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Xiaomi Swung to Profit on Investment Gains and Lower Costs
Wall Street Journal Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi swung to a profit, as investment gains and lower costs tempered a drop in revenue. https://www.wsj.com/articles/xiaomi-swung-to-profit-in-first-quarter-on-investment-gains-and-lower-costs-fe634073
Read MoreMedia groups support Taiwanese reporters’ rights to cover U.N. events
Taipei, May 24 (CNA) International media organizations are continuing to urge the United Nations to grant all journalists access to its events, after two Taiwanese reporters were turned away from this week’s World Health Assembly (WHA). https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202305240014
Read MoreRussian combat helicopters hammer Ukrainian troops, armor in Krasny Liman area
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. It is noted that a Russian Lancet loitering munition hit a Ukrainian Gvozdika motorized artillery system https://tass.com/politics/1622225
Read MorePakistan mulls banning Imran Khan’s party, it cannot be ‘tolerated’, minister says
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said the former cricket star’s PTI party had attacked the ‘very basis of state’, which could not be tolerated. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3221696/pakistan-mulls-banning-imran-khans-party-it-cannot-be-tolerated-minister-says?utm_source=rss_feed
Read More‘Parl. strategic act to counter sanctions prevented bewilderment in nuclear issue’
Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the law adopted by the Iranian Parliament in 2020 to counter sanctions saved the country from “bewilderment in nuclear issue”. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2023/05/24/704006/Iran-Leader-parliament-law-sanctions-law
Read MoreChina prepares for new wave of covid cases from XBB variants
Washington Post As immunity from the last big wave of infections wanes with the new XBB coronavirus variants, China braces for a new surge of covid cases. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/24/china-new-covid-outbreak-xbb-strain/
Read MoreTikTok parent ByteDance’s billionaire founder Zhang Yiming sets up investment fund in Hong Kong
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Zhang Yiming’s Cool River Venture, incorporated on Monday, will invest mostly in technology-related industries, according to sources. https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3221651/tiktok-parent-bytedances-billionaire-founder-zhang-yiming-sets-investment-fund-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreFla. home prices are holding steady, and even rising, as people flock south
Washington Post Florida home prices are holding steady — and in some cases, rising — as white-collar professionals flock to the state in search of tax breaks and beach views. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/05/23/florida-home-prices-miami-tampa/
Read MorePress review: Russia-China trade focus of Shanghai forum and F-16s to Kiev no game changer
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Top stories from the Russian press on Wednesday, May 24th https://tass.com/pressreview/1622127
Read MoreGOP unites in brinkmanship over default, rejecting Biden compromises
Washington Post Several House Republican lawmakers have begun casting doubt on the Treasury Department’s deadline for averting a financial crisis https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/05/24/debt-ceiling-gop-demands/
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