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A Laopu Gold store on Canton Road in the Tsim Sha Tsui area of Hong Kong. Laopu Gold's e-commerce sales have surged more than 1,000% during the first three quarters of this year compared with two years ago.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 17, 2025

Why Chinese shoppers are choosing local luxury over LVMH and Gucci

Economics aside, homegrown labels in China are also touting the message that modern luxury can be proudly Chinese.
A customer holds a paper cup with the logo of coffee house chain LAP, which stands for Life Among People, in front of one of the chain's cafes in Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg district on Oct. 28.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 17, 2025

Budget coffee start-up leaves bitter taste in Berlin

Critics accused LAP of squeezing out local cafes with its €2.50 cappuccinos and aggressive expansion in the German capital.
Chen Tianshi
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 17, 2025

U.S. sanctions propel Chinese AI prodigy to $23 billion fortune

As Washington’s export bans choked China’s access to advanced chips, firms like Chen Tianshi’s Cambricon have emerged as national champions.
A bear walks in front of a box trap set up at a park in the city of Akita on Nov. 2.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 17, 2025

Bears attacks and sightings continue in northern Japan

A woman was found dead in a rice field of a suspected bear attack in Akita Prefecture on Sunday while a bear made its way into an Aeon shopping mall in the prefecture.
The skull of a Pleistocene wolf from Alaska, used for photogrammetric reconstruction of 3D models in a study on the emergence and diversification of dog morphology, pictured at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 14, 2025

Doggie diversity in size and shape began at least 11,000 years ago

New research contradicts the notion that such diversity was mainly a relatively new phenomenon driven by selective breeding in recent centuries.
Indian soldiers stand guard near the site of a deadly car blast in the Red Fort area in the old quarters of New Delhi on Nov. 11.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Nov 17, 2025

India arrests suspected accomplice in Delhi suicide bombing

The National Investigation Agency says that Amir Rashid Ali, a Kashmiri resident, conspired with the suicide bomber to plan the attack.
An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
SPORTS / Longform
Nov 15, 2025

A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo

As Tokyo hosts the Deaflympics, organizers hope to further gains made in the realm of greater inclusivity throughout Japan.
U.S. tariffs are starting to take their toll in Japan, especially on companies manufacturing products for export.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 17, 2025

Japan's GDP drops as tariffs bite and domestic demand flags

The decline in the three quarters ending in September was less than forecast.

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An illustration features the Japanese signs for "ganbare" (good luck) and the Deaflympics, which will be held between Nov. 15 and 26.
A century of Deaf sport finds its moment in Tokyo