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Chinese cluster now world’s top innovation hotspot: UN

[ad_1] Hong Kong is part of the world’s top innovation cluster. Photo: Philip FONG / AFPSource: AFP Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou has overtaken Tokyo-Yokohama to become the world’s top cluster for innovation, the United Nations said Monday. The UN’s World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) said the Chinese cluster had leapfrogged its Japanese …

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Malawi’s fuel crisis hangs over upcoming elections

[ad_1] Malawi goes to the polls this month with severe shortages of petrol, for which motorists are forced to queue, among its many economic troubles. Photo: Amos GUMULIRA / AFPSource: AFP In early morning gloom, a long line of vehicles winds around the lone fuel station in Dedza district in …

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Uzbek workers fill gap as Bulgarian population shrinks

[ad_1] Bulgaria has responded to a population exodus by employing workers from abroad. Photo: Nikolay DOYCHINOV / AFPSource: AFP Nilfar Nazarova used to work as an accountant in her native Uzbekistan but for the past four summers she has been cleaning hotel rooms in the Bulgarian Black Sea resort of …

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Alibaba soars but Asia markets dip

[ad_1] Alibaba rocketed 15 percent after bumper results after hours on Friday, including a surge in AI revenue. Photo: ALAIN JOCARD / AFP/FileSource: AFP Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba boosted the Hang Seng on Monday, but other Asian markets mostly fell back after Wall Street retreated from record highs. Alibaba rocketed …

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