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- Tech slump slays Santa rally, weak yen lifts Japan stocks higher
- Montenegro to extradite crypto entrepreneur Do Kwon to US
- Brazil views labor violations at BYD site as human 'trafficking'
- Weak yen lifts Japan stocks higher, Wall Street slides
- Tourists return to post-Olympic Paris for holiday magic
- Global stocks rise as Japan led Asia gains on a weaker yen
- Asian markets mostly rise but political turmoil holds Seoul back
- Move over Mercedes: Chinese cars grab Mexican market share
- Japanese shares gain on weaker yen after Christmas break
- Fleeing Myanmar, Rohingya refugees recall horror of war
- Peru ex-official denies running Congress prostitution ring
- The Bilingual Book Company Launches New, Innovative Bilingual Audiobook App
- US stocks take a breather, Asian bourses rise in post-Christmas trade
- Three dead, four injured in Norway bus accident
- Turkey lowers interest rate to 47.5 percent
- Sri Lanka train memorial honours tsunami tragedy
- Asia stocks up as 'Santa Rally' persists
- 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami: what to know 20 years on
- Russian state owner says cargo ship blast was 'terrorist attack'
- Sweeping Vietnam internet law comes into force
- Thousands attend Christmas charity dinner in Buenos Aires
- Demand for Japanese content booms post 'Shogun'
- Mystery drones won't interfere with Santa's work: US tracker
- Global stocks mostly higher in thin pre-Christmas trade
- NASA probe makes closest ever pass by the Sun
- Global stocks mostly rise in thin pre-Christmas trade
- Global stocks mostly rise after US tech rally
- Investors swoop in to save German flying taxi startup
- Saving the mysterious African manatee at Cameroon hotspot
- The tsunami detection buoys safeguarding lives in Thailand
- Asian stocks mostly up after US tech rally
- US panel could not reach consensus on US-Japan steel deal: Nippon
- The real-life violence that inspired South Korea's 'Squid Game'
- El Salvador Congress votes to end ban on metal mining
- Five things to know about Panama Canal, in Trump's sights
- Mixed day for global stocks as market hopes for 'Santa Claus rally'
- Trump's TikTok love raises stakes in battle over app's fate
- European, US markets wobble awaiting Santa rally
- NASA solar probe to make its closest ever pass of Sun
- Volkswagen boss hails cost-cutting deal but shares fall
- Sweden says China blocked prosecutors' probe of ship linked to cut cables
- UK economy stagnant in third quarter in fresh setback
- Global stock markets edge higher as US inflation eases rate fears
- US probes China chip industry on 'anticompetitive' concerns
- Mobile cinema brings Tunisians big screen experience
- Honda and Nissan to launch merger talks
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- Honda and Nissan expected to begin merger talks
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