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Canva adds AI tools to take on Microsoft, Google

Australian design software company Canva Inc. is accelerating its expansion into digital workplace products, adding artificial intelligence tools to its suite…

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Tesla started a China price war that may destroy some carmakers

Tesla Inc. triggered a price war in China that’s poised to reshape the world’s biggest car market, with hefty discounts…

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Toshiba said to accept US$15b buyout bid from JIP Group

Toshiba Corp. accepted a buyout offer from a Japanese consortium, according to people familiar with the matter, as the iconic…

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US fears a war-weary world may embrace China’s Ukraine peace bid

Xi Jinping’s meetings in Moscow with Vladimir Putin put the Biden administration in an uncomfortable position: on the sidelines as…

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What it’s like to stay at Dubai’s ‘most ultraluxury’ hotel

by LISA FLEISHER  FROM the moment you step through the front entrance, Atlantis the Royal puts on a show.  Water…

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Can Paris 2024 deliver a ‘climate positive’ Olympics?

Organisers insist they can halve CO2 emissions from the 3.5m tonnes generated during 2012 London and 2016 Rio Games  by…

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Cathay CEO outlines rebuild with profit in sight this year

The airline is ‘rebuilding as rapidly’ as possible, but it’s being constrained by lack of manpower to cope with rebound…

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Australian nuclear subs are ‘worst deal in history,’ ex-PM says

by BEN WESTCOTT / pic AFP EX-AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister (PM) Paul Keating condemned the centre-left Labour government’s deal with the…

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OPEC+ isn’t panicking about oil’s sudden drop — yet

OIL has been perhaps the biggest collateral victim as the banking drama spread from California to Switzerland in recent days. …

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New ‘glass-like’ orchid species discovered in Japan

TOKYO – A new species of orchid with delicate, glass-like blooms has been discovered by Japanese scientists, who found the…

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Can Credit Suisse retain its independence?

CREDIT Suisse Group AG was crying out for the cavalry on March 15 and eventually it came: Swiss authorities threw…

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TikTok’s CEO is set to enter a Washington fight he can’t win

TikTok’s ownership by a Chinese company, and the national security risk that could pose to the viral video app’s users,…

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Quake-hit Syrians brace for subdued Ramadan

SYRIA – Umm Esmat, a mother living in war-torn Syria, is preparing for the onset of Ramadan this year with…

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