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« En multipliant les manœuvres, la Chine cherche à provoquer une érosion de la volonté de résistance, à Taïwan comme chez ses partenaires »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-01-05T10:30:04+00:00

Les 29 et 30 décembre 2025, Pékin a conduit d’importants exercices militaires au large de Taïwan. Dans une tribune au « Monde », Valérie Niquet, spécialiste de l’Asie, estime que ces manœuvres visent également à intimider le Japon.

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Paris court finds 10 people guilty of cyberbullying Brigitte Macron – Europe live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-05T10:22:23+00:00

Eight men and two women convicted after making malicious comments about French first lady’s gender and sexuality onlinein ParisLate last year, Brigitte Macron’s daughter has told a Paris court that false claims online that the French first lady was born a man had damaged her mother’s quality of life, leaving her worrying every day about the clothes she wears and how she stands. Continue reading...

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Tariff threat over Russian oil puts India at crossroads: GTRI

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-01-05T10:22:17+00:00

Following US sanctions imposed in October on Russian energy giants Rosneft and Lukoil, major Indian refiners, including Reliance Industries and several state-owned firms, announced a halt to Russian oil purchases to avoid secondary sanctions

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Aldi reports record Christmas sales after shoppers moved to cut festive grocery bills

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-05T10:16:07+00:00

UK’s fourth-largest supermarket’s sales rose 3% with 5.5m bottles of fizz and 500,000 turkeys soldBusiness live – latest updatesAldi has reported record Christmas sales as cost-conscious shoppers aimed to cut their festive grocery spending.The UK arm of the German discounter said sales rose by 3% year-on-year in the four weeks to 24 December to £1.65bn, with a 5% surge of £500m in the final week. Continue reading...

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Eighty ‘one in, one out’ asylum seekers accuse UK of degrading treatment

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-05T10:06:50+00:00

Detainees being held under controversial scheme say Home Office has caused them ‘severe psychological harm’UK politics live – latest updatesEighty asylum seekers detained in preparation for being returned to France under the UK government’s controversial “one in, one out” scheme have called on UN bodies to investigate their treatment. claiming they have suffered “fear, humiliation, and psychological distress” at the hands of the Home Office since arriving in the UK in small boats.The detainees have compiled a document, “Report on conditions and treatment at Harmondsworth immigration removal ce

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Three children dead in Iran protests as security forces accused of ‘indiscriminate targeting’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-05T10:06:17+00:00

Escalating protests sparked by economic chaos have seen at least 20 people killed and nearly 1,000 arrested, say human rights groupsAt least three children are reported to have been killed and more than 40 minors arrested after eight days of the ongoing protests across Iran, as human rights groups accuse the regime’s security forces of “indiscriminate targeting of civilians”.The nationwide uprising sparked by the collapse of the country’s currency and rising living costs has spread to at least 78 cities and 222 locations, with demonstrators calling for the end of the regime, according to the U

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China, Pakistan reaffirm ties as US outreach to Islamabad deepens

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-01-05T10:04:44+00:00

Repeated Islamist militant attacks on Chinese nationals working on the CPEC and other projects in Pakistan have become a major source of tension ​in recent years.

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After Venezuela, Trump Says Cuba Is ‘Ready to Fall’

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-01-05T10:02:11+00:00

The capture of Nicolás Maduro is a devastating blow to the alliance between Venezuela and Cuba. Many wonder if the island nation will be targeted next.

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Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-01-05T10:00:53+00:00
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Germany eavesdropped on some Obama calls from Air Force One, book says

Source: Washington Post - World · Published: 2026-01-05T10:00:46+00:00

Germany’s foreign intelligence agency, the BND, intercepted some unencrypted calls around the same time the U.S. was spying on Chancellor Angela Merkel, a new book reveals.

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‘Our minerals could be used to annex us’: why Canada doesn’t want US mining

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-05T10:00:33+00:00

Opposition to a controversial graphite mine in Quebec strengthened once the Pentagon became involvedThe Outaouais region on the western edge of Quebec is home to thousands of lakes, vast forests and extensive wetlands. It is also the setting of a swathe of wooded land known as La Petite-Nation, which, although not far from the cities of Montreal and Ottawa, remains relatively untouched.That, however, is to change with the arrival of a controversial graphite mine with financing from the Pentagon. Continue reading...

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From tourism to wine, Syrian businesses flounder in post-Assad cultural flux

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-05T10:00:31+00:00

Shop owners report fewer travellers while bars and wineries hope for legal clarity on alcohol saleAbu Ali spent the first hours after the toppling of the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad boxing up his merchandise. Old-regime bumper stickers, mugs with Assad’s face, T-shirts on which Russian and Syrian flags faded into each other – it all had to go.A year later, the weathered tourist shop on the boardwalk of the Syrian coastal city of Tartous has entirely new products. The shelves are lined with the new three-star Syrian flag, mother-of-pearl jewellery boxes engraved with revolutionary slogans,

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Mission: 100 Million Jobs launched to power India's next decade of job creation

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-01-05T09:56:55+00:00

The initiative was announced by Harish Mehta, co-founder of software industry body Nasscom, A J Patel, founder of global entrepreneur network The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) and K Yatish Rajawat, founder of the Centre for Innovation in Public Policy (CIPP)

