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Manufacturing in contraction territory
Taipei Times
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July 1, 2025
Taiwan’s manufacturing sector slid back into contraction territory last month, weighed down by expiring US tariff waivers and volatile exchange rates, the Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research (CIER, 中華經濟研究院) said yesterday. The seasonally...
Victorinox to roll out artist-led personalisation services at pop-ups
TR Business
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July 9, 2025
Victorinox is putting its own stamp on the power of personalisation by enlisting the help of a local artist to add scenescapes, initials and names to its popular SwissCards product. The service was first introduced to the DF&TR trade at the...
China's cyber warfare & South China Sea dispute: New threat actors and India's strategic dilemma
ETGovernment
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July 9, 2025
As India aligns more closely with China’s rivals, it should be prepared for potential cyber retaliation from Chinese threat actors.China's exertion of authority over the South China Sea (SCS) in recent years has resulted in tensions with resident...
The first $4T company
Blockworks
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July 9, 2025
This is a segment from The Breakdown newsletter. To read more editions, subscribe. “I wish upon you ample doses of pain and suffering.” — Jensen Huang, on building resiliency The history of the world’s most valuable company is a study in how...
China’s terrifying new giant ‘sea monster’ warplane pictured for first time – & it’s a throwback to Cold War Soviet tech
The U.S. Sun
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July 9, 2025
CHILLING pictures have emerged showing China's terrifying new giant "sea monster" warplane for the first time. And the wing-in-ground effect (WIG) aircraft, commonly known as an ekranoplan, is a throwback to Soviet military tech from the Cold War...
Rules for portable batteries on planes are changing
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Hawaii
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July 6, 2025
The rules on carrying portable batteries on some of the world’s biggest airlines, and in some of the busiest air travel markets, have changed rapidly this year because of the risk of fires. And because there is no global standard, the varying...
Beloved shoe store Bus Stop Boutique to close
The Philadelphia Inquirer - Pennsylvania
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Bus Stop Boutique owner Elena Brennan’s footprint on the Philadelphia fashion scene is outsize. Eighteen years ago, Brennan, a former marketing executive, opened Bus Stop, offering a moderately priced eclectic collection of European brands on...
The Impact of NIH Cuts Ripples Beyond U.S. Borders
Cancer Health
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July 9, 2025
Rory De Vries an associate professor of virology in the Netherlands, was lifting weights at the gym when he noticed a WhatsApp message from his research partners at Columbia University, telling him his research funding had been cancelled. The next...
Michael Reagan | America gets greater the farther away you go
Times-Standard - California
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July 5, 2025
If you really want to appreciate America, leave. That’s right. Get out. Go somewhere you’ve never been for two weeks. See how the rest of the world lives. It’s not until you travel out of the U.S. that you really learn how wonderful and great our...
5th newborn dies of enterovirus complications in 2025
Focus Taiwan
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July 1, 2025
Taipei, July 1 (CNA) Another newborn death linked to enterovirus complications, the fifth in 2025, has been confirmed, the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced Tuesday. The death involved a premature baby boy who began showing...
Five movies on Netflix, Prime Video, Apple TV+ you should not miss
The Economic Times
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July 5, 2025
Netflix, Prime Video, Apple TV+ viewers must not miss these five movies. These include "Our Times", "Párvulos: Children of the Apocalypse", "Lost in Starlight", 'Spark', and "The Assessment". "Our Times" is a nostalgic coming-of-age drama from...
25% of employers violate labor rules for student, part-time workers: MOL
Focus Taiwan
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July 1, 2025
Taipei, July 1 (CNA) Nearly one in four employers in Taiwan failed to comply with labor regulations for student and part-time workers during recent inspections, the Ministry of Labor (MOL) said Tuesday. In 2024, the ministry conducted 1,800 labor...
Rules for portable batteries on planes are changing. Here's what to know.
ETInfra.com
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July 5, 2025
Amid rising fire risks, major airlines have swiftly updated rules on carrying portable batteries—creating confusion due to a lack of global standards. The rules on carrying portable batteries on some of the world's biggest airlines, and in some of...
EVA Air Wins SKYTRAX 5-Star Airline Certification Tenth Year in a Row
Breaking Travel News
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June 19, 2025
EVA Air has been awarded SKYTRAX 5-Star Airline Certification for the tenth year in a row. SKYTRAX, an airline and airport review and ranking site, unveiled its “2025 World Airline Awards” at the Paris Air Show on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. President...
'She helped me survive' - Majchrzak thanks wife for SW19 run
BBC
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July 5, 2025
It has been a long and varied journey back to the top of the game for Majchrzak, who estimates he spent "100,000 or 150,000 euros" (£85,000-£130,000) fighting his case. Once he had served his suspension, he dipped into savings to travel the world...
‘Linsanity’ lit the spark, and Myles Che hopes to turn it into a blaze at UNLV
Vegas INC - Nevada
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July 9, 2025
Wednesday, July 9, 2025 | 2 a.m. Myles Che dribbles the ball up the court, immediately drawing a defender’s attention. He can sense what his opponent is thinking — that he’ll be easy to guard. But Che, UNLV’s new point guard, has other plans....
I went on a food tour of Copenhagen inspired by ‘The Bear’ – these are the best things I ate
Time Out
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‘Ah don lan na di airport. Usay you dey?’ The sound of my Sierra Leonean parents’ mother tongue, Krio, was not on the bingo list of things I expected to hear in Copenhagen – a city with an estimated 3 percent African population – but there it was....
Futures Rise With Trump Tariff Updates, FOMC Minutes On Deck
Zero Hedge
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US equity futures inch higher as the market tries to regain some losses a day after President Donald Trump escalated his trade rhetoric and threatened more charges on copper and pharmaceuticals. Trump also foreshadowed an update to the trade...
Rules to reduce waste by 2,100 tonnes: ministry
Taipei Times
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July 4, 2025
A new regulation barring single-use toiletries in hotel rooms could eliminate the use of 460 million small, single-use bottles per year, a reduction of 2,100 tonnes of waste, Ministry of Environment Resource Circulation Administration...
Hot air balloon festival kicks off in Taitung, stopped until Monday
Focus Taiwan
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July 5, 2025
Taitung, July 5 (CNA) The 2025 Taiwan International Balloon Festival opened in Taitung County on Saturday with 18 hot air balloons taking flight, including the world's only hot air balloon shaped like the Japanese comic character Doraemon. Though...