Inflation is raging because globalization is fading
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FREEPIK INFLATION prognostication tends to come down to reading statistical tea leaves. Friday’s report of strong US job growth looks like a…
China warns Asian nations to avoid being used as ‘chess pieces’ by major powers
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PIXABAY JAKARTA — China’s foreign minister Wang Yi warned on Monday during a policy speech in the Indonesian capital that countries should…
Japan PM Kishida poised to consolidate ruling party power as Shinzo Abe mourned
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida — KYODO/VIA REUTERS TOKYO/NARA — Japanese Prime (PM) Minister Fumio Kishida looked set to consolidate authority within his…
‘We’re not the devil’: France Inc. grapples with new political order
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A VIEW of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, Nov. 28, 2015. — REUTERS AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France — France’s business elite is grappling…
S. Korea’s Yoon suspends informal media briefings, citing COVID
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REUTERS SEOUL — South Korea’s president will suspend informal media briefings that he has held nearly every day since taking office in…
On Tinder, Gen Z singles prefer ‘simple dates’
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Kiribati’s shock withdrawal overshadows Pacific leaders meeting
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PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM/FORUMSEC.ORG SUVA, Fiji — The withdrawal of the remote Pacific island nation of Kiribati from the region’s key diplomatic group…
Macau shuts all its casinos to curb COVID, gaming shares plunge
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Brenden Brain/CC BY-SA 3.0/Wikimedia Commons HONG KONG — Macau shut all its casinos for the first time in more than two years…
[B-SIDE PODCAST] The five challenges to Philippine competitiveness
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Follow us on Spotify BusinessWorld B-Side Switzerland-based International Institute for Management Development (IMD) recently announced that the Philippines improved four spots in its…
Why Russia drives European and British gas prices
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NORD STREAM AG LONDON — The Nord Stream 1 pipeline that transports gas from Russia to Germany will undergo planned maintenance from…