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Opposition faults govt for rushing LC1, 2 elections

The polls, to be held in more than 70,000 villages across the country, will consume Shs56.9 billion, with the office bearers ...

China’s Spring Festival travel and spending hit record highs, but there’s a catch

Some 596 million domestic trips during the nine-day holiday, but Chinese consumers appeared more prudent. Read more at ...

JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon sees parallel to pre-financial crisis era as rivals do ‘dumb things’

His bank is not willing to make riskier loans to boost net interest income, he says. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more ...

‘Escalation of that violence’: Premier defends tough new gun laws as opposition calls for a review

Premier Chris Minns has defended NSW’s tough stance on guns after calls were made for a review into new reforms, on the first day of a Royal Commission into anti-Semitism and Social Cohesion following ...