China is now supporting more people aged 65 and above than children, underscoring the impact of its rapidly ageing population and a declining birth rate reut.rs/4yQcm1g

US military says it struck vessel in Eastern Pacific, killing five reut.rs/3Ut2V9N

President Donald Trump said he approved of Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro coming to the United States after losing the October 25 presidential election reut.rs/4kmgT7L

Nearly 90% of businesses are turning to tokenised money, DBS survey shows reut.rs/4z9qtzr

Trees crashed onto highways, electricity poles were uprooted and thousands took shelter against Arnab, a powerful cyclone which made landfall on India's east coast, authorities said reut.rs/47PwkOu

China calls on Germany, EU to be rational on trade, supply chain issues reut.rs/3Ui4nf9

From the suburbs of Paris to the squares of Belgrade, thousands have taken to the streets. The demands are various but often overlapping — frustrations with shabby schooling facilities, perceived lack of economic opportunity, cost of living, corruption, housing and a sense of not being listened to. At times those protests triggered violence — with thousands of shops in France alone being damaged or looted in recent weeks — and police firing stun grenades and water cannons. This weekend they also brought real change — student-led protests culminated in the toppling in an election of Serbia’s long-time leader Aleksandar Vucic after nearly two years of demonstrations against perceived corruption and creeping authoritarianism reut.rs/4zjM88q

Stocks get AI lift, kiwi slides on RBNZ's surprise hold reut.rs/4zfqguQ

China's new export curbs draw a line around its AI crown jewels reut.rs/3Ui43gr

Volkswagen's journey: Beetle maker's wartime roots to reinvention reut.rs/4inryMW

TPG pursues $5 billion acquisition of British data centre group Ark, FT reports reut.rs/3Ut1TdV

AI chips worth $12.1 million seized at Malaysia airport, customs authority says reut.rs/4yLaOoW

US Justice Department sues Maryland school district over transgender policies reut.rs/4yQSQ4L

FBI agent says he feared case against ex-FBI officials tied to Hunter Biden probes would look political reut.rs/4zagDgL

Investors have long treated the US dollar as a refuge when markets fall, but foreign money chasing returns from the AI boom could weaken that safe-haven role if the trade unwinds reut.rs/4zdMX2l

China's old-age dependency ratio overtakes children for first time reut.rs/3Ur3u3U

Taiwan is ‘provoking confrontation’ and stirring anti-China sentiment, a Chinese government spokesperson said, after Taiwanese prosecutors indicted five people for plotting to attack Taiwanese comedian Huang Yi-hao, whose shows mocked Beijing reut.rs/47Puhdg

Trump promotes oil production in Texas, where Democrats dream of breakthrough reut.rs/4zSFyFx

A judge in Delaware ruled that French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, could continue their defamation lawsuit against the companies of right-wing podcaster Candace Owens, but not against Owens herself reut.rs/3UMmfim

Judge skeptical of Justice Dept lawsuit over alleged noncitizens on voting rolls reut.rs/4ilVOaV