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FLASH: Ex-JCorp CEO Mohd Ali Hashim passes away
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Ex-JCorp CEO Mohd Ali Hashim passes away

China will reduce import tariffs on ethane and certain recycled copper and aluminium raw materials from next year, the government said on Saturday.

China to cut import tariffs on some recycled copper and aluminium raw materials

As we come to terms with the conclusion of COP29, the outcome — a shockingly diluted climate financing agreement — has left many questioning the credibility of the Conference of the Parties (COP) process. Originally conceived to ensure continuity and escalation of climate commitments, the COP con...

My Say: Health, the forgotten casualty at UN climate talks

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia is open to a Slovakian proposal to host peace talks with Ukraine to end a conflict he said Russia was determined to bring to a conclusion.

Putin says Slovakia could host peace talks with Ukraine

Freddie Mac's latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, released Thursday, showed that the average rate on the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage jumped to 6.85%, up from last week's reading of 6.72%.

Mortgage rates rise for second straight week, highest since July — report

The US Treasury Department may need to take "extraordinary measures" by as early as Jan 14 to prevent the US from defaulting on its debt, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told lawmakers in a letter on Friday.

US may hit new debt limit as early as Jan 14, Yellen says

Azerbaijan Airlines said the crash of its passenger plane in Kazakhstan that killed 38 people this week was caused by “external interference.”

Azerbaijan Airlines pauses over half of flights to Russia after crash

Terraform Labs Pte Ltd co-founder Do Kwon will be handed over to the US for prosecution, the government of Montenegro said, potentially ending a standoff over competing extradition demands by the US and Kwon’s native South Korea.

Crypto mogul Do Kwon to be extradited to US, Montenegro says

President-elect Donald Trump thrust himself into the high-stakes fight over the fate of TikTok in the US by urging the Supreme Court to pause a law that would ban the social media platform if it isn’t sold by its Chinese parent company.

Trump asks Supreme Court to pause law threatening TikTok ban

After closing the books on a banner year for US stocks, investors expect to ride seasonal momentum into mid-January when a slew of economic data and a transition of power in Washington could send markets moving.

Trump's first actions and job data to test US market in January

US stocks wrapped up Christmas week on Friday with retracements of double-digit uptrends, and, alongside the dollar to a smaller degree, succumbed to profit taking in illiquid markets heading into the last weekend of 2024.

Stocks hit, dollar slips in illiquid year-end profit taking