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    Asia stocks range-bound as EU politics adds new risks

    Asian stocks traded in a narrow range on Tuesday, as investors pondered fresh political uncertainty in European markets after right-wing gains in elections and a snap poll in France revived concerns about the cohesion of the bloc. Moves were modest, with MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan dipping 0.4% in thin trade, with Chinese blue chips off 0.7%. Going the other way, Japan's Nikkei firmed 0.3% and South Korea stocks rose 0.5%.

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    Former Trump lawyer Giuliani posts bond in Arizona election case

    Giuliani, a former New York mayor, said on his America's Mayor Live social media show that he had posted his bond and had been fingerprinted and had a mugshot taken at the Maricopa County sheriff's office. After hours calls to the Maricopa County sheriff's office and to the Maricopa County Superior Court clerk's office where Giuliani said he posted bail were not returned. "It's hard for me to believe ... that I actually had to report as a defendant in a criminal case," Giuliani said on his show.

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    Taiwan arrests former Chinese navy captain whose speedboat entered Taipei harbour

    A Chinese man arrested after his speedboat illegally entered a Taipei harbour is a former navy captain who could have been probing the island's defences, senior Taiwanese officials said on Tuesday. Taiwan's coast guard arrested the man on Sunday at the coastal neighbourhood of Tamsui after his boat entered a river that leads into Taipei, an incident that happened amid ongoing tensions between Taiwan and China. China views the democratically governed island as its own territory, a claim Taipei rejects.