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Microsoft splashes cash across Southeast Asia
There’s a jolly, bespectacled fellow who flies around the world each year delivering gifts. His name is Satya, he’s the CEO of the world’s most valuable company (Microsoft), and he wraps his Southeast Asia tour today (Thursday).
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The OECD is cautiously optimistic
Today we’re doing what we do best: wading through 200-something pages of turgid prose and acronyms to get you what you need to know.
KFC closes Malaysian stores amid Israel boycott
The Malaysian operator of fast food giant Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) announced on Monday it was temporarily closing outlets across the country, citing “challenging economic conditions”. Local media then said the quiet bit out loud: 100 or so KFC outlets are closing in Malaysia due to an ongoing boycott.
Russia presses on as Ukraine’s Western military aid nears
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg made a surprise appearance in Ukraine on Monday and delivered a key message: “it’s not too late for Ukraine to prevail”. This came just hours after Ukraine’s new-ish military commander in chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, gave a mixed update from the 1,000km-long front line.
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