The offer was blunt: $25,000 to track and kill a person in the Lithuanian capital who, according to U.S. prosecutors, was “telling lies about Russia”. The alleged approach came last year from
A sweeping campaign to recover unpaid taxes on overseas assets is placing China’s wealthiest individuals under unprecedented scrutiny, with authorities pursuing decades-old liabilities, tightening oversight of offshore wealth and strengthening control over
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A consortium of banks led by Morgan Stanley is preparing to refinance $15bn of debt tied to a Google-backed data centre in Texas leased to Anthropic, underscoring how the unprecedented financing demands
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Patrick Steven Yaroch, a former special agent with the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), has admitted to stealing approximately US$1 million in cryptocurrency from digital wallets that were under investigation
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The administration of US President Donald Trump is drafting a measure that would prohibit imports of new models of Chinese-made data centre components, according to a Reuters report citing four people familiar
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Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are evaluating semiconductor manufacturing equipment produced by China’s Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment (AMEC) for possible deployment at their production facilities in China, according to a Reuters report citing
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Advanced artificial intelligence agents developed by Anthropic and OpenAI carried out a series of unauthorised actions during government-led cybersecurity evaluations, including one instance in which an AI agent created fake online identities
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A North Korean missile unit has begun deploying to western Russia and could ultimately be equipped with 120 ballistic missiles and six launchers for potential strikes against Ukraine, according to a senior
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) left its benchmark repo rate unchanged at 5.25% on Wednesday, choosing to wait for clearer evidence on whether rising global oil prices are feeding into broader
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Taiwanese authorities have searched dozens of locations and questioned more than 100 people as part of an investigation into 17 Chinese companies suspected of illegally recruiting semiconductor and other high-technology talent on
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A potential opening for political dialogue is emerging in Myanmar after more than five years of devastating civil conflict, driven by shifting battlefield conditions and increasing regional diplomatic pressure, according to Reuters.
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While global attention often centres on China’s expanding military hardware, a less visible technological transformation is unfolding in the field of software verification. At its forefront is Wang Ji, a computer scientist
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A mysterious folded note handed to Mexican singer Chalino Sánchez during a concert in Culiacán became the haunting prelude to one of the most enduring mysteries in Latin American popular music. More
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A rapidly escalating diplomatic dispute between the United States and Brazil has intensified just weeks before Brazilians head to the polls, with visa cancellations, accusations of electoral interference, tariff disputes, and growing
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Successive nationwide failures of Cuba’s electricity grid have plunged the island’s nine million residents into prolonged darkness, exposing the cumulative impact of chronic underinvestment, ageing infrastructure, fuel shortages, economic decline, and tightening
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Five years after sealing itself off from the world during the coronavirus pandemic, North Korea has emerged with a stronger economy, deeper strategic partnerships, and a more confident international posture. The country’s
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