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Why a deluge of Chinese-made drugs is hard to curb
Thousands of Chinese companies are making synthetic opioids and shipping them around the world.
7 min read - BusinessBBC
Can TikTok's owner afford to lose its killer app?
Sell or be banned - TikTok's US operations, by some estimates, could fetch up to $100bn.
7 min read - BusinessSimply Wall St.
BH Global Full Year 2023 Earnings: EPS: S$0.012 (vs S$0.01 in FY 2022)
BH Global ( SGX:BQN ) Full Year 2023 Results Key Financial Results Revenue: S$59.2m (up 7.2% from FY 2022). Net income...
1 min read - WorldReuters
Instant view: Oil, Japan's yen up on reports Israeli missiles hit Iran
Iran's Fars news agency said explosions were heard at an airport in the Iranian city of Isfahan but the cause was not immediately known. Israel had said it was going to retaliate against Iran after the latter's April 13 missile and drone attack.
1 min read - USUSA TODAY
San Francisco restaurant owner goes on 30-day hunger strike over new bike lane
San Francisco restaurant owner Eiad Eltawil says he's on a 30-day hunger strike to protest a new bike lane he says is putting people out of business.
3 min read - WorldAFP
A hundred pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at New York's Columbia University
Police arrested more than 100 pro-Palestinian student protesters at New York's Columbia University Thursday, a day after the president of the prestigious school was grilled in Congress over accusations of anti-Semitism on campus. Universities have become the focus of intense cultural debate in the United States since the October 7 Hamas attack and Israel's responding bombardment of Gaza, as many students' pro-Palestinian sentiments drew accusations of anti-Semitism.
1 min read - BusinessLA Times
Column: Disneyland just promised electric cars at Autopia by 2026
Disney had previously committed to ditching gasoline engines but left open hybrids as a possibility and hadn't set a firm timeline.
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