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India manufacturing growth picks up in October as domestic demand strengthens, PMI shows
BENGALURU (Reuters) -India's manufacturing activity gained momentum in October as domestic demand strengthened, offsetting a slowdown in export growth, although business optimism slipped from a seven-...
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Indonesia imports rise stronger-than-expected 7.17% y/y in September, data shows
JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia recorded a trade surplus of $4.34 billion in September, official data showed on Monday, lower than the $4.79 billion forecast by economists in a Reuters poll, as both expo...
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Hong Kong eases virtual asset rules to boost fintech hub profile
By Selena Li and Kane Wu HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong will ease rules to promote virtual asset trading liquidity as part of the city's push to become a major fintech and digital asset hub, governmen...
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Asia's factories stumble as US tariffs hit order books
(Reuters) -Asia's big manufacturing hubs struggled to fire up in October, business surveys showed on Monday, as weak U.S. demand and tariffs under President Donald Trump hit factory orders across the ...
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Brazil kicks off COP30 climate events in year of distractions
By Simon Jessop and Katy Daigle SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil on Monday opens three weeks of events linked to the COP30 climate summit, hoping to showcase a world still determined to tackle global warmi...
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Factbox-Afghanistan, Pakistan have been hit by a spate of quakes in recent years
(Reuters) -A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif early on Monday, killing at least seven people and injuring about 150, just months after a quake and strong...
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Malaysia PM says $142 million magnet plant to boost rare earth sector, state media reports
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said the development of a 600 million ringgit ($142 million) super magnet manufacturing facility in the state of Pahang will strengthen t...
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Trump says he will help 'Dilbert' creator Scott Adams obtain cancer treatment
(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he would help the creator of the "Dilbert" comic strip get treated for his metastatic prostate cancer, after the cartoonist directly appealed to h...
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Seven dead, 150 injured in Afghanistan quake
(Reuters) -Seven people were killed and 150 injured after an earthquake of 6.3 magnitude struck near one of Afghanistan's largest cities Mazar-e Sharif early on Monday, the local health directorate sa...
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China's October factory activity expansion slows, private PMI shows
BEIJING (Reuters) -China's factory activity in October expanded at a slower pace as new orders and output both waned amid tariff anxiety, a private-sector survey showed on Monday. The RatingDog China ...
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