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Minister rejects claims government refusing to call Maduro extradition illegal to placate Trump – UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-05T09:56:39+00:00

Mike Tapp says No 10 is talking to US and close allies about legal aspect after Starmer declines to criticise Venezuela operationGood morning. Before Christmas, Keir Starmer was planning to use the first week back after the holiday recess to highlight what the government is doing to bring down the cost of living. He set out this case yesterday in an article in the Sunday Times, where he referenced measures including the budget plan to cut energy bills by £150 on average. Unfortunately, Starmer’s cost of living PR blitz has been blown out of the news agenda by Donald Trump, and his entirely dif

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Snow closes schools and disrupts travel in parts of UK and Ireland

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-01-05T09:51:13+00:00

Amber weather warnings issued as widespread wintry conditions take holdEurope live – latest updatesHundreds of schools have been closed and flights cancelled in parts of the UK as weather warnings remain in force, with snow bringing disruption.Amber weather warnings for snow are in place across parts of Scotland, forecasting heavy snowfall and significant travel disruption, while yellow warnings for snow and ice extend across much of the UK. Continue reading...

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Capello: “Gli arbitri sono una mafia”

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-01-05T09:50:46+00:00

In un’intervista a Marca, l’ex tecnico italiano parla di Var e accusa i direttori di gara

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Quantum Game Theory: The $12.4 Trillion Economics Crisis as Nations Rush to Protect Digital Assets while Quantum Computers Race toward 2028 Encryption-Breaking Capability

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-01-05T09:50:34+00:00

New Synergy Quantum Economic Analysis Applies Nobel Prize-Winning Economic Principles to Explain Mass Inaction on Post-Quantum Cryptography — as Late Adopters Face ‘Crypto-Procrastination Penalty’ and Economic Subjugation

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华芳纺织连续三跌停 二股东、四股东完成清仓

Source: 经济观察报 – Finance · Published: 2026-01-05T09:33:14+00:00

   经济观察网 记者 仇子明 5月30日,华芳纺织(600273)封跌停板,这已是该公司连续第三个交易日跌停。上交所公开交易信息显示,深圳游资是参与砸盘的重要主力。截至一季度末,华芳纺织的前十大股东中,深圳资金至少占据六席。深圳富豪涂辉龙掌控的海雅集团、中跃投资分居第二和第四大股东,累计持有1454万股,占总股本的4.62%,“私募一哥”罗伟广旗下的新价值等4只基金...

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科法斯:全球经济增长放缓 中国依然表现强劲

Source: 经济观察报 – Finance · Published: 2026-01-05T09:33:14+00:00

   经济观察网 记者 欧阳晓红 “2010年以来全球经济逐渐复苏之后,今年下半年经济增长将会放缓,但是中国经济增长依然表现强劲。”5月26日,科法斯在其首次携手中国平安于北京召开的2011年全球贸易风险论坛上如此表述。其实,受多重负面因素的影响,今年4月科法斯已将2011年全球经济增长预期从3.4%下调至3.2%。影响这一决定的负面因素包括欧元区的主权债务危机,日本...

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沈建光:5月CPI将再创新高 谈拐点为时尚早

Source: 经济观察报 – Finance · Published: 2026-01-05T09:33:14+00:00

   经济观察网 记者 欧阳晓红 日前,瑞穗证?亚洲公司董事总经理、首席经济学家沈建光撰写报告称,通胀失控风险上升, 政策放松时机未到。不过,一位接近央行人士认为,货币政策并未失控,之所以目前通胀预期创新高,是因为通常货币政策的效用有一个滞后期。“有一个作用过程,通胀风险才能被抑制住。”他说。沈建光认为,5月通胀将再创新高,谈及拐点为时尚早。由于5月食品价格重回升势,...

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编制虚假财务资料 国寿乌兰察布分公司吃罚单

Source: 经济观察报 – Finance · Published: 2026-01-05T09:33:14+00:00

   经济观察网 记者 欧阳晓红 近日,因为编制虚拟银保专管员名单领用工资,列支佣金等行为,中国人寿保险股份有限公司乌兰察布分公司(简称“中国人寿乌兰察布分公司”)“吃”了一张罚单。在2010年9月13日至2010年9月20日期间,中国保监会内蒙古监管局对中国人寿乌兰察布分公司进行了银保业务与销售误导专项现场检查。检查发现,该公司存在“编制虚假财务资料、委托未取得合法...

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金科集团借壳获批 房企上市再融资仍未开闸

Source: 经济观察报 – Finance · Published: 2026-01-05T09:33:14+00:00

   经济观察网 记者 彭友 ST东源(000656.SZ)27日晚间宣布,重庆市金科实业(集团)有限公司(简称金科集团)借壳上市获得中国证监会核准。这是继S*ST兰光、S*ST圣方之后,又一家获得监管部门放行的地产借壳公司。2009年3月,ST东源重组正式启动,拟以每股5.18元的价格定向增发9.08亿股,吸收合并金科集团47.7亿资产,这一重组方案在当年11月获证...

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