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Dalai Lama travels to remote Ladakh region bordering China

The exiled Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has arrived in India's remote Ladakh region bordering China where he received a rousing reception

The Independent UK

Rio Tinto warns on darkening global economic outlook

FTSE 100 metals miner points to eurozone supply bottlenecks and China’s Covid lockdowns

Evening Standard

Burberry sales fall 35% in China on back of COVID lockdowns

Lola handbag range and signature trenchcoat give luxury fashion retailer boost elsewhere

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Pacific island national leaders declare climate emergency

Pacific island national leaders have declared a climate emergency and agreed to try to bring Kiribati back to the region’s main diplomatic grouping

The Independent UK

China increasingly expected to drop ban on Australian coal as nation's economic woes deepen

Expectations that China's leader Xi Jinping will reverse his unofficial ban on Australian coal imports are growing as the country's economic problems continue to mount.

ABC News

Chess: England target first Olympiad medal this century in Chennai

Russia are banned, China are absent, the US favourites hope to hold off India, while Ukraine could spring a surprise

The Guardian - UK

FTSE 100 Live: China GDP reveals Covid impact, Burberry shares slide

China’s Covid lockdowns slowed the country’s GDP growth to 0.4% in the second quarter, weaker-than-expected figures revealed today.

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Company insolvencies jump 40% in England and Wales; China’s growth slumps – as it happened

Pandemic and economic uncertainty caused by Brexit have added to pressures on businesses, insolvency expert says

The Guardian - UK

China leader Xi visits Xinjiang amid human rights concerns

Chinese leader Xi Jinping visited the northwestern Xinjiang region this week amid concerns over China's detention of a million or more members of primarily Muslim ethnic native minorities

The Independent UK

Asian shares mixed after China says growth weakened in 2Q

Asian share prices are mixed after China reported its economy contracted by 2.6% in the last quarter as virus shutdowns kept businesses closed and people at home

The Independent UK

UBS, Citi among banks hit by Asia rich clients’ pullback

A slump in client trading activity in Asia is threatening to slow a lucrative earner for the world’s biggest wealth managers.

Bangkok Post

China says relationship with Australia ready to ‘set sail again’ amid hopes coal import ban will be scrapped

Wang Yi’s declaration that China willing to ‘recalibrate’ ties accompanies possibility of compromise on trade disputes

The Guardian - AU

China's economic growth slows following COVID lockdowns

China's economy contracted in the three months ending in June compared with the previous quarter after Shanghai and other cities shut down to fight coronavirus outbreaks.

WEKU

‘Top Gun: Maverick’ enters the pantheon of conservative fan fiction

“Top Gun: Maverick,” the inescapable Tom Cruise blockbuster sequel, has been hailed as a cinematic throwback.

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Al Jazeera

China willing to ‘recalibrate’ strained Australia ties, FM says

Wang Yi says Australia should “correct” its understanding of China for relations to “set sail again”.

The Guardian - AU

China’s economic growth slumps sharply after Covid lockdowns

Shutdown of cities takes its toll, while property market remains in crisis and global outlook darkens

The Independent UK

UN to vote on choking off small arms from gangs in Haiti

The U.N. Security Council has scheduled a vote for Friday on a resolution that calls on all countries to stop the transfer of small arms, light weapons and ammunition to any party supporting gang violence and criminal activity in Haiti

Axios

China's economy grows at slowest pace since 2020 as lockdowns bite

Efforts to quash COVID infections brought factory production and consumer spending to a crawl.

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Al Jazeera

China’s economy slows sharply, fanning global recession fears

Second quarter expansion of 0.4 percent is the weakest performance since the initial coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan.

The Independent UK

China's economy shrinks during virus shutdown,

China’s economy contracted in the three months ending in June compared with the previous quarter after Shanghai and other cities were shut down to fight coronavirus outbreaks, but the government said a “stable recovery” is under way

Reuters

In China's Wuhan, cholera-causing bacteria in turtles strikes nerve

Detection in the Chinese city of Wuhan of a bacteria that caused cholera in a student and was separately found in samples from softshell turtles at a food market has struck a sensitive nerve with ordinary Chinese people, with some relating it to COVID-19.

Reuters

China willing to 'recalibrate' ties with Australia - Wang Yi

China-Australia relations are facing both challenges and opportunities at the present, and China is willing to "recalibrate" ties in the spirit of mutual respect, said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

Reuters

China pushes for U.N. arms embargo on Haiti criminal gangs

China said on Thursday it wants the United Nations Security Council to impose an arms embargo on criminal gangs in Haiti as the 15-member body negotiates a resolution to extend a U.N. political mission in the strife-torn Caribbean country.

The Independent UK

China urges UN to ban small arms to criminal gangs in Haiti

China is urging the U.N. Security Council to try to cut off the supply of small arms, light weapons and ammunition to gangs in Haiti, which has been unable to stem an upsurge in criminal violence and kidnappings

ABC News

Pacific leaders to declare 'climate emergency' in PIF statement, praise Australia's move to lift emissions reduction target

Australia is set to sign up to a joint statement from Pacific Islands Forum leaders that is expected to declare a "climate emergency" and says there is a need for rapid and deep reductions in greenhouse gas emissions to limit global warming.

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