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Planet Business: Royal private estate income, data-hungry air fryers and the companies keen for it to be Christmas already

Beijing braced for increased trade tensions with US under Donald Trump

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UK consumer protection advocates Which? found that certain air fryers gather personal data that has little or no relevance to the functioning of the product

How will Donald Trump's second presidency affect the global fight against climate change?

With the Doomsday Clock set at 90 seconds to midnight, the US and Russia’s Cold War stand-off seems quaint in retrospect

Tensions between Washington and Beijing over the island are the most likely trigger for military conflict between the world’s two most powerful countries

Beijing Letter: Bars and clubs abruptly called off their Halloween parties and sent out instructions that patrons should not show up in costume

EU move followed an investigation into Beijing’s subsidies for its EV industry

Foreign influence from malign actors spreading disinformation has become increasingly sophisticated and difficult to track

Icicle group, with an outlet on Grafton Street, says ‘live commerce’ is driving an online surge in China

In a US trade war, the EU could be tempted to take retaliatory action against American corporate tax in Ireland

Kazan Declaration reflects the grievances and aspirations shared by the disparate countries that are part of Brics

Reborn Renault 4 EV is the electric star of this year’s Paris show, but the undercurrent is all about China

Agreement paves way for easing of tensions between New Delhi and Beijing

Ireland needs to develop the ability to conduct national security assessments of proposed foreign investors, says security expert

China Letter: Officials have a plan to ensure money flows through rather than over the city

The pay-off from fully self-driving cars is likely to take much longer than expected

President Lai Ching-te on Thursay said Beijing ‘has no right to represent Taiwan’ but he was willing to work with it to maintain peace

Inspired by Riverdance, Yusupjan Kiyum set up an Irish dancing school whose members perform at sold-out venues across the region

Xinjiang – where China stands accused of committing human rights abuses against the Uyghur people – is experiencing a surge in visitor numbers thanks to a hit TV series

Stimulus package might need Communist Party U-turn on opposition to property market speculation

New findings note that cheaper, adulterated imports pose a threat to 4,000 domestic producers

Trade retaliation comes after bloc voted to approve steep tariff increases on Chinese electric cars

One prominent Irish economist is ‘surprised’ markets are not pricing in uncertainty

For China to become a portfolio investment, more of its economic growth must start accruing to equity investors

Eva Pau, commercial director of family business Asia Market, on being immersed in Irish culture from an early age

Separatist militant group Baloch Liberation Army claims explosion, saying it was targeting Chinese nationals in region

The EU tariff hikes on Chinese electric vehicles are expected to come into force at the beginning of November but a negotiated settlement remains possible

The US climate envoy on anger in developing countries over climate inequality, his reputation for being too positive, and conflict in the Middle East

Heavy tariffs to be put on electric cars imported from China into the European Union

Temporary capital during wartime engaged American military aviation advice and training for the Flying Tigers to fend off aerial bombing by the Japanese

Property sector a key focus in rapid fire of policy measures after almost two years of piecemeal attempts to breathe life back into economy

Country’s central bank and politburo have announced measures to boost confidence and promised further measures

‘Renewables will soon overtake coal as the single biggest source of global electricity’

In the HAI550 mall in Shanghai, most of the clothes are produced by small local brands using materials such as old plastic bottles and used bicycle tubes

Worldview: The United Nations, marginalised in the competition between the US, China and Russia and their emerging blocs, needs a radical overhaul

Sunil Amrith brilliantly portrays how our dominance over nature has been self-serving and destructive, a corrosive colonisation of Earth for which he doubts there is a mass global solution

Diplomats and analysts in New Delhi look to reworked multipolar, mutually equitable and sustainable global relations

Shanghai Letter: When I took my place at the end of the red banquette, the man next to me was staring