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Asian bonds fell on Thursday, echoing selling pressure in Treasuries in the prior session. Chinese shares rose as the country released stronger-than-expected trade data.</p></div></td></tr></table><table class="heading_block block-4" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:15px;padding-top:20px;text-align:center;width:100%"><h1 
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Asia’s high-yield dollar bond sales this year have grown annually for the first time in five years, fuelled by Indian financial companies’ rush to access offshore investors.</p></div></td></tr></table><table class="heading_block block-6" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:15px;padding-top:20px;text-align:center;width:100%"><h1 
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Duolingo shares slumped after the education software provider’s quarterly report showed it had gained new users at the slowest rate since the third quarter of 2022.&nbsp;</p></div></td></tr></table><table class="heading_block block-8" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:15px;padding-top:20px;text-align:center;width:100%"><h1 
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UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron will criticise other European nations for being “unwilling” to invest in defence as he urges Western democracies to be “tougher and more assertive” in protecting their interests and values.</p></div></td></tr></table><div class="spacer_block block-10" style="height:5px;line-height:5px;font-size:1px">&#8202;</div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-14" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" 
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style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="divider_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px"><div class="alignment" align="center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" 
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style="margin:0;color:#1a1a1a;direction:ltr;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:21px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:-1px;line-height:120%;text-align:left;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;mso-line-height-alt:25.2px"><strong>IN NUMBERS</strong></h1></td></tr></table><table class="heading_block block-3" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" 
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<span class="tinyMce-placeholder">… New York City residents <strong><a href="https://link.dailymaverick.co.za/click/35315213.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" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: #222222;" rel="noopener">are millionaires</a></strong>. That’s one in every 24 — a 48% increase over the past decade.&nbsp;</span></h1></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-15" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" 
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<span class="tinyMce-placeholder">Some new Swiss Army Knifes under development will have specialist tools, but <strong><a href="https://link.dailymaverick.co.za/click/35315213.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" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: #1c1c1c;" rel="noopener"><strong>miss a key feature: a blade</strong></a></strong>. CEO Carl Elsener Jr says he is concerned about increasingly stringent regulations on knives in many markets, amid a rise in crime.</span></h1></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody>
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<span class="tinyMce-placeholder"><a href="https://link.dailymaverick.co.za/click/35315213.69263/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGFpbHltYXZlcmljay5jby56YS9hcnRpY2xlLzIwMjQtMDUtMDgtaG9seS13YXItcmV2aXNpdGVkLXlvdS13YW50LWl0LWRhcmtlci13ZS1raWxsLXRoZS1mbGFtZS8_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1TYWlsdGhydSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1idXNpbmVzc19tYXZlcmljayZtbGU9TUVkamN6Vk5ZVXBaZUZCdVptTjJTa2R2UVVKWFVFTnhhRE01U0U4clZGRmxZa1ZQZGl0NVlucERUbEJzTTJ0M2QwaENRVGhzV0ZoWGFFazVhVXB1UVdwS1RERmtiU3NyUlRSelVUaGpPRWhEZWpkTVRFaGtOQ3N3VXpWRGJuQmxVR05xUnpOSVoyVlRhMGRSYlUweWJVZFhiU3R2U2tkblRFSTFVblpEV1hJJTNE/654b96d2a426663d33afca23Cc6f40ba4" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: #1a1a1a;" rel="noopener"><span class="mce-content-body mce-edit-focus" style="position: relative;" id="2e5b4a87-d047-48b4-a136-c5a095aab477" data-position="60-0-2" data-qa="tinyeditor-root-element"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">Holy War revisited — ‘You want it darker, we kill the flame’</span></span></a></span></h1></td></tr></table><table class="heading_block block-4" 
