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Hong Kong homebuyer optimism rises

  Bloomberg Hong Kong’s property market is seeing more deals as buyers bet the border reopening with mainland China will help channel more capital into the city and stoke a recovery. The number of transactions in 35 major residential projects jumped to an eight-month high in the two weeks ended January 8, according to Midland Realty. That is an encouraging ...

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Brazilian president Lula says rioters will fail in coup attempt

Bloomberg A day after Brazil’s capital was stormed by his predecessor’s supporters, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva worked from his office, where he met with the country’s governors as well as the heads of congress and the Supreme Court. “We are not going to allow democracy to slip out of our hands,” Lula said at the meeting. “They want ...

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EU and Nato sign new cooperation agreement

Bloomberg The European Union and Nato further solidified their relationship Tuesday when European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Council President Charles Michel and Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg signed a new joint declaration of cooperation. A top Biden administration official said a deal struck by the new Republican House majority to cap 2024 spending would not imperil aid ...

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