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Five Chinese firms seek $680 million in Hong Kong listings amid 'red-chip' scrutiny reut.rs/4lJoUm3 reut.rs/4lJoUm3

China's long fight with deflation risks morphing into something harsher, with economists warning the war in Iran could spark ‘bad inflation’ at a time when chronically weak consumption and fading external demand leave the economy with little cushion reut.rs/3NPGGaH

The US Justice Department said it took part in an operation with Germany and Canada to take down infrastructure used by four major botnets that infected more than 3 million devices worldwide, including hundreds of thousands in the US. More here: reut.rs/3NhNWvU

Panama's president rejects 'outrageous' claims by CK Hutchison over canceled port contracts reut.rs/40KnfmB reut.rs/40KnfmB

Mideast crisis puts Asia's earnings boom to the test reut.rs/4thaMDh reut.rs/4thaMDh

AC/DC guitarist Stevie Young hospitalized in Buenos Aires reut.rs/40Ig26t reut.rs/40Ig26t

Polish air traffic authority launches new radars to boost detection reut.rs/4rGyS8Y reut.rs/4rGyS8Y

UniCredit to trim up to 400 IT jobs in Germany as it cuts costs and streamlines reut.rs/3Plwqr5 reut.rs/3Plwqr5

MSC to buy 50% stake in tanker giant Sinokor, Cypriot filing shows reut.rs/4bBirFd reut.rs/4bBirFd

Samsung Life to divest 1.3 trln won worth of Samsung Electronics' shares reut.rs/3NdCJMV reut.rs/3NdCJMV

Samsung Elec plans over $73 bln investment in 2026 to lead in AI chip sector reut.rs/4rCaCF1 reut.rs/4rCaCF1

IG Group weighs deals and leaving London in strategy review reut.rs/3NJY5BC reut.rs/3NJY5BC

Telecom Italia, Fastweb to build up to 6,000 telecom towers in Italy reut.rs/4sSq4hi reut.rs/4sSq4hi

A powerful artificial intelligence model that appeared anonymously on a developer platform last week was revealed to be from Chinese smartphone and EV giant Xiaomi, after it fueled speculation that DeepSeek was quietly testing its next-generation system reut.rs/3NxVQBl

A powerful software exploit capable of penetrating and stealing information from potentially hundreds of millions of Apple iPhones ‌was planted on dozens of websites in Ukraine in recent weeks, researchers said. More here: reut.rs/4sp5u8w

Heavy social media usage appears to contribute to a drop in wellbeing among young people, especially girls, in ‌some English-speaking countries, the World Happiness Report found. More here: reut.rs/4rYZh2h

Great Wall Motor eyes plant options in South Africa reut.rs/4bjAmBo reut.rs/4bjAmBo

Telegram still not complying with Russian law, Russian regulator says reut.rs/3N8MbRG reut.rs/3N8MbRG

BMW eyes stabilisation in China with latest 'Neue Klasse' launch reut.rs/4duWJoJ reut.rs/4duWJoJ

UK to examine labelling AI content among wider copyright reforms reut.rs/4bjfMkB reut.rs/4bjfMkB