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Asian markets mixed as traders eye US data ahead of Fed decision
Asian markets mixed as traders eye US data ahead of Fed decision
by  AFP

Asian equities were mixed Monday with investors awaiting the release of key US data that could play a role in Federal Reserve deliberations ahead of an expected interest rate cut next week. After last week's healthy gains and Wall Street's strong Thanksgiving rally, Asian equities were mixed.

Long-lost Rubens 'masterpiece' sells for almost 3 mn euros
Long-lost Rubens 'masterpiece' sells for almost 3 mn euros
by  AFP

A long-lost painting by 17th-century Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens sold at auction in France on Sunday for almost three million euros -- well beyond its asking price. Osenat, whose auction house sold the painting for 2.94 million euros ($3.41 million) against an expected 1-2 million euros, found the painting as he was preparing the property to be sold.

Electric vehicle prowess helps China's flying car sector take off
Electric vehicle prowess helps China's flying car sector take off
by  AFP

A worker in white gloves inspects the propellers of a boxy two-seater aircraft fresh off the assembly line at a Chinese factory trialling the mass production of flying cars. The lightweight six-propeller aircraft under construction take off vertically and fit into a large car, to create the "Land Aircraft Carrier" -- a modular flying vehicle made by Aridge, an arm of Chinese EV maker XPeng.