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A Syrian man rides his bicycle down a street in the town of in Qusayr in Syria's central Homs province

EU Sending Envoy To Talk To Syria's New Leaders

The EU's envoy to Syria headed to Damascus Monday to hold talks with the country's new Islamist rulers, just over a week after president Bashar al-Assad's ouster ended decades of brutal rule and civil war.

Asian Markets Struggle After More Weak China Data

Seoul's Kospi swung after South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached at the weekend for this month's short-lived martial law declaration
Asian markets mostly fell Monday after an unexpected slowdown in retail sales reinforced worries about China's economy, with the latest batch of weak data compounding the disappointment of Beijing's latest stimulus pledges.
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China's flagship companies still lag rivals on factors like range and battery capacity

Chinese Firms Take On EV Truck Challenges

Dominant in the electric car sector, Chinese companies have been quietly consolidating their position in the lesser-watched trucking scene -- but foreign tariffs and a perceived quality gap could signal roadblocks ahead, experts warn.
Posters of ousted president Bashar al-Assad and his father Hafez are torn down from the detention centre's upper-floor offices

Ex-prisoners Back In Syria's Cells 'Of Despair'

This time he was there by choice. "We had to scrub clean the torture areas and toilets, and drag the dead from the cells," said Bajbouj, who is still frail and said that this was his first time near the building since his release.
People celebrate the collapse of Bashar al-Assad's rule in Sweida, the heartland of Syria's Druze minority

Syria's Druze Hope For Better Future Without Assad

Bayan al-Hinnawi, who spent years behind bars in Bashar al-Assad's Syria, joined crowds in the heartland of the Druze minority on Friday to celebrate the president's fall, "a dream" come true for the former prisoner.

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