The United States “very much” understands Taiwan’s defence needs and the severe military threat it faces from China, a senior Taiwanese diplomat said on Sunday, following a summit between US President Donald
China’s Alibaba said on Sunday it plans to raise HK$80 billion ($10.2 billion) through a share placement to finance the development of artificial intelligence, in what would become the largest-ever primary follow-on
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A fleet of Chinese J-16 fighters has arrived in Egypt for the Eagles of Civilisation 2026 exercise, marking the aircraft’s first-ever deployment to Africa and providing a significant test of the People’s
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For centuries, the Arctic was less a highway than a barrier. European explorers searched for a northern maritime passage to Asia from the 1500s onwards, repeatedly confronting ice, distance and extreme conditions.
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Tesla and eight other automakers will recall about 4.3 million vehicles in China over concerns that emergency door-release mechanisms could be difficult to locate or operate, marking the country’s largest automotive recall
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Japan is preparing to give its military and police new powers to counter cyberattacks at their source, marking a significant expansion of the country’s security posture and raising questions about the limits
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The self-immolation of Tibetan activist Lobga Rangzen (Lobsang Palden) outside the United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York on July 2, 2026, triggered renewed protests and solidarity actions among Tibetan communities and
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by Durga Velayudham In Changsha, the capital of Hunan province, the traces of Hui Ka Yan’s extraordinary rise and fall can be found in the unfinished buildings, abandoned construction sites and apartment
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Countries have restored 124.3 million hectares of degraded land under United Nations-backed efforts, an area roughly twice the size of France, but the figure represents only 10.4% of their collective national restoration
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An analysis of communism delivered by a naked pop star while receiving a massage may sound like an unlikely scene from a music documentary. Yet it captures something essential about Wham!’s extraordinary
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Large language models are increasingly capable of rapidly mining data and analysing weapons performance, tasks that previously required substantial time and effort from human analysts. But engineers involved in the development of
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by Our Correspondent in Hong Kong The decision by The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) to recruit a postdoctoral researcher to examine the legal and political questions surrounding an independent Tamil
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When Wei Huaxiang, the new Chinese Ambassador, arrived in Sri Lanka to assume duties, a delegation from the China Communications Construction Company met President Anura. Reports stated that the delegation discussed the
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The contested islands of the South China Sea could one day become autonomous defensive strongholds, protected not primarily by soldiers but by coordinated fleets of machines operating across the air, sea and
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For years, offshore trusts offered China’s wealthiest individuals a sophisticated way to protect assets, plan succession and, in some cases, reduce their tax exposure. Now, that once-familiar route into the grey zones
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo A special discussion on plans to introduce a passenger drone service in Sri Lanka was held at the premises of the Ministry of Ports and Civil Aviation
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