US sanctions Chinese, Hong Kong shipping firms over Iranian oil deliveries
The United States on Wednesday sanctioned a group of mainland Chinese and Hong Kong shipping companies accused of operating vessels that transported Iranian oil to China, extending Washington’s econom...
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Fauci refuses to answer questions at heated Senate hearing on Covid-19 origins
Anthony Fauci repeatedly invoked his constitutional right against self-incrimination at a contentious US Senate hearing on Wednesday, refusing to answer questions about American funding for coronaviru...
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AI major focus as Hong Kong funds record 12 university research projects
Hong Kong’s main public research funding body for universities has approved a record 12 projects worth about HK$478 million in its latest financing round, with artificial intelligence featuring in mor...
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UK’s PM Burnham vows to fix Britain’s ‘unfair’ adult care system
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham pledged on Wednesday to take difficult decisions to overhaul England’s adult social care system, saying he wanted to work with other parties to end unfair high cost...
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Drills to start as Hong Kong targets September launch of revamped border crossing
Hong Kong is gearing up for a September launch of its revamped Huanggang Port border crossing, with drills set to begin next month under the new “joint inspection” model, the South China Morning Post...
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Is China’s biotech boom at risk? Fear of policy backlash after death in gene-editing trial
The death of a six-year-old girl after receiving an experimental gene-editing therapy has been described by scientists as a tragedy that highlights the need to improve trial safeguards. But some in th...
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India seeks new anti-AI deepfake law to counter ‘weapons of mass distortion’
India is planning a new law to combat AI deepfakes and impersonation scams amid a surge in cyber fraud and fake videos targeting top military officers. The cases have deepened concerns over the potent...
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Hong Kong raises alert on AI voices as 150 WhatsApp hijackings lead to HK$26m losses
Hong Kong police have recorded 150 WhatsApp account hijacking cases in the past two weeks, with total losses exceeding HK$26 million (US$3.31 million), including one in which a victim was scammed out...
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Scalpers snap up local paper after profile on Fields winner Wang Hong goes viral
Copies of the official paper of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Committee of the Communist Party of China are not usually a hot commodity. But the Saturday edition of Guangxi Daily became an over...
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Famed French DJ Kavinsky found dead in Paris
French DJ and musician Kavinsky, known for his electronic classic “Nightcall”, has been found dead at his home in Paris, prosecutