Hong Kong rally leads Asian markets, traders assess Fed rate plans
Hong Kong led most Asian markets higher Tuesday as traders returned from an extended weekend break to forecast-beating Chinese factory data that lifted hopes for the world's number-two economy.
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Thailand same-sex marriage bill moves to senate
The Thai senate will on Tuesday debate a bill to legalise same-sex marriage, as the kingdom moves towards becoming the first Southeast Asian country to recognise marriage equality.
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'Dust and scorpions': Inside Iraq's crumbling school system
In a small village in central Iraq, children cram into dilapidated classrooms in a converted farmhouse with open-air toilets, a symptom of how education has been neglected in the oil-rich but war-weary country.
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Colombia's cocaine canyon: the guerrilla turf impeding peace
Bright green coca plantations blanket the mountains along the narrow Micay canyon, the heartland of Colombia's holdout guerrillas who rule their fiefdom like a mini-state.
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Several aid workers killed in Israeli strike on Gaza
An Israeli strike killed several people delivering food aid to the besieged Gaza Strip on Monday, their organisation said, with the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory reporting that four of them were foreigners.
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Will Musk help Trump with cash, not just tweets?
Elon Musk, one of the world's richest people, says he won't directly back Joe Biden or Donald Trump in the US election -- but one look at his X feed makes clear his heart is with the Republican.
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Totality ready: US braces for April 8 solar eclipse frenzy
US communities along the path of the April 8 total solar eclipse are preparing for the year's biggest astronomic event, with millions of visitors expected to brighten local economies -- and snarl up logistics.
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Swan song for General Electric as it completes demerger
The US conglomerate General Electric, co-founded more than 130 years ago by Thomas Edison, is opening a new chapter in its history on Tuesday: its break-up into three independent entities which will then concentrate on their disparate core businesses.
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NATO at 75 is stronger -- but also under threat
The NATO military alliance marks its 75th anniversary on Thursday, reinvigorated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine -- but menaced by the growing threat from Moscow and the spectre of Donald Trump.
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Trump posts $175 million bond in civil fraud case
Embattled former US president Donald Trump posted a $175 million bond in his New York civil fraud case Monday, a court document showed, avoiding payment of a $454 million penalty while his case winds through the appeals process.
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