Over the next few weeks Dubai will be abuzz. Tens of thousands of diplomats, activists and business folk are due to fly in to join the UN’s annual climate pow-wow. The United Arab Emirates’ skill at wrangling countries and industries with vastly disparate interests, in the hope of making further progress on…

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In July one of Taiwan’s top newspapers, United Daily News, published a story based on supposedly leaked minutes from a secret government meeting. America had asked Taiwan to make biological weapons at a lab run by the island’s defence ministry, the report claimed.

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Nvidia has informed its Chinese customers about a delay in the release of a new artificial intelligence (AI chip, as per a Reuters report citing sources. The chip, known as H20 is among a range of new products designed by the California-based chip giant to comply with tightened United States export regulations,…

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If the 9/11 attacks woke up the West to the threat of global terrorism, the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai forced it to acknowledge and focus on India’s security concerns vis-à-vis its neighbourhood. It also exposed India’s under-preparedness in combating asymmetric warfare of such scale.

15 years of 26/11: How Mumbai terror attacks…

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Investcorp, a global investment institution headquartered in Bahrain, plans to establish its first RMB fund targeting RMB2 billion to RMB4 billion yuan to focus on buyout investment opportunities in China. Founded in 1982, Investcorp is an alternative asset investment institution managing US$50…

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Claiming no unusual or novel pathogens other than the seasonal ones were detected, China has sought to play down the global concerns amid surging cases of mycoplasma pneumonia and influenza flu, especially among children, in its southern and northern provinces.

Even when China’s widely-publicised exchange with the World Health Organisation (WHO) in response to…

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Nov 16 (Reuters) – Retailers are preparing for what they hope will be yet another record-setting global shopping spree on Black Friday, the fourth Friday of November, which this year is Nov. 24.

Known for crowds lining up at big-box stores to pounce on doorbuster discounts during the early hours after American Thanksgiving, Black…

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Nvidia NVDA-Q has told customers in China it is delaying the launch of a new artificial intelligence chip it designed to comply with U.S. export rules until the first quarter of next year, two sources familiar with the matter said.

The delayed chip is the H20, the most powerful of three China-focused chips Nvidia…

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The release of hostages as part of a deal between Israel and Hamas is expected to begin today. Seasonal hiring is slowing at some major retailers. And another Mississippi family says their loved one was killed and buried without their knowledge.

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It’s been three years since a national-security watchdog agency completed a review of Global Affairs’ Global Security Reporting Program and there is still no indication when the report will be made available to the public. A national-security watchdog said China’s imprisonment of Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig prompted it to delay…

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