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China’s factory activity contracted at a faster pace in November, an official survey showed on Wednesday, weighed down by Covid-19 curbs and softening global demand, underscoring the increasing pressure faced by the world’s second-largest economy. The official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) stood at 48.0 against 49.2 in October, the …

SpaceX is set Wednesday to launch the first private — and Japanese — lander to the Moon. A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to blast off at 3:39 am (0839 GMT) from Cape Canaveral, Florida, with a backup date on Thursday. Until now, only the United States, Russia and China …

Thousands of contracted workers have lost their jobs, mostly since the middle of this year, and hundreds of thousands of others have reduced working hours amid a demand slump. The Vietnam General Confederation of Labor said Monday those in labor-intensive businesses like textile, leather, wood, and seafood processing have been …