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The Republican-led US Senate passed legislation on Tuesday that would overturn President Donald Trump’s tariffs against Brazil by terminating the national emergency he declared in July in retaliation for Brazil’s prosecution of its former president, Jair Bolsonaro, for an alleged coup attempt. In the first of three tariff bills expected in the Senate this week, lawmakers approved the Brazil measure …

اکنامک ڈپلومیسی فورم (EDF) نے قونصلیٹ جنرل آف پیپلز ریپبلک آف چائنا کراچی کے اشتراک سے اپنے پہلے سیمینار بعنوان تبدیل ہوتے عالمی نظام میں اقتصادی سفارتکاری چین کی کامیابی سے حاصل ہونے والے اسباق کا کامیاب انعقاد کیا۔ چین کے قونصل جنرل نے اقتصادی سفارتکاری پر سیمینار کے کامیاب انعقاد پر منتظمین کو مبارکباد پیش کی اور اسے علاقائی …

Hong Kong customs has uncovered two major sea smuggling cases, seizing suspected illicit goods worth about HK$200 million (US$25 million), including 150 tonnes of donkey skin. The massive haul was discovered aboard a river trade vessel and an ocean-going ship on October 3 and 7, respectively. “Customs officers inspected on October 7 five containers declared as carrying frozen food and …

A bipartisan group of 38 US senators is urging President Donald Trump to use his expected summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea next week to secure the release of former Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, the latest in the US Congress’s efforts to get human rights on the agenda of the high-stakes meeting. In a …

OPINION — Precision U.S. airstrikes against Iran’s nuclear program last June demonstrate American technological prowess built on decades of 20th Century Cold War Era investment and innovation. Today, the U.S. continues to originate new technology, yet it finds itself in a race with rivals such as China and Russia to dominate AI, quantum computing, robotics, semiconductors, cyber, and other frontier …

Antibody-drug conjugates (ADC), a fast-growing next-generation cancer treatment, have become an investment hotspot due to its potential to become mainstream globally, according to biopharmaceutical industry insiders. To achieve sustainable growth and maximise revenue potential, companies should pursue differentiated product development and a global clinical strategy, according to Duality Biotherapeutics, which organised a biotech forum in Shanghai last week. The Shanghai-based …

When the red, black and yellow flag of East Timor was hoisted alongside the colours of its new Southeast Asian peers inside the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre on Sunday, several Timorese journalists in the media gallery broke into tears. After more than a decade of waiting since it first applied in 2011, the small half-island nation – Asia’s newest country …

At the newly opened Laopu Gold store in Hong Kong’s IFC Mall, it was quiet on a weekday afternoon. The barriers at the entrance, the spacious lounge and private rooms inside all exude the luxury image the brand aspires to project. A few days ago, long queues were seen before the shop’s opening, with some arriving hours earlier to secure …

US President Donald Trump said he may discuss a decline in Chinese purchases of Russian oil with Xi Jinping following US sanctions on two major oil companies and expressed disappointment with Vladimir Putin over his conduct of the war in Ukraine. Trump, speaking to reporters en route to Asia to meet world leaders, including Xi, said he hopes his talks …

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the Trump administration will not abandon long-standing US support for Taiwan in negotiations with China to reach a trade agreement. “If what people are worried about is we’re going to get some trade deal where we’re going to get favourable treatment on trade in exchange for walking away from Taiwan – no one …