India’s biggest winemaker, Sula Vineyards, is heading to the stock market, betting on diversifying the taste buds of a burgeoning urban middle class in a country that has long favored hard liquor. Wine accounts for less than one percent of India’s massive alcohol market, with spirits being the drink of choice in the country of …
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BEIJING (AP) — Workers at Apple’s world’s largest iPhone factory were beaten and detained during protests over pay amid virus checks, according to witnesses and social media videos on Wednesday, as tensions mount over Chinese efforts to tackle a further rise in infections. Videos that said they had been filmed at the factory in the …
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BANGKOK (AP) — Leaders across Asia-Pacific have called for an end to Russia’s war on Ukraine and pledged to steer the region’s economies towards sustainable growth as they wrapped up summit meetings on Saturday. Host Thailand won a diplomatic coup by successfully bridging the rifts among the 21 members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum …
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NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AP) — China and India, after months of refusing to condemn Russia’s war in Ukraine, did not block the release this week of a statement by the world’s major economies that sharply criticizes Moscow. Could this finally signal yet another bold policy shift by Beijing and New Delhi to align with what …
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – China may not send a team to Qatar, but Chinese companies will be the main sponsors of the 2022 World Cup. Chinese brands are the biggest sponsors of the tournament, surpassing even the list of American companies which include iconic names such as Coca-Cola, McDonald’s and Budweiser. Chinese sponsors have paid …
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