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India's gold imports poise for slowdown in Dec after record Nov purchase

Lower imports by India, the world's second-biggest consumer of the precious metal, could cap a rally in global prices that hit a record high in October

VW, unions resume last-ditch round of talks for the year on cost cuts

Talks ended after around 13 hours of negotiation in the early hours on Tuesday without a deal but would resume mid-morning, a spokesperson for IG Metall union said

Beijing urges Trump administration to make 'right choice' on US-China ties

The remarks followed President-elect Trump telling his first news conference since his election victory six weeks ago that Chinese President Xi Jinping had been a friend

China ready to enhance trust with India at border talks: Foreign Ministry

Wang and Doval are set to meet in Beijing on Wednesday in a resumption of talks under their special representatives dialogue mechanism since deadly border clashes soured ties four years ago

Seci's Adani solar deal faces scrutiny after being approved against advice

Two years earlier, Andhra Pradesh's energy regulator had said in a 10-year forecast the state had no short-term need for solar power

Canada govt adrift after finance minister resigns, Trump tariffs loom

Freeland had headed a special cabinet committee on Canada-US relations and was working closely with the 10 provinces to ensure a united response

Japan, India startups to study laser satellites to combat space debris

Tokyo-based Orbital Lasers and Indian robotics company InspeCity said they would study business opportunities for in-space services

Meta adds live translation, AI video features to Ray-Ban smart glasses

The latest update adds video to Meta's AI chatbot assistant, which allows the Ray-Ban smart glasses to process what the user is seeing and respond to questions in real-time

Bomb kills chief of Russian nuclear protection forces in Moscow; probe on

Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, who is chief of Russia's Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops, was killed outside an apartment building

Alibaba to sell intime department stores for $1 billion amid restructuring

The deal comes as Alibaba looks to shift focus from its dominance in China's retail sector to its core e-commerce and cloud operations

China plans record budget deficit of 4% of GDP in 2025, up from 3%

These targets are usually not announced officially until an annual parliament meeting in March. They could still change before the legislative session

China capital markets outflow hits record high in Nov after Trump poll win

Cross-border receipts from portfolio investments were $188.9 billion, while payments totalled $234.6 billion

US sanctions target North Korea and Russia over military cooperation

The sanctions, which list North Korean banks, generals and other officials, as well as Russian oil shipping companies, are the latest US measure aimed at disrupting North Korea's support to Russia

US moves to boost crackdown on China Telecom's unit over data privacy

There is growing alarm in Washington about China's alleged efforts known as Salt Typhoon to infiltrate American telecommunications companies

Cambridge Analytica lawsuit: Meta settles with Australia's privacy watchdog

The breaches were first reported by the Guardian in early 2018, and Facebook received fines from regulators in the United States and the UK in 2019

Asian shares edge higher, dollar firms ahead of central bank meetings

Dollar index, which measures the US currency against six rivals, was steady at 106.77 and on course for 5 per cent gain for the year

Arm CEO downplays ambitions to make its own chip in Qualcomm case

The crux of the litigation is a clash over Qualcomm's license agreement for the use of Arm's intellectual property following Qualcomm's $1.4 billion acquisition of chip startup Nuvia in 2021

Trump's tax and trade plans heighten risks to economy: Irish central bank

Ireland is especially exposed to President-elect Donald Trump's pledges to slash corporate tax and incentivise industries to bring production back to the US

US FDA declines to approve injection form of J&J's lung cancer drug

The FDA's so-called complete response letter was related to observations as part of a standard pre-approval inspection at a manufacturing facility

Rescuers comb debris for survivors in cyclone-hit French territory Mayotte

Cyclone Chido devastated large parts of the archipelago off east Africa over the weekend with winds of more than 200 kph (124 mph), strewing homes over hillsides