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Temasek-backed crypto shop Amber halts expansion plans in rocky market

Group says it has secured half of planned $100mn fundraising round

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UK, Japan and Italy agree to build joint advanced fighter jet

Trilateral military project aimed at an increasingly assertive China and other threats

Chinese politics & policy

China’s disappearing data stokes fears of hidden Covid wave

Low official case number and death toll puzzle analysts after Beijing lifts Covid testing requirements

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The climate activists know their tactics make people angry — and they believe that’s a price worth paying

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Biden’s Faustian pact with Russia to secure Brittney Griner’s release

Deal led to exchange of notorious arms trafficker for US basketball star while not including former marine

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How a historic budget came together and fell apart, told by those who were there

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Crude settles at lowest level of 2022 after European embargo and G7 price cap take effect

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LetterOne’s chair Mervyn Davies appoints new board as it finalises separation from oligarchs

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Netanyahu forges most rightwing government in Israeli history

New PM accused of ‘undermining’ democracy as he gives senior roles to anti-Arab, homophobic and sexist politicians

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Spain and France to use planned pipeline only for hydrogen

Countries abandon idea of first piping natural gas through undersea link in bid to secure EU funding

Peru’s ousted president appears in court after being charged with rebellion

Hearing comes a day after Pedro Castillo was impeached after attempting to dissolve congress

Dutch ditch tradition as winning trumps beauty in bid for World Cup glory

Louis van Gaal pivots to more modest approach after realising modern football ‘is no longer an open game’

US foreign policy

US House passes $858bn defence bill with weapons funding for Taiwan

Provision of $10bn marks first time Washington will finance arms for the island

UK financial regulation

City set for boost as Hunt loosens financial services rule book

Chancellor launches reforms amid warnings UK will become riskier place to do business

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SocGen bets big on equity research with AllianceBernstein deal

Joint venture underlines the deepening challenge facing both the US asset manager and French bank

Airlines feel squeeze as plane leasing groups raise rents

Scarcity of aircraft and surging borrowing costs ripple through commercial aviation market

Opinion

Light needs shedding on the dollar swaps black hole

In a world of geopolitical risks, economic pain and challenges to the US currency’s supremacy, transparency is essential

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By the time a crisis hits, it’s too late to start building an extra cupboard

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How will ESG funds make money next year?

Coal mine approval sends UK green credentials up in smoke

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ChatGPT is less wowed by itself than we are

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Democrats pushed for legislation after the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs Wade in June

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ExxonMobil announces $50bn buyback despite political backlash

US fund managers cross Atlantic to buy European oil stocks

‘Worth the wait’: Georgia run-off result cements Democratic Senate gains

Bond market points to Fed standing firm in battle against inflation

Former Theranos executive Sunny Balwani sentenced to nearly 13 years for fraud

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Technology

ChatGPT is less wowed by itself than we are

A debate is emerging between paternalistic and libertarian interpretations of AI

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Pentagon splits $9bn cloud computing contract among tech giants

TikTok faces growing Republican backlash over security concerns

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