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I have traded the Musk for the Tusk. ☮️ 🇩🇰 🇹🇭 🇨🇦
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China families appeal to free relatives held by scam gangs in Myanmar
> Wang, 22, flew to Bangkok [..] after getting an unsolicited offer to join a film that was shooting in #Thailand
> There was no movie
> Instead, like hundreds of other Chinese men, Wang had been duped by a job offer [..] as part of a trap set by a criminal syndicate. [..] he was #kidnapped and put to work in one of the online scam centers [..] just across the Thai border in #Myanmar https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/22/asia-pacific/crime-legal/china-myanmar-scam-gangs-human-trafficking/ #SouthEastAsia
Tags: #thailand #kidnapped #myanmar #southeastasia
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KPMG Passes Key Step in Forming Big Four's First US Law Firm
> KPMG won preliminary approval Tuesday to form a legal services arm in Arizona, moving it closer to becoming the first Big Four accounting firm to practice law in the US.
> The #Arizona Supreme Court should grant #KPMG #Law #US a license, the Committee on Alternative Business Structures found. The court will decide Jan. 28 whether to grant KPMG’s license, deny the application, https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/kpmg-gets-panel-ok-for-arizona-law-firm-first-among-big-four
Tags: #arizona #kpmg #law #us
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China discussing using Elon Musk as broker in TikTok deal
> Officials in Beijing are discussing using #ElonMusk as a broker in a potential sale of #TikTok’s US operations, days before the Chinese-owned social media app faces a ban from Washington, according to two people familiar with the talks.
> The bill passed by Congress in April, which requires TikTok’s Beijing-based parent #ByteDance to sell its stake in the app or face a ban
https://www.ft.com/content/cee84b1a-6b55-42a8-abf9-19f9a80e04a6?accessToken=zwAAAZUABXb4ktOh0DK2-RtGX9Oz-ptGrgcv5dPO6Esaa1VCqNOr-Rn5qA4EpgE.MEQCIHCfnKlv3Q0vJC49-bzyQAzOVEB7jVjkkdCPL9f26W_eAiBgg1fDg0ORTtmY6s652qlEC7ECeAxzNr_miu4k8BLMGA&segmentId=7d4bcc2e-e664-92ba-62e3-5590579f1902 #China #US #socialmedia
Tags: #elonmusk #tiktok #bytedance #china #us #socialmedia
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Nawaf Salam named as Lebanon’s new prime minister
> Nawaf Salam, president of the International Court of Justice, has secured the support of a majority of Lebanon’s MPs to become the country’s next prime minister, dealing another blow to Hizbollah after its devastating war with Israel.
> The Iran-backed militant group and its allies had been pushing for caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati to continue in the post,
https://www.ft.com/content/79670dbc-2db6-4bea-99a8-89e5d6566917?accessToken=zwAAAZT7GSiikc95Zw28LbZL6tOZqInl1lZpFwE.MEYCIQDkcloCIeaNwNn0U_elAig6s5oljrCvBM9ErR1H_z8u4gIhALT1F-LOirale8-BtwagJH8ojYy_DyQZOqaotmEDfVln&segmentId=7d4bcc2e-e664-92ba-62e3-5590579f1902
#Lebanon #NawafSalam #Hizbollah #Iran
Tags: #lebanon #nawafsalam #hizbollah #iran
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Apple £1.5bn class action case kicks off in UK courts
> iPhone maker faces claim it levies ‘excessive and unfair’ charges on software downloaded from its App Store https://www.ft.com/content/4781c5b9-c6cb-4c94-8e35-1a5676c0c660?accessToken=zwAAAZT1dbIekc9HgcW5xstMlNOONRpWdsDGYAE.MEYCIQCzPRL4ImnemaQRWUJYOwX0ExPy0Gs5utqoogEbIThobwIhALLM1pfUYfIadpS724A7f7WDdbEOiQ2eP9lAIFXxtWAr&segmentId=7d4bcc2e-e664-92ba-62e3-5590579f1902 #Apple #UK #Iphone
Tags: #apple #uk #iphone
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