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Hong Kong CNN — Samsung Electronics co-CEO Han Jong-Hee died from cardiac arrest on Tuesday, according to a spokesperson for the South Korean tech giant. Han was 63. Born in 1962, Han had overseen Samsung’s consumer electronics and mobile devices businesses since 2022, according to the company. He was named Samsung Electronics vice chairman and…
Beijing Reuters — China has released all Mintz employees who had been held in detention for two years since a raid on its Beijing office in March 2023, a spokesperson from the US-based due diligence firm Mintz Group told Reuters in an email. Chinese authorities detained five local staff in the raid, which turned out…
CNN — A prominent Indian comedian is standing by his right to make jokes after an angry mob attacked a comedy club where he had made an onstage jibe at a right-wing politician. Kunal Kamra, known for his quips about popular culture and politics, is under investigation for alleged defamation by police in the western…
Tokyo AP — A court ordered the dissolution of the Unification Church in Japan, upholding a government request for a revocation spurred by the investigation into the 2022 assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The Tokyo District Court’s revocation of the church’s legal status means it will lose its tax-exempt privilege and must liquidate…
A version of this story appeared in CNN Business’ Nightcap newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. New York CNN — There are three letters keeping Tesla bulls up at night: BYD. That’s the carmaker eating everyone’s lunch in China, the world’s biggest auto market, and rapidly gaining market share…
Hong Kong CNN — China’s EV giant BYD recorded revenues of 777 billion yuan ($107 billion) for 2024, surging ahead Elon Musk’s Tesla in annual sales amid intensifying competition in the global market for clean-energy cars. In a filing on Monday, BYD reported a 29% jump in sales from the previous year on deliveries of…
Tokyo CNN — A Japanese man who spent more than 40 years on death row until he was acquitted last year has been awarded $1.4 million in compensation, a court said on Tuesday – roughly $85 for each day he was wrongfully convicted. Former professional boxer Iwao Hakamata, 89, was sentenced to death in 1968…
Seoul AP — A motorcyclist who fell into a cavernous sinkhole that opened on a Seoul street was found dead after an overnight search, officials in South Korea’s capital said Tuesday. The roughly 20-meter-wide, 20-meter-deep (66-foot-wide, 66-foot-deep) sinkhole appeared at an intersection in the Myeongil-dong neighborhood in eastern Seoul on Monday afternoon, swallowing the motorcyclist…
Summary Drug cartels led the US intelligence community’s annual threat assessment for apparently the first time in the report’s nearly 20 years. The assessment highlights cartels endangering Americans’ health and contributing to regional instability. Fentanyl and other potent synthetic opioids caused more than 52,000 deaths in the US in the 12 months ending in October…
Hong Kong/Taipei CNN — From a chain of massive barges stretching from a Chinese beach into the sea, to a powerful new design for cutting undersea cables at record depths, China’s latest maritime innovations have captured the attention of defense experts – fueling concerns about their potential role in a future invasion of Taiwan. While…