width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:23px;padding-top:5px;text-align:center;width:100%"><h2 style="margin:0;color:#0f0f0f;direction:ltr;font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:120%;text-align:left;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;mso-line-height-alt:19.2px">
<span class="tinyMce-placeholder"><a href="" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0a0a0a;" rel="noopener"><span class="mce-content-body mce-edit-focus" style="position: relative;" id="bc021530-58e2-4258-8b5b-c2cdf2f4e18d" data-position="60-0-3" data-qa="tinyeditor-root-element"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">By Kevin Bloom</span></span></a></span></h2></td></tr></table><table class="image_block block-5" 
width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-top:5px;width:100%;padding-right:0;padding-left:0"><div class="alignment" align="left" style="line-height:10px"><div class="fullWidth" style="max-width:600px"><a href="https://link.dailymaverick.co.za/click/35315213.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" target="_blank" style="outline:none" tabindex="-1"><img src="https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-2110558533.jpg" 
style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%" width="600" alt="I'm an image" title="I'm an image" height="auto"></a></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="heading_block block-6" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:10px;text-align:center;width:100%"><h1 
style="margin:0;color:#1a1a1a;direction:ltr;font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:23px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:120%;text-align:left;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;mso-line-height-alt:27.599999999999998px">
<span class="tinyMce-placeholder"><a href="https://link.dailymaverick.co.za/click/35315213.69263/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGFpbHltYXZlcmljay5jby56YS9hcnRpY2xlLzIwMjQtMDUtMDgtYWZ0ZXItdGhlLWJlbGwtdGhlLWdhcnJpY2stY2x1Yi1iZWxhdGVkbHktam9pbnMtdGhlLTIxc3QtY2VudHVyeS1hbmQtdm90ZXMtdG8tYWNjZXB0LWZlbWFsZS1tZW1iZXJzP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9U2FpbHRocnUmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249YnVzaW5lc3NfbWF2ZXJpY2smbWxlPU1FZGpjelZOWVVwWmVGQnVabU4yU2tkdlFVSlhVRU54YURNNVNFOHJWRkZsWWtWUGRpdDVZbnBEVGxCc00ydDNkMGhDUVRoc1dGaFhhRWs1YVVwdVFXcEtUREZrYlNzclJUUnpVVGhqT0VoRGVqZE1URWhrTkNzd1V6VkRibkJsVUdOcVJ6TklaMlZUYTBkUmJVMHliVWRYYlN0dlNrZG5URUkxVW5aRFdYSSUzRA/654b96d2a426663d33afca23C70281053" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: #1a1a1a;" rel="noopener"><span class="mce-content-body mce-edit-focus" style="position: relative;" id="c4357812-9600-43e3-9fe3-17c3552eac2f" data-position="160-0-6" data-qa="tinyeditor-root-element"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">After the Bell: The Garrick Club belatedly joins the 21st century and votes to accept female members</span></span></a></span></h1></td></tr></table><table class="heading_block block-7" 
width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:23px;padding-top:5px;text-align:center;width:100%"><h2 style="margin:0;color:#0f0f0f;direction:ltr;font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:120%;text-align:left;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;mso-line-height-alt:19.2px">
<span class="tinyMce-placeholder">By Tim Cohen</span></h2></td></tr></table><table class="image_block block-8" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-top:5px;width:100%;padding-right:0;padding-left:0"><div class="alignment" align="left" style="line-height:10px"><div class="fullWidth" style="max-width:600px">
<a href="https://link.dailymaverick.co.za/click/35315213.69263/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGFpbHltYXZlcmljay5jby56YS9hcnRpY2xlLzIwMjQtMDUtMDgtdGhlYmUtaW4tZGlzcHV0ZS13aXRoLWRlcGFydGluZy1zaGVsbC1vdmVyLXZhbHVlLW9mLWl0cy1zdGFrZS1tYXR0ZXItaW4tYXJiaXRyYXRpb24_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1TYWlsdGhydSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1idXNpbmVzc19tYXZlcmljayZtbGU9TUVkamN6Vk5ZVXBaZUZCdVptTjJTa2R2UVVKWFVFTnhhRE01U0U4clZGRmxZa1ZQZGl0NVlucERUbEJzTTJ0M2QwaENRVGhzV0ZoWGFFazVhVXB1UVdwS1RERmtiU3NyUlRSelVUaGpPRWhEZWpkTVRFaGtOQ3N3VXpWRGJuQmxVR05xUnpOSVoyVlRhMGRSYlUweWJVZFhiU3R2U2tkblRFSTFVblpEV1hJJTNE/654b96d2a426663d33afca23B641a935e" target="_blank" style="outline:none" tabindex="-1"><img src="https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/BM-Ed-ThebeShell-.jpg" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%" width="600" alt="I'm an image" title="I'm an image" height="auto"></a></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="heading_block block-9" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" 
style="padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:10px;text-align:center;width:100%"><h1 style="margin:0;color:#1a1a1a;direction:ltr;font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:23px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:120%;text-align:left;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;mso-line-height-alt:27.599999999999998px">
