Japan’s protest over Russian soldier statue aggravates ‘summer of tension’
Russia has rebuffed a strongly worded complaint from Japan over a statue in the city of Khabarovsk depicting a Soviet…
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Iran likely to reverse-engineer captured US underwater drone
Iran’s capture of a US military underwater drone gives Tehran an opportunity to study and potentially reverse-engineer…
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US says China ‘on track’ to fulfil farm purchases ahead of Xi’s Washington visit
The Trump administration on Wednesday said that China is on track to meet its agricultural purchase commitments, with…
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Once sidelined, China stands ready to broker fourth Trump-Kim handshake
China is willing to help broker a possible meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim…
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US sanctions Chinese-language Xinbi Guarantee marketplace over cyber scams
The Trump administration sanctioned Chinese-language marketplace Xinbi Guarantee on Wednesday, along with two…
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US drone ban proposal to combat China’s dominance concerns American police, farmers
Greg Reverdiau, an Arizona-based drone trainer, said he saw something highly unusual for politically polarised America…
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Hong Kong must plan for the population it wants to have
What kind of population is Hong Kong planning for? That is the question the chief executive’s policy address must…
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Brazil scraps tax on small parcels as Chinese platforms lose US and EU access
Brazil on Wednesday eliminated its federal import tax on small overseas parcels, moving in the opposite direction from…
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South Park creators ‘rename’ show to ‘South America’ in jab at Trump
The creators of the long-running and enthusiastically insolent television show South Park aren’t known to be huge fans…
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Nuclear agency board refers Iran to UN Security Council for first time in 20 years
The UN atomic watchdog’s board on Wednesday reported Iran to the UN Security Council for the first time in 20 years,…
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Indonesia’s wildfire emissions surge to world’s highest, data shows
Indonesia is facing a surge in emissions from wildfires burning through parched stretches of forest and peatland on…
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Japan’s China-facing military build-up confronts labour, budget and political limits
The risk of a conflict over Taiwan is shaping Japanese defence planning, with Tokyo shoring up security at home and…
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Singapore’s DBS sued for US$1 billion in alleged 1MDB-linked claim
Singapore’s DBS Bank is being sued for an estimated S$1.298 billion (US$1.03 billion) in damages linked to the…
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US scrambles to match China’s air-breathing hypersonic missiles with Darpa programme
A year after China unveiled the world’s first operational air-breathing hypersonic missiles, the United States is…
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More than 1,000 children dead in Bangladesh measles crisis
The death toll from measles in Bangladesh topped 1,000 children since March, health officials said on Wednesday,…
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Buildings Department files 259 charges over work at fire-ravaged Hong Kong estate
Hong Kong’s Buildings Department has filed 259 charges against two companies and four individuals over repair works at…
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Beijing boosts Taiwan-facing firepower with brigade-level 155mm howitzer deployment
Beijing has reinforced its military firepower facing the Taiwan Strait by deploying more 155mm PLZ-05 self-propelled…
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Malaysia’s ruling PH restates anti-corruption pledge as Najib’s potential pardon looms
Malaysia’s ruling Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition has doubled down on its pledge to stamp out corruption, as all eyes…
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Chinese AI firm DeepSeek taps underwriters including Citic Securities for IPO: sources
Chinese frontier artificial intelligence lab DeepSeek has hired underwriters including Citic Securities in preparation…
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Tung Chee-hwa remembered as kind, approachable Hong Kong leader
Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong’s first leader following its return to Chinese sovereignty, has been remembered as a…
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Norwegians bid final farewell to King Harald V, ‘grandfather of the nation’
Norway bid farewell on Wednesday to King Harald V in a funeral reflecting his open and unifying nature, and attended by…
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Delhi’s test: make Brics work without making it work against India
When leaders of the Brics group of emerging economies meet in New Delhi on September 12-13, India will confront an…
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Ex-Hong Kong leader Tung Chee-hwa worked to bridge US-China divide even in final years
Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong’s first chief executive who died on Tuesday at the age of 89, kept a low profile in the final…
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Man in Singapore gets protection order against wife who sent AI obscene images
A family court has granted a man a personal protection order (PPO) against his wife, who had abused him emotionally or…
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Beijing tells Manila to ‘stop lying’ after minister exposes South China Sea note
China has accused Philippine officials of “grandstanding and lying” after Manila’s defence secretary publicly read…
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Young Argentines’ mounting debt struggles test support for Milei
At 18, Martin Taborda began studying law at Argentina’s prestigious University of Buenos Aires, hoping to become the…
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Indonesia has new food safety rules for free meals. Why are students still falling ill?
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s flagship free nutritious meals programme is facing renewed scrutiny after yet…
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Alibaba sends AI ‘digital employees’ to work in rival apps from ByteDance, Tencent
Alibaba Group Holding is giving users the ability to put artificial intelligence-powered “digital employees” to work…
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More schools close in Indonesia as haze worsens
Schools in the capital of Indonesia’s South Sumatra province switched to remote learning on Wednesday as worsening haze…
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How Silk Road as East-West melting pot turns Central Asia into culinary destination
Imagine it is the height of the Tang dynasty (618–690, 705–907), and the imperial court awaits a gift of pure opulence.…
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Merging air, land and sea swarms – the next frontier in China’s drone technology
If mastering drone-swarm technology were not difficult enough, China is now tackling the more complex task of…
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Hong Kong targets biomedicine powerhouse status in debut 5-year plan
Biomedicine is set to feature in Hong Kong’s first five-year plan, due to be unveiled next week, as the city’s top…
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Purity of China quartz deposit ‘highly similar’ to US Spruce Pine standard: study
Geologists say they have identified a new deposit in central China that can yield high-purity quartz comparable to the…
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Caught between US and Iran, South Korea weighs Hormuz role
South Korea is inching closer to a potentially risky military role in the Strait of Hormuz after sending a fact-finding…
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Gunman shoots and kills kindergarten teacher in Thailand
A gunman shot and killed a kindergarten teacher on Wednesday inside a school building in eastern Thailand, where 44…
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