KUALA LUMPUR: After years of back-and-forth, the long-running drama over TikTok’s US operations may finally be nearing its end. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday that a long-anticipated restructuring deal is set to be finalised later this week, when President Donald Trump meets Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea. Speaking from Kuala Lumpur [ ]
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