<span class="tinyMce-placeholder"><a href="https://link.dailymaverick.co.za/click/35315213.69263/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGFpbHltYXZlcmljay5jby56YS9hcnRpY2xlLzIwMjQtMDUtMDgtdGhlYmUtaW4tZGlzcHV0ZS13aXRoLWRlcGFydGluZy1zaGVsbC1vdmVyLXZhbHVlLW9mLWl0cy1zdGFrZS1tYXR0ZXItaW4tYXJiaXRyYXRpb24_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1TYWlsdGhydSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1idXNpbmVzc19tYXZlcmljayZtbGU9TUVkamN6Vk5ZVXBaZUZCdVptTjJTa2R2UVVKWFVFTnhhRE01U0U4clZGRmxZa1ZQZGl0NVlucERUbEJzTTJ0M2QwaENRVGhzV0ZoWGFFazVhVXB1UVdwS1RERmtiU3NyUlRSelVUaGpPRWhEZWpkTVRFaGtOQ3N3VXpWRGJuQmxVR05xUnpOSVoyVlRhMGRSYlUweWJVZFhiU3R2U2tkblRFSTFVblpEV1hJJTNE/654b96d2a426663d33afca23C641a935e" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: #1a1a1a;" rel="noopener"><span class="mce-content-body mce-edit-focus" style="position: relative;" id="d4784338-7247-4a07-ab93-84d8e8aef8b6" data-position="160-0-12" data-qa="tinyeditor-root-element"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">Thebe in dispute with departing Shell over value of its stake — matter in arbitration</span></span></a></span></h1></td></tr></table><table class="heading_block block-10" 
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<span class="tinyMce-placeholder">By Ed Stoddard</span></h2></td></tr></table><table class="heading_block block-11" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:10px;text-align:center;width:100%"><h1 
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<span class="tinyMce-placeholder"><a href="https://link.dailymaverick.co.za/click/35315213.69263/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGFpbHltYXZlcmljay5jby56YS9hcnRpY2xlLzIwMjQtMDUtMDgtbWVkaWNhbC1zY2hlbWVzLXIxM2JuLWZyYXVkLXByb2JsZW0tbWlnaHQtYmUtc29sdmVkLXdpdGgtYWk_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1TYWlsdGhydSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1idXNpbmVzc19tYXZlcmljayZtbGU9TUVkamN6Vk5ZVXBaZUZCdVptTjJTa2R2UVVKWFVFTnhhRE01U0U4clZGRmxZa1ZQZGl0NVlucERUbEJzTTJ0M2QwaENRVGhzV0ZoWGFFazVhVXB1UVdwS1RERmtiU3NyUlRSelVUaGpPRWhEZWpkTVRFaGtOQ3N3VXpWRGJuQmxVR05xUnpOSVoyVlRhMGRSYlUweWJVZFhiU3R2U2tkblRFSTFVblpEV1hJJTNE/654b96d2a426663d33afca23B106937a8" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: #1a1a1a;" rel="noopener"><span class="mce-content-body mce-edit-focus" style="position: relative;" id="f69f6677-f5ff-47e7-ba89-5b84a18be58c" data-position="160-0-15" data-qa="tinyeditor-root-element"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">Medical schemes’ R13bn annual fraud problem might be solved through AI</span></span></a></span></h1></td></tr></table><table class="heading_block block-12" 
width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-top:5px;text-align:center;width:100%"><h2 style="margin:0;color:#0f0f0f;direction:ltr;font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:120%;text-align:left;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;mso-line-height-alt:19.2px">
<span class="tinyMce-placeholder">By Neesa Moodley</span></h2></td></tr></table><table class="heading_block block-13" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:10px;text-align:center;width:100%"><h1 
style="margin:0;color:#1a1a1a;direction:ltr;font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:23px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:120%;text-align:left;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;mso-line-height-alt:27.599999999999998px">
<span class="tinyMce-placeholder"><a href="https://link.dailymaverick.co.za/click/35315213.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" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: #1a1a1a;" rel="noopener"><span class="mce-content-body mce-edit-focus" style="position: relative;" id="c4471b92-5fb9-42b3-87b4-dde59bf7226c" data-position="60-0-8" data-qa="tinyeditor-root-element"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">SA consumers become more tech-savvy, but payment security concerns remain</span></span></a></span></h1></td></tr></table><table class="heading_block block-14" 
width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:23px;padding-top:5px;text-align:center;width:100%"><h2 style="margin:0;color:#0f0f0f;direction:ltr;font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:120%;text-align:left;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;mso-line-height-alt:19.2px">
<span class="tinyMce-placeholder"><a href="" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: #0a0a0a;" rel="noopener"><span class="mce-content-body mce-edit-focus" style="position: relative;" id="276928bc-cfb9-4f17-8051-3708a45c956c" data-position="60-0-9" data-qa="tinyeditor-root-element"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">By Neesa Moodley</span></span></a></span></h2></td></tr></table><table class="divider_block block-15" 
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