New Zealand's free trade agreement with India has officially taken effect, Trade and Investment Minister Todd McClay said. The deal makes 57 percent of New Zealand's exports to India tariff-free, including sheep meat, wool, coal and forestry products.

Taiwan's coastguard said it warded off 16 mainland Chinese vessels in a single day after they entered the island's self-declared restricted waters near Hualien, Pingtung, Kaohsiung and the Dongsha Islands. The coordinated, multi-pronged operation involved twelve coastguard and research ships alongside four fishing boats operating simultaneously. Analysts said the scale and coordination point to a shift in Beijing's maritime pressure tactics toward Taiwan.

A surge of Chinese electric-vehicle and renewable-energy exports is reshaping trade patterns across Latin America. Governments in the region face a choice between importing cheaper Chinese clean technology and shielding domestic manufacturers with tariffs or local-content rules. The dilemma echoes similar trade tensions already under way in Europe and North America.

More than 1 million square meters of real estate, particularly warehouse and logistics facilities, have been destroyed or significantly damaged this year, Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi in an interview with BBC Ukraine.

China's economy grew 4.5% year-on-year in the third quarter, up from 4.3% in the second quarter and above the 4.4% consensus forecast, the National Bureau of Statistics reported. Strong demand for Chinese hi-tech exports helped offset weak domestic spending and kept the country on track toward its 2026 growth target.

Amine Kessaci, 23, lives under constant threat as trial of five men becomes focus of nation’s battle with mafia-style crime

At 23, he is one of the most heavily protected people in France, constantly sleeping in different locations to escape the threat of contract killers from the country’s biggest drug cartel.

“Narcos and drug traffickers only have one language, one method: violence,” said Amine Kessaci, a young law student from a Marseille housing estate, who, after the murders of his two brothers, has become the most outspoken voice against the Latin American-style narco gangs expanding their reach across France.

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