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Israeli military issues orders to seize Palestinian land and uproot trees near Bethlehem

Israeli military issues orders to seize Palestinian land and uproot trees near Bethlehem Israeli authorities have issued four military orders to seize Palestinian land near Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, including orders to seize 4.708 dunums of land in al-Khader and Arab al-Ta'amra and remove trees and vegeta…

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Six dead after gunman opens fire in Kraków market square, with three more victims found at suspect’s home

Three more people found dead at home of suspect, who minister says held ‘ultra-nationalistic’ viewsSix people were killed and 16 wounded after a gunman opened fire in a busy market square in Kraków, authorities said, in what Poland’s defence minister called an “act of terror” on the people of the city.The suspect, a…

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‘Very strange, very sad’: Paraguay bank collapse fells a presidency and leaves millions broke

Santiago Peña charged over alleged role in crisis as prosecutors request he be placed in preventive custodyPedro Volpe had just woken up last Tuesday when he saw a message from a friend asking whether his bank account was down too.It was a day after payday, and Volpe, 50, a writer and lawyer, opened his banking app …

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Trump may have lost but don’t bet Democrats can fix the economy

There’s not much they can do over the next couple of years to alleviate angry voters’ stress over pricesIt was the economy, again. Although Donald Trump largely ignored it, voters’ acute concerns over the rising cost of living fuelled a political upheaval for the ages that is likely to deliver the biggest swing towa…

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US buyers at China’s largest trade fair soar over 20% after Xi-Trump meeting

The number of European and American buyers attending China’s largest trade fair rose sharply this autumn, though exporters on the floor said economic headwinds in the West continued to act as a drag on deal making. Attendees from the European Union and United States at the latest edition of the Canton Fair, which co…

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TikTok accused of helping to promote sex industry to girls

Researchers say popular performers covertly market OnlyFans content and tell followers about wealthy lifestyleTikTok is helping to promote and normalise the sex industry, allowing “sexfluencers” to post videos aimed at marketing pornographic content they have uploaded elsewhere on sites such as OnlyFans, a report in…

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Israeli forces raid West Bank areas of Salfit and Nablus, detain Palestinian man

Israeli forces raid West Bank areas of Salfit and Nablus, detain Palestinian man Israeli forces have carried out raids in several parts of the occupied West Bank and detained at least one person on Saturday, Wafa reported. Forces raided homes in the town of az-Zawiya, near Salfit, as well as in the Askar al-Jadeed a…

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Reform UK councillor promoted collapsed $1.9bn ‘Ponzi scheme’ HyperVerse that left victims suicidal

Susan Lawrence, elected to Wolverhampton city council, sits on committee overseeing financial reporting of multimillion-pound budgetA woman who promoted a notorious cryptocurrency scam has been elected as a Reform UK councillor and now sits on the audit and risk committee of a major city council.Susan Lawrence was o…

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Chinese tourist arrivals in Thailand fall 13.6% in October after embassy safety warning

Chinese arrivals in Thailand, normally a popular tourist destination, declined in October partly because of a fresh embassy warning against dangers such as getting snared by the country’s ever-active fraud rings. The Southeast Asian country logged 308,942 arrivals from China last month, 13.6 per cent lower than the …

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Financial leaders tiptoe around Beijing’s asset scrutiny, hail Hong Kong’s wealth boom

Global financial leaders who gathered in Hong Kong this week largely sidestepped Beijing’s offshore trust tax crackdown, a lingering near-term hurdle for the city’s otherwise expanding wealth management industry. Beijing’s move earlier this year to step up scrutiny of wealthy families’ overseas assets was barely dis…

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Israeli settler attacks on West Bank olive harvest hit record since 2006, UN says

Israeli settler attacks on West Bank olive harvest hit record since 2006, UN says The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said Israeli settlers have carried out a total of 377 attacks on olive harvest across the occupied West Bank since September, a record since 2006 when th…

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A K-beauty rival? C-beauty brands take on the global market with lines in Ulta, Boots

China’s beauty brands are stepping into the global market, armed with intricately carved lipsticks, ⁠freeze-dried face masks activated with purified water, and creams infused with traditional Chinese medicine ingredients. Proya Cosmetics, the largest C-beauty brand by revenue, is among the most aggressive. Its Advan…

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Test of trust for Hong Kong’s new housing checks unit after Wang Fuk Court blaze

For former Wang Fuk Court resident Dorz Cheung, seeing will be believing when it comes to reforms initiated after the deadly inferno in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district. The 34-year-old questioned whether the new oversight bodies would prevent another disaster, saying systemic reforms to tackle shoddy building maintenanc…

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Former Evergrande economist faces WeChat gag order after ‘buy the dip’ call

Amid a bear market in China’s stock exchanges, Ren Zeping, the high-profile independent economist famed for his prescient call on China’s A-share bull market, is once again in the spotlight for a “gag order” on his social media, though industry insiders say that the move by the platform was not unexpected. Since Oct…

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Myanmar’s will to fight money laundering questioned as tougher curbs loom

Myanmar’s military-backed government may find its reluctance to address the international community’s concerns a greater obstacle to economic recovery than the threat of tougher international financial restrictions, according to analysts. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global money-laundering and terror…

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Ousted Paraguay president under house arrest after banking crisis leaves 60% of country unable to access accounts

Santiago Peña was detained minutes after he was impeached by Congress, as protesters took to the streets demanding answers after the suspension of the Ueno bankParaguay’s rightwing president has been placed under house arrest minutes after he was impeached by Congress, amid a severe crisis that left more than half t…

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Israeli settlers beat Palestinian man unconscious with clubs

Israeli settlers beat Palestinian man unconscious with clubs Israeli settlers have been filmed attacking Palestinians during an overnight attack on a hamlet in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, according to Quds News Network. One of the men can be seen lying unconscious after being beaten wit…

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