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  • Tuesday, 15 October, 2024
    News in-depthHardeep Singh Nijjar
    The Indian gang Canada claims is linked to a high-profile murder

    Lawrence Bishnoi, 31, is accused in India of plotting extortion, killings and other crimes from behind bars

    Lawrence Bishnoi, in white shirt, amid heavy police security while coming out of the Amritsar court complex on October 31, 2022 in Amritsar, India
  • Tuesday, 15 October, 2024
    Martin Wolf
    China’s economic ills are serious but not incurable

    Unfortunately, policymakers have made things worse by resorting to temporary palliatives

    James Ferguson illustration of high-rise buildings made of bundles of cash
  • Tuesday, 15 October, 2024
    Indian politics & policy
    Canada and India expel diplomats over killing of Sikh activist

    Countries’ relations at new low after allegations by Canadian police of ‘clandestine activities’ by envoys

    Members of Pakistan's Sikh community hold a protest. They carry signs and a banner featuring a large image of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar. The signs demand justice and criticise the Indian government.
  • Tuesday, 15 October, 2024
    Australian politics
    Australia to ban ‘dodgy’ dynamic pricing after Green Day furore

    Labor government looks to tighten consumer laws ahead of election

    Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day performs On ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’
  • Tuesday, 15 October, 2024
    Batteries
    $1bn US battery plant plan shows race to reduce reliance on China

    A new technology eschews graphite, nickel, manganese and cobalt, of which Beijing controls most of the world’s supply

    An employee checks modules of a used lithium-ion electric vehicle battery in a case at the 4R Energy factory in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
  • Tuesday, 15 October, 2024
    North Korea
    North Korea blows up roads to south as tensions mount

    Symbolic detonations are first of their kind and come amid dispute over drones

    People in Seoul Station watch a television broadcast showing news footage of explosions, with a prominent red news ticker displaying Korean text and a person in the foreground using a mobile phone
  • Tuesday, 15 October, 2024
    Japanese politics & policy
    Ishiba’s election gamble: Japan’s PM fights to keep LDP on track

    Reduced majority could impair the prime minister’s ability to tackle economic and demographic challenges

    Shigeru Ishiba and Yoshihiko Noda
  • Tuesday, 15 October, 2024
    News in-depthBelt and Road Initiative
    Beijing calls for Pakistan to step up security after attacks on Chinese workers

    Two killed in latest bombing by ethnic separatists who have targeted Chinese investments

    Security officials inspect the scene of a blast outside the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan
  • Tuesday, 15 October, 2024
    Chinese business & finance
    ‘800lb gorilla’: luxury brands battle China’s hit grey-market app

    Sales of top brands on DeWu make up estimated 70% of country’s grey market as consumers hunt for lower prices

    Montage showing a Coach jacket and Burberry scarf on the DeWu app with a guest arriving at the Coach Spring 2025 Runway Show and a model on the runway wearing an original creation from the womenswear winter 2024 collections in London from the house of Burberry
  • Monday, 14 October, 2024
    Electric vehicles
    Chinese carmakers deny intent to ‘overthrow’ western rivals

    In Paris for motor show, companies including Xpeng and GAC pledge long-term commitment to European market in effort to allay concerns

    A Geely Zeekr electric car at a launch event in Hong Kong
  • Monday, 14 October, 2024
    Chinese military
    China deploys record number of warplanes in drills around Taiwan

    Manoeuvres come after president asserted sovereignty but asked Beijing to co-operate to secure peace

    A Chinese warship sails in the foreground, with the aircraft carrier Shandong visible in the background under a partly cloudy sky during battle group training in footage released in August 2022
  • Monday, 14 October, 2024
    Gideon Rachman
    While Europe frets, India expects

    European foreboding about peace and stability in the world finds little echo in New Delhi

    Illustration of the outline of the map of India filled with a tranquil picture of green fields and blue skies while around it dark clouds swirl interspersed with explosions
  • Monday, 14 October, 2024
    Chinese equities
    Chinese stocks gain after Beijing lays out fiscal plans

    Government plans to increase spending to boost world’s second-largest economy

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  • Monday, 14 October, 2024
    News in-depthTransport
    Rapid rise of LNG trucking pushes China to peak diesel

    Pace of adoption leaves Germany’s Daimler Truck dealing with ‘catastrophic’ sales drop

    Trucks line up at a container terminal in Ningbo Zhoushan Port, Zhejiang province, China, with stacked containers and cranes in the background
  • Sunday, 13 October, 2024
    News in-depthChinese politics & policy
    ‘China is not Cuba’s sugar daddy’: ties between communist nations weaken

    Havana’s economic collapse is hampering relations with Beijing

    Vintage cars pass by a fleet of Chinese-made Yutong buses parked at the sea front Malecon in Havana
  • Sunday, 13 October, 2024
    Pakistan's economy
    Pakistan security services pressured utilities over government power deal

    Talks that led to expected state savings of nearly $1.5bn described as ‘more an execution than a negotiation’

    A cooling tower and pylons at a power station in Pakistan
  • Sunday, 13 October, 2024
    Chinese economy
    China deflation pressure mounts as investors seek more stimulus for economy

    Markets wait for detail on how much Beijing is prepared to spend to try to boost growth

    Commuters ride escalators at a subway station in Guangzhou, China
  • Sunday, 13 October, 2024
    Pharmaceuticals sector
    India’s copycat drugmakers gear up to offer cheaper weight-loss drugs

    Expiry of Novo Nordisk’s UK patent for Saxenda seen as offering a ‘dry run’ for future generic versions of Ozempic

    A scientist uses a culture flask and pipette in the cell therapy labs at the Novo Nordisk research facilities in Malov, Denmark
  • Sunday, 13 October, 2024
    Hong Kong economy
    In charts: Hong Kong’s economy is struggling to recover lost ground

    Falling rates and Chinese stimulus offer glimmers of hope but the financial hub’s property, tourism and retail sectors are still suffering

  • Sunday, 13 October, 2024
    Xiaohongshu
    China’s Instagram-like Xiaohongshu hits $1bn in quarterly sales

    Shanghai-based start-up has been a rare success story in a sector hit by bankruptcies and falling valuations

    Screen grab of Xiaohongshu app
  • Saturday, 12 October, 2024
    Chinese economy
    China promises to borrow more to shore up economy and boost banks

    No details of amount of fiscal stimulus as Beijing says it will help regions buy back idle land and property

  • Saturday, 12 October, 2024
    FT Magazine
    Leaving Kabul: what happened when the Taliban returned

    One morning, after 20 years of democracy in Afghanistan, the president fled the country and fighters entered the city. My son and I escaped

    A close-up of hands cutting and eating watermelon slices scattered on the ground, alongside a military-style rifle
  • Friday, 11 October, 2024
    Japanese society
    Tokyo looks to protect service staff from customers who are not so cool

    Ban on ‘kasu-hara’ abuse prompted by alarm at rising harassment of city’s workers by angry clientele

    A worker and shoppers at a fruit shop in Tokyo
  • Friday, 11 October, 2024
    Nobel prizes
    Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Japan atomic bomb survivors’ group

    Nihon Hidankyo movement recognised for decades of campaigning against nuclear weapons

    Masako Kudo reacts emotionally while speaking to members of the media at Nihon Hidankyo’s Tokyo office.
  • Friday, 11 October, 2024
    FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen
    Japanese PM’s uphill battle to win back voters

    Shigeru Ishiba faces a long list of challenges ahead of a snap election

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