20 h. ago Vietnam wants to be the next Asian tiger and it’s overhauling its economy to make it happen.

Vietnam is launching its biggest economic overhaul in a generation, aiming to become Asia’s next “tiger economy.”

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34 h. ago ‘We wondered if it was ethical to adapt it’: can poetry about deaf resistance wow theatre audiences?

Deaf Republic, a collection of war poems written by the Ukrainian American Ilya Kaminsky, have caused a sensation. Now they have been turned into an extraordinary playIn Vasenka, a fictional town under military occupation, a deaf boy is shot by soldiers and the town’s inhabitants become deaf in response. The opening of Deaf Republic – the remarkable second collection by the Ukrainian-American poet and translator Ilya Kaminsky – sets in train a narrative of resistance through silence, as “deafness, an insurgency, begins” and the soldiers start executing the citizens of Vasenka, who refuse to hear their orders.Since its publication in 2019, Deaf Republic has won multiple awards and been critically lauded for what Andrew Motion has described as “a folk drama that feels archetypal, yet is deeply revealing of our here and now”. That quality of being current, urgent in its commentary on war yet as timeless as a fable, appealed to Bush Moukarzel and Ben Kidd, co-directors of theatre compan...

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40 h. ago Trump delays China tariffs at the last minute and announces 90 day truce

President Donald Trump has once again delayed a showdown between the world’s two biggest economies

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48 h. ago U.S. and China extend trade truce another 90 days, easing tension between world's largest economies

President Donald Trump extended a trade truce with China for another 90 days Monday, at least delaying once again a dangerous showdown between the world’s two biggest economies

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55 h. ago Chip makers Nvidia and AMD agree to pay 15 percent of Chinese revenue to America in deal to make Trump happy

Tech giants Nvidia and AMD agree to highly unusual terms as part of requirements to help them obtain export licenses for China

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55 h. ago Trump opens door to Nvidia selling advanced AI chips to China for a fee

US president confirms he negotiated ‘a little deal’ with chipmaker’s chief Jensen Huang

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56 h. ago Trump opens door to Nvidia selling advanced chips to China for a fee

US president confirms he negotiated ‘a little deal’ with chipmaker’s chief Jensen Huang

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65 h. ago AI companies Nvidia and AMD to pay 15% of China chip sales revenues to US

Two American AI companies have agreed to hand over 15 percent of their chip sales revenue in China to the US government in a bizarre financial arrangement.

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66 h. ago Trump urges China to buy more US soyabeans as trade truce deadline looms

High Chinese tariffs threaten important market for US farmers

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67 h. ago Asian shares advance ahead of Trump's deadline for imposing higher tariffs on Chinese goods

Shares are higher in Asia a day ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump's deadline for imposing higher tariffs on goods imported from China

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5 d. ago Trump tariffs: American shoppers hit with 60% of costs as import taxes reach 100

Tariffs on U.S. trading partners finally in full effect months after ‘Liberation Day’ announcement and ensuing turmoil and uncertainty

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6 d. ago Trump tariffs live updates: American shoppers hit with 60% of costs as import taxes reach 100

Tariffs on U.S. trading partners finally in full effect months after ‘Liberation Day’ announcement and ensuing turmoil and uncertainty

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6 d. ago Trump tariffs live updates: Everyday Americans will foot the bill for 60% of import taxes, bank warns

Tariffs on U.S. trading partners finally in full effect months after ‘Liberation Day’ announcement and ensuing turmoil and uncertainty

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6 d. ago Trump tariffs live updates: Countries rush to make deals to avoid new levies as world economy braces for impact

Tariffs on U.S. trading partners finally in full effect months after ‘Liberation Day’ announcement and ensuing turmoil and uncertainty

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6 d. ago Countries rush to make deals to avoid Trump’s new tariffs as world economy braces for impact: Live updates

Tariffs on U.S. trading partners finally in full effect months after ‘Liberation Day’ announcement and ensuing turmoil and uncertainty

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6 d. ago Tech giant's stock plummets after Trump demands CEO resigns over China links

Once America's crown jewel tech company, a struggling producer has drawn the ire of the President.

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6 d. ago Are Trump’s tariffs pushing rivals India and China closer together?

Trump’s targeting of India with hefty tariffs and closer ties with Pakistan could cost him a powerful ally in the Asia-Pacific region, reports Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

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6 d. ago China's exports and imports picked up in July, helped by the pause in Trump's higher tariffs

China has reported its exports surged 7.2% in July from a year earlier while its imports grew at the fastest pace in a year, as businesses rushed to take advantage of a truce in President Donald Trump's trade war with Beijing

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6 d. ago Trump tariffs: Full list of countries hit by US president’s new trade war levies

Donald Trump slapped tariffs as high as 50 percent for scores of countries around the globe

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8 d. ago A look at the top buyers of Russian oil as Trump pressures China and India to stop buying it

U.S. President Donald Trump is urging China and India to stop buying oil from Russia

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