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EU considers US$108 billion US retaliatory tariffs over Trump’s Greenland threat
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China’s pharmaceutical industry surges on ageing demand and global expansion, with revenue forecast to top US$2.1 trillion by 2030.
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Kyiv says held ‘substantive’ talks with US; discussions to continue in Davos
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Online community split over whether women travelling alone to ‘dangerous’ nations is reckless or eye-opening.
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Hong Kong Marathon organisers to look into turning event into 2-day affair
Huge number of applications is an issue that needs to be addressed, they say, but so is disruption to the city caused by just one race day.
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Are Western defence firms aiming at the Chinese navy in their promo videos?
Vessels that look a lot like PLA warships appear in animation of BAE and Lockheed weapons systems.
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Trump had threatened to use the Insurrection Act to deploy military forces if state officials do not control protests against ICE agents.
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Hong Kong police arrest 2, record 220 offences in illegal road racing crackdown
Officers intercepted 50 vehicles on suspicion of illegal modification during two-day operation ‘Fossington’.
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Chile declares state of emergency as wildfires kill at least 18 people
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