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      Environment
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      Those fighting the biodiversity crisis are still stuck in the old model of conservation — climate tech indicates a fresh path

      Aerial view of a rainforest in Brazil
    • Saturday, 19 February, 2022
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      The tiny, Covid-free nation has created one of the world’s largest marine reserves

    • Monday, 3 August, 2020
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      The world’s emissions trading systems are maturing, but still patchy in their coverage

    • Monday, 20 July, 2020
      US immigration
      Harvard’s immigration win prompts hopes of broader resistance

      Overseas students have been drawn into the fight against Donald Trump’s policies and nativist rhetoric

      Harvard and other universities’ refusal to bow to Donald Trump’s demands has added to the disdain his inner circle feel for these supposed liberal bastions
    • Monday, 20 July, 2020
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      Investors line up for the post-pandemic green recovery

      Financiers are looking to dovetail into policymakers’ ambitions to ‘build back better’

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      Slick stock-trading apps skip over the risks for inexperienced investors

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      Indian society
      India’s student diaspora rises up against Modi crackdown

      Young are putting pressure on families back home to take a stand

      19 December 2019, India, Prayagraj: Police personnel detain a supporter of the Samajwadi Party during a protest against the Indian government citizenship amendment act. Photo: Amardeep/PTI/dpa
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      Special ReportCyber Security
      Personalisation vs privacy: a ‘stark and explicit’ trade-off

      Data leaks and regulatory fuel pressure for stricter regulation of tech groups

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      Special ReportCyber Security
      Does cyber security cross the line when crossing borders?

      Wider use of technology to screen travellers raises privacy and safety concerns

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      Hong Kong-based supplier of handsets to hotel guests failed to match vision with profits

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      Japanese economy
      Japan GDP growth beats forecasts in second quarter

      Robust data could ease pressure on central bank to loosen policy further

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      Central bank’s 25bp reduction comes amid wave of monetary easing across Asia

    • Wednesday, 7 August, 2019
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      BJP’s top female leader was known for her role as India’s national agony aunt 

    • Tuesday, 6 August, 2019
      Equities
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      S&P 500 notches biggest one-day gain in two months despite falls in Europe and Asia

      Mandatory Credit: Photo by WU HONG/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (10352627j) A Chinese investor watches stock prices in front of an electronic board at a securities brokerage house in Beijing, China, 02 August 2019. The Chinese stock market is down after US President Donald J. Trump announced plans hit 300 billion US dollars worth of Chinese goods with a 10 percent tariff. The Shanghai composite index closed at 2,867.84, down 1.41 percent. The Shenzhen composite index closed at 9,136.46, down 1.42 percent. Chinese stock market down after US President Trump hits 300 billion US dollars worth of Chinese goods with 10 percent tariff, Beijing, China - 02 Aug 2019
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      Japan’s Topix has now entered negative territory for the year to date

    • Monday, 5 August, 2019
      Currencies
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    • Sunday, 4 August, 2019
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      US-China trade dispute
      US-China trade tensions hit global markets

      Stocks suffer sell-off while bonds rally on threat of fresh tariffs on $300bn of Chinese imports

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    • Friday, 2 August, 2019
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      Renminbi drops to 2019 low on trade war escalation

      Currency hovers close to psychological floor of seven to the dollar

    • Friday, 2 August, 2019
      US-China trade dispute
      China stocks slide as Trump expands tariffs on $300bn in exports

      Markets react to increasing tensions between world’s two largest economies

    • Thursday, 1 August, 2019
      Asia manufacturing
      Asian economies gripped by manufacturing woes

      Activity wanes in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan as trade spat bites

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