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LATEST: Kazakhstan’s central bank suspends operations by the nation’s banks and the stock exchange during “anti-terrorist operations,” the Interfax news agency says trib.al/1uA7Zig

Gina Champion-Cain was a pillar of the local business community. She was also the architect of an almost $400 million Ponzi scheme trib.al/vxYSZ7A via Businessweek

South Africa’s Afrigen develops an mRNA Covid-19 vaccine similar to Moderna's trib.al/YodJAMq

Billionaire Gautam Adani’s top executive in Australia says the shunned coal sector needs more support from politicians trib.al/KpOetfe

Italy can get through next winter with only minor cuts to its gas consumption even if Russia completely halts flows, Ecological Transition Minister Roberto Cingolani says trib.al/ehSshcS

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The gunman in the Thailand daycare shooting was identified as a 34-year-old former cop. He was set to appear in court on a drug possession charge that got him fired from the force, AP reports. trib.al/J8wVM22

China stresses need for tech reliance, firms should lead innovation reut.rs/3Zn2A5M

Morgan Stanley’s chief US equity strategist isn’t convinced the stock rally is here to stay and strengthened his warning about a potential market downshift later this year trib.al/Hywenwy

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UK markets soar as the Bank of England holds rates, helping power a rally in stocks, the pound and gilts Markets Today has more: trib.al/M16J0br

The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a new blast in the Philippines, writes Karishma Vaswani. Manila must redouble efforts to avoid more attacks trib.al/qdv8VfJ via Bloomberg Opinion

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LATEST: Iran lifted a suspension on both domestic and international flights from its capital, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reports, in a sign that Tehran sees the crisis stabilizing for now. Follow our free live blog: trib.al/ACpvR8q

Factories from Spain to Turkey are getting ready to churn out vehicles for Chinese companies, in a huge threat to Europe’s carmakers trib.al/BUoAzXN

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Pharmaceutical dealmaking has become a rare bright spot for collaboration between China and the West. Industry watchers are holding their breath to see how the incoming Trump administration changes that trib.al/m4Af0tQ

ByteDance, TikTok seek temporary halt to US ban pending Supreme Court review reut.rs/4iq6IMd