US tariffs ruin education dreams for children in India’s diamond hub | Unemployment
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Saudi Arabia positions itself as carbon trading hub for Asia, Global South
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ByteDance’s agentic AI smartphone dials up a digital backlash from China’s top apps
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Asia’s strong equity deals pipeline to be tested by AI bubble concerns in 2026
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Big Shift in AI Stock Trade Drives Hunt for New Stars in Asia
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Alibaba’s Qwen app becomes the world’s fastest growing AI app as MAUs surge 149%
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Japan state coffers get record amount of assets of deceased in FY2024
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Paleontologists Discover New Species of Mamenchisaurid Dinosaur
A new species of the sauropod dinosaur genus Mamenchisaurus has been discovered in China dating back to the…