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Japan on course for technical recession, economists warn

Coronavirus impact looms as GDP shrinks at 6.3% rate after consumption tax rise

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Hong Kong toilet roll heist underscores virus fears

People stockpile basic necessities as outbreak reverberates through region’s economies

Turkey wealth fund chief rebuffs criticism of Erdogan’s role

Zafer Sonmez seeks foreign backers to scale up state body’s investment capacity

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French minister warns UK-EU will ‘rip each other apart’

Bitter negotiations expected by Paris over Brexit deal negotiations

Former justice officials demand US attorney-general resigns

More than 1,100 ex-DoJ lawyers condemn William Barr’s intervention in Roger Stone case

Israeli army thwarts Hamas hackers’ malware scheme

Palestinian militant group posed as young women on social media to infect soldiers’ phones

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AnalysisAustralian politics

Why Australia’s mining addiction is fire-resistant

Dependence on fossil fuels underscores reluctance to pursue ambitious climate targets

AnalysisBig tech

Democratic calls to break up Big Tech raise fears in Silicon Valley

Arguments to curtail power of technology companies gain traction in presidential race

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South Africa’s small towns lose faith in Ramaphosa

Absent politicians and broken infrastructure highlight decline in ANC heartland

AnalysisUniversity of Cambridge

Cambridge caught in crossfire of US-China tech war

Beijing’s influence on British universities is growing and uncontrolled, say experts

French politics

Airbus case shows France’s new-found anti-corruption drive

Paris prosecutors seize on recent law to win record settlement from aircraft maker

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