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Taliban’s poppy ban falters as Afghan farmers say they can't feed their children reut.rs/47O6yKs

China's commerce ministry condemned the United States for placing several Chinese companies on a list of businesses Washington alleges use Uyghur forced labor or source material from Xinjiang, and said Beijing would take steps to safeguard its interests reut.rs/4iunsTp

Germany's Steinmeier says China must avoid one-sided benefits in economic ties reut.rs/4eAAeOW

Volkswagen tumbled further into the red in the third quarter, signalling a deepening crisis at the world's second-largest carmaker, which is battling seismic challenges across key markets as it embarks on a major restructuring reut.rs/4sEUoNB

Chinese AI model carries out complex cyberattacks in controlled tests, researchers say reut.rs/4jRSirv

Hong Kong leader John Lee apologized for the deadly blaze that killed 168 people in the city last November, promising extensive reforms to its building industry and regulatory system reut.rs/3WernfB

Morning Bid: In the AI alphabet, cash is king reut.rs/4e5liIs

North Korea fired around 10 ballistic missiles toward the sea off its east coast, South Korea's military said, as tensions run high ahead of Pyongyang's end-of-month deadline to activate propaganda loudspeakers along the heavily armed border reut.rs/4iKPqvf

Oil prices fall as peace hopes offset fears of growing Middle East conflict reut.rs/4eAzKs6

China has more than 50 navy and other official vessels operating in a wide swath of sea stretching from southern Japan down to Taiwan and off the Philippines, a senior Taiwan official said, calling the threat level ‘obvious’ reut.rs/4id903l

DeepSeek, Moonshot used OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra to train latest models, The Information reports reut.rs/4su4Gjz

Big Caring launches IPO valuing Malaysian pharmacy chain at $2 billion reut.rs/4ipiKGm

Flavio Bolsonaro arrived in the United States after losing Brazil’s presidential runoff and declaring himself the country’s rightful leader. Reuters correspondent Gabriel Araujo explains his claims and the challenges to overturning the result reut.rs/4yYWHNe

China condemns US move to add Chinese medical equipment firms to Uyghur forced labour list reut.rs/4A3lxfN

The Federal Reserve kept interest rates steady as expected, but it was not able to comfort bond investors concerned about what a deliberate pace of policy tightening will mean for the outlook for longer-term government bonds reut.rs/4yMrU5S

Taiwan flags 'obvious' threat from 50 Chinese vessels in wide sweep of waters reut.rs/48m7Dcz

An oil spill off the United Arab Emirates that has prompted temporary restrictions on fishing and on access to several beaches has raised concerns over the risk of environmental contamination and questions about the potential impact on desalination plants reut.rs/3W1lQZQ

Hello Kitty maker Sanrio has cancelled a collaboration with a Japanese TV spy show after a backlash in China, the second incident in days to highlight the tightrope foreign firms and celebrities must walk in the lucrative market reut.rs/48ksI7f

Explainer: How could the oil spill off the UAE coast affect desalination plants? reut.rs/3WTSBs3