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Trump's trade tweets not only threatened Asian markets, but invited China to come save the day China's reticent Ministry of Commerce intervened in declining Asian markets Wednesday.

Trading in US stock futures had to be halted after violent moves, and markets are spooked Futures exchange CME halted trading for brief periods to prevent "even harder moves".

The Morrison government just walked away from getting encryption legislation passed to avoid losing a vote on border protection Faced with the prospect of being the first government to lose a vote in the lower house for the first time in 90 years, the Coalition effectively shut down parliament.

Asian markets are getting smoked as geopolitical risks flare again Risk sentiment in Asia has taken a turn for the worse.

It's been another awful week for Australian auction clearance rates Australian auction clearance rates fell to the lowest level since October 2011 last week. Success rates were awful across the country, not just in Sydney and Melbourne.

The Labor MP accused of bullying and 'doing a Sharon Stone' is suing Buzzfeed for defamation In August, damaging claims of inappropriate behaviour by MP Emma Husar, contained in a confidential document, were leaked to BuzzFeed and published.

Canada arrested Huawei's CFO, and the US is seeking to extradite her Huawei's Chief Financial Officer Sabrina Meng Wanzhou has been detained by Canadian authorities at the request of the US government

Half of Australian workers fear losing their jobs to robots A survey of 1000 Australians finds that half are worried how automation and technology will impact their jobs. They fear the impact of technology on job security even more so than the economy.

A Michelin-starred chef says restaurants should stop serving avocados because they're 'the blood diamonds of Mexico' He said avocados are "the blood diamonds of Mexico" and that they're "akin to battery chickens".

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