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Egyptian court orders closure of news site Mada Masr and fines editor Lina Attalah, sparking international outcry Paraguay’s president urges UN to let Taiwan in, calls island’s exclusion ‘a stain’
Paraguayan President Santiago Pena told the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday that his country “is not neutral” on the Taiwan Strait, pledging support for…
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American views of China improve before Xi-Trump summit, Pew report finds
As Chinese President Xi Jinping makes his high-profile state visit to the US, Americans’ views of China remain negative but have improved in recent years,…
China’s storage makers aim to climb value chain with advanced packaging bets
Chinese storage makers, long known for packaging chips into modules, have been moving up the value chain into wafer-level operations, with the latest firm to…
Hong Kong pledges lenient approach on 10-12 hours of civil service family leave
Hong Kong authorities have pledged to take a lenient approach when approving applications for a new scheme granting civil servants 10 to 12 hours of…
The Federal Agency That’s Supposed to Protect Consumers Just Made Another Business-Friendly Move
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Italy’s Colosseum closes after worker dies in accident
Italy’s Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli ordered the one-day closure of the Colosseum on Wednesday as a mark of respect after a worker was killed overnight…