworths, Coles to defend lawsuit over discounts
(Reuters) -Woolworths and Coles Group said on Friday they would defend class action proceedings commenced by a law firm in Australia's…