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Thai prime minister says visa-free policy for Chinese visitors to be made permanent in March
Jan 2, 2024

Thai prime minister says visa-free policy for Chinese visitors to be made permanent in March

Thailand's Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin says his country and China will soon implement visa-free entry for each other’s citizens...

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Chinese factory activity slows in December in a 3rd straight month of contraction
Jan 1, 2024

Chinese factory activity slows in December in a 3rd straight month of contraction

A survey of factory managers in China shows manufacturing contracted in December in the latest sign the world's second-largest economy remains sluggish...

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Stock market today: World stocks are mixed in muted holiday trading as 2023 draws to a close
Dec 29, 2023

Stock market today: World stocks are mixed in muted holiday trading as 2023 draws to a close

European shares have opened higher after a mixed session in Asia on the last trading day of the year...

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South Korea's top court orders a 3rd Japanese company to compensate workers for forced labor
Dec 28, 2023

South Korea's top court orders a 3rd Japanese company to compensate workers for forced labor

South Korea’s top court has ordered a third Japanese company to compensate some of its former wartime Korean employees for forced labor...

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Stock market today: Asian shares power higher following slight gains on Wall Street
Dec 28, 2023

Stock market today: Asian shares power higher following slight gains on Wall Street

Asian shares have powered higher after Wall Street logged modest gains in this holiday-shortened week...

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Stock market today: World shares are mixed following slight gains on Wall Street
Dec 28, 2023

Stock market today: World shares are mixed following slight gains on Wall Street

European shares have opened lower after strong gains in Asia led by rallies in Chinese markets...

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China sanctions a US research firm and 2 individuals over reports on human rights abuses in Xinjiang
Dec 27, 2023

China sanctions a US research firm and 2 individuals over reports on human rights abuses in Xinjiang

China says it is banning a United States research company and two analysts who have reported extensively on claims of human rights abuses against Uyghurs and other Muslim minority groups native to the...

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TEPCO's operational ban is lifted, putting it one step closer to restarting reactors in Niigata
Dec 27, 2023

TEPCO's operational ban is lifted, putting it one step closer to restarting reactors in Niigata

Japanese nuclear safety regulators are lifting an operational ban imposed on Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, the operator behind the Fukushima disaster...

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Tokyo court only holds utility responsible to compensate Fukushima evacuees and reduces damages
Dec 26, 2023

Tokyo court only holds utility responsible to compensate Fukushima evacuees and reduces damages

A Tokyo court has ruled that only the operator of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant had to pay damages to dozens of evacuees, relieving the government of responsibility...

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