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Mainland Chinese investors snap up a record amount of Hong Kong stocks newsthirst.

Hong Kong’s stock exchange reported its highest quarterly profit in nearly four years after China’s stimulus measures boosted trading and listing volume. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — Mainland Chinese investors are piling into the Hong Kong stock market at record volumes as its tech-heavy Hang Seng Index trades around three-year highs. Net…

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Kurdish-led SDF agrees to integrate with government forces newsthirst.

A Kurdish-led militia alliance which controls north-eastern Syria has agreed a deal to integrate all military and civilian institutions into the Syrian state, the country’s presidency says. The agreement says the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) will cease hostilities and hand over control of the region’s border posts, airport, and vital oil and gas fields….

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Squatters in flood buyback homes to be evicted and properties demolished, NSW premier says | New South Wales newsthirst.

Squatters living in formerly vacant, water-damaged homes will be forcibly evicted as the clean-up begins from the latest spate of floods in northern New South Wales. Chris Minns vowed on Tuesday to evict “overseas visitors, tourists, backpackers” who he said were taking advantage of condemned properties left empty after being included in a state buyback…

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Stock market plunge not as ‘meaningful’ as business moves newsthirst.

The White House on Monday downplayed the weeks long stock market sell-off, insisting that recent moves by business leaders suggest a brighter outlook for the U.S. economy. “We’re seeing a strong divergence between animal spirits of the stock market and what we’re actually seeing unfold from businesses and business leaders,” a White House official told…

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Dodgers, Dave Roberts agree to record-breaking four-year extension newsthirst.

Two-time World Series-winning manager Dave Roberts and the Los Angeles Dodgers have reached an agreement on a four-year contract that will make him the highest-paid manager in Major League Baseball, according to multiple reports. Roberts’ new deal, which will keep him in the Dodgers’ dugout through 2028, will reportedly pay him over $8 million annually….

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