Sweeping Vietnam internet law comes into force
New Vietnamese internet rules requiring Facebook and TikTok to verify user identities and hand over data to authorities came into
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10:24
Catholics hold muted Christmas mass in Indonesia’s Sharia stronghold
With flickering candles and the sound of organs, hundreds of Catholics held a muted Christmas Eve mass in Indonesia’s Aceh
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14:19
Asian stocks mostly up after US tech rally
Asian stocks were mostly higher on Tuesday after a tech rally on Wall Street, but their gains remained modest in
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09:21
The real-life violence that inspired South Korea’s ‘Squid Game’
A factory turned into a battlefield, riot police armed with tasers and an activist who spent 100 days atop a
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12:20
Asian markets track Wall St rally as US inflation eases rate worries
Asian markets rose Monday after big gains on Wall Street, with traders welcoming below-forecast US inflation data that tempered worries
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10:22
‘Draconian’ Vietnam internet law heightens free speech fears
Social media users in Vietnam on platforms including Facebook and TikTok will need to verify their identities as part of
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06:20
Trump threatens to take back control of Panama Canal
Incoming US president Donald Trump on Saturday slammed what he called unfair fees for US ships passing through the Panama
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06:20
Secretive game developer codes hit ‘Balatro’ in Canadian prairie province
There are no photos or videos of LocalThunk, an anonymous computer programmer who lives in the vast and desolate prairies
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06:27
Qualcomm scores key win in licensing dispute with Arm
A federal jury in the United States on Friday delivered a key win to mobile commputing titan Qualcomm in a
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11:20
Asian markets mixed as traders digest Fed’s hawkish pivot
Equities fluctuated Friday and the dollar maintained its gains against its peers as investors assessed the fallout from the Federal
