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China's imports jump 8.4% in April, exceeding expectations as purchases from the U.S. grow
BEIJING — China's customs agency released data Thursday that showed exports rose in-line with expectations in April, while imports surged ahead of forecasts.
South Koreans snap up gold from convenience stores, vending machines as soaring prices stir frenzy
South Korea’s largest convenience store chain, CU, has reportedly been teaming up with the Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation to stock bite-sized gold bars in retail stores and vending machines throughout the country. A post on the chain’s Instagram account on April 1 announced the new additions to the store’s stock.
Russia builds surveillance bases near northern Japan. Is it ‘punishing’ Tokyo for supporting Ukraine?
Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu announced the new construction on the Kuril Islands on Friday, Russian state news agency TASS reported. The islands, the most southerly of which lie within sight of Hokkaido, were seized by Soviet troops in the closing days of World War II.
South China Sea: Philippines says ‘not turning against’ Beijing, economy doing well despite maritime feud
“There doesn’t seem to be any indication at all that these issues have remarkable adverse effects on the economy,” Economic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said on Thursday, shortly after the government reported first-quarter growth of 5.7 per cent, below a 5.9 per cent expansion seen in a Bloomberg survey.
Google employees question execs over 'decline in morale' after blowout earnings
Google's business is growing at its fastest rate in two years, and a blowout earnings report in April sparked the biggest rally in Alphabet shares since 2015, pushing the company's market cap past $2 trillion.
World experienced hottest April on record, climate monitor says
Sweltering Earth endures 11-month warming streak as global air and sea surface temperatures soar.
Neuralink's first in-human brain implant has experienced a problem, company says
Elon Musk's startup Neuralink on Wednesday said part of its brain implant malfunctioned after it put the system in a human patient for the first time.