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This picture taken on September 1, 2025 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency via KNS shows Kim outside his train

'Fortress' On Wheels: Kim Jong Un's Bulletproof Train

An olive-green North Korean train, emblazoned with a gold stripe, carried leader Kim Jong Un into China on Tuesday for a grand military parade that President Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin will also attend.
New Nestle chief executive Philipp Navratil had been running the company's Nespresso branch

Nestle Sacks CEO Over Office Relationship

Swiss food giant Nestle on Monday dismissed Laurent Freixe as chief executive with immediate effect over an "undisclosed romantic relationship with a direct subordinate".
Alibaba rocketed 15 percent after bumper results after hours on Friday, including a surge in AI revenue

Alibaba Soars But Asia Markets Dip

Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba boosted the Hang Seng on Monday, but other Asian markets mostly fell back after Wall Street retreated from record highs.
In this photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, his wife and foreign leaders pose during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit

Leaders Gather With China's Xi For Summit Ceremony

Around two dozen Eurasian leaders will gather on Monday morning for a ceremony hosted by President Xi Jinping on the final day of a showpiece summit aimed at putting China front and centre of regional relations.
Both leaders expressed scepticism about Putin's intentions

France, Germany Vow To Up Pressure On 'Ogre' Putin

The leaders of France and Germany on Friday vowed to step up pressure on Russia over its war against Ukraine, warning that President Vladimir Putin was showing little appetite to end Moscow's three-and-a-half year onslaught against its neighbour.

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