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[ad_1] Nasdaq MarketSite in New York on December 21. Photographer: Michael Nagle / Bloomberg Photographer: Michael Nagle / Bloomberg This has been a year like no other. Hammered by a unprecedented health crisis, global stocks fell into a bear market in record speed, then bounced back to new highs thanks …

[ad_1] LONDON: China will overtake the United States to become the world’s largest economy in 2028, five years earlier than previously estimated due to the two countries’ contrasting recoveries from the COVID-19 pandemic, an expert group said. “For some time, a general theme of the global economy has been the …

[ad_1] South China morning post China launches antitrust investigations on Alibaba for alleged monopoly practices, as regulators summon Ant to meet China’s antitrust regulator officially launched investigations into Alibaba Group Holding for alleged monopolistic business practices, including a requirement that e-commerce merchants choose only one platform as their exclusive distribution …

[ad_1] TOKYO: Japan aims to phase out gasoline-powered vehicles in the next 15 years, the government said on Friday (December 25) in a plan to achieve zero net carbon emissions and generate nearly $ 2 trillion a year in green growth by 2050. . The “green growth strategy”, aimed at …

[ad_1] Singapore Airlines announced that it had begun testing of the world’s first “health verification process”, which the company described as the “new normal” for travel. Singapore’s flag carrier has become the first major airline to introduce a digital certificate developed by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and used …

[ad_1] ANKARA: A COVID-19 vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech is 91.25 percent effective, according to interim data from a late-stage trial in Turkey, a potentially far better result than that reported in a separate trial of the vaccine. in Brazil. Turkish researchers said on Thursday (December 24) that no …

[ad_1] South China morning post National Security Act: Hong Kong Media Mogul Jimmy Lai Returns Home After Prosecutors Lost Attempt To Revoke Judge’s 10 Million Hong Kong Dollar Bail Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying can spend Christmas at home after prosecutors failed in their attempt to vacate the …

[ad_1] South China morning post National Security Act: Hong Kong Media Mogul Jimmy Lai Returns Home After Prosecutors Lost Attempt To Revoke Judge’s 10 Million Hong Kong Dollar Bail Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying can spend Christmas at home after prosecutors failed in their attempt to vacate the …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: “Draw a tree!” Keith repeatedly exclaims to his two friends, Toh Ee Ming and Zhang Ludi. They are sitting cross-legged in front of a lush bush, doing their best to draw their surroundings. When a rooster strutting in front of them crows, Keith sticks his head out and …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore’s manufacturing output increased 17.9 percent year-on-year in November, driven by biomedical and electronics manufacturing. Excluding biomedical manufacturing, production rose 14 percent, the Economic Development Board (EDB) said on Thursday (December 24). Ad Ad November’s rally follows a revised 0.8 percent year-on-year decline in October, which was affected …