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  1. Covid deaths in Japan hit record high as fears mount for ‘super-ageing society’

    Designated Covid hospitals were overwhelmed by a winter wave that started in October, leading to thousands of patients being turned away multiple times.

  2. ChatGPT maker releases tool for spotting AI-written text amid cheating concerns

    ChatGPT is a free program that generates text in response to a prompt. It has gained wide popularity since its debut in November, while raising concerns about copyright and plagiarism.

  3. PayPal to cut 2,000 jobs in post-pandemic slowdown to control costs

    PayPal’s stock has been battered by the slowdown in growth in payments volume on its platform after the pandemic began to recede.

  4. International schools in Hong Kong are bringing environmental sustainability into their curricula, while ensuring their operations are sustainable

    To make the meaningful change the growing climate crisis demands, it is the next generation of thinkers that will lead the fight into the future

  5. Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan to pause private China deals to avoid geopolitical risk, sources say

    Canada has already started restricting Chinese investment in its critical minerals sector, ordering three Chinese firms to divest from a trio of junior lithium explorers in early November.

  6. Apple memory chip supplier SK Hynix posts record US$1.4 billion loss amid chip market slump

    The world’s No 2 DRAM maker is cutting output and capex as it awaits a recovery in the second half of the year.

  7. China’s factory activity contracted at slower pace in January as coronavirus infections hampered production

    China’s Caixin/S&P Global manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) rose to 49.2 in January, up from 49 in December, data released on Wednesday showed.

  8. Thai police chief apologises for alleged extortion of Taiwanese actress Charlene An

    Charlene An posted on social media that she was travelling in a taxi with friends after a night out in Bangkok when they were stopped, searched and had to pay US$820 before they were allowed to leave.

  9. ‘Sometimes I am in a daze and hide’: 1.5 million follow Hong Kong movie star Tony Leung after he says ‘I am not that special’ in quirky social media message

    Hong Kong actor Tony Leung Chiu-wai has shot to mainland social media prominence after an introspective, 44-second message he posted on the short-video app, Douyin, garnered him nearly a million new followers in just six hours.

  10. China’s reopening will benefit Asia, but balancing inflation and growth will be a challenge: IMF economist

    IMF chief economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas believes that China’s reopening will provide a global economic boost, most notably in Asia where many economies are closely linked.