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Magnitude 6.1 earthquake killed at least 130 people in Afghanistan, officials say
An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 that rocked Afghanistan has killed at least 130 people in the country’s east, disaster management officials said on Wednesday. The majority of confirmed deaths were in the province of Paktika, where 100 people were killed and 250 injured, said Mohammad Nassim Haqqani, the head of the Taliban administration’s disaster management […]
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South Korea puts crypto company Terraform Labs’ staff on no-fly list
The collapse of the Terra ecosystem will go down as one of the most painful and devastating chapters in crypto history. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg via Getty Images Several employees of South Korea-based Terraform labs, the company behind the stablecoin TerraUSD, which collapsed last month and roiled cryptocurrency markets, cannot leave the country, prosecutors said. […]
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Last year it was floods. Now heat waves are driving record power consumption in China’s Henan
A citizen wearing a breathing mask to escape heat rides on the road on May 23, 2019 in China. The electricity load in the Chinese province of Henan reached a new record on Monday, primarily driven by air-conditioning demand, as scorching heat waves spread across regions north of the Yangtze river. Vcg | Visual China […]
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This 32-year-old has a toy business worth millions. Here’s how he got his big break with DC Comics
“I’m not the best artist. I’m terrible,” said Jackson Aw with a sheepish laugh. That may seem ironic, given how the 32-year old is the founder and chief executive officer of Mighty Jaxx, a designer toy company from Singapore. But to Aw, acknowledging his own shortcomings has helped him turn his start-up into a multimillion-dollar […]
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Mark Mobius shares tips on how investors can jump on India’s ‘incredible growth opportunity’
India is now “emerging as something very exciting,” thanks in part to technology and government policies, according to Mark Mobius. “Right now, we’re focusing more and more on India,” Mobius, founding partner at Mobius Capital Partners, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia” on Tuesday. The veteran investor made his name at Franklin Templeton and is seen […]
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China’s electric vehicle battery supply chain shows signs of forced labor, report says
Hundreds of Uyghurs are working for a mining conglomerate that produces raw materials for electric vehicles as part of a so-called work transfer program in China, the New York Times reported. Shen Longquan | Visual China Group | Getty Images Chinese companies that produce raw materials for electric vehicle batteries show indications of using forced […]
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Singapore confirms case of monkeypox, first in Southeast Asia
In this photo illustration, blood test vials are seen in front of a screen that says ”Monkeypox” Nikos Pekiaridis/ | Nurphoto | Getty Images Singapore has confirmed an imported case of monkeypox, the health ministry said late on Tuesday, the first such case reported in Southeast Asia during this year’s outbreak of the viral disease. […]
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Asia-Pacific stocks rise after Wall Street bounces back
SINGAPORE — Shares in the Asia-Pacific region traded higher on Wednesday, as Wall Street bounced back after a turbulent week last week. Investors will be looking ahead to the minutes from Bank of Japan’s monetary policy meeting. Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 0.52% in early trade, while the Topix gained 0.6%. The S&P/ASX 200 in Australia […]
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Stock futures are flat after markets claw back some losses from weeks of selling
U.S. stock index futures were flat overnight Tuesday after the major averages jumped in regular trading hours, attempting to claw back some losses following weeks of selling. Futures contracts tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 were little changed. During regular trading Tuesday, the Dow surged 641 points, or 2.15%. […]
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Mark Zuckerberg showed these prototype headsets to build support for his $10 billion metaverse bet
The company formerly known as Facebook is going to spend $10 billion this year on research and development on virtual reality and augmented reality technologies, including computerized glasses or headsets. On Monday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg showed off how much progress the social media company has made towards that goal by revealing many of the […]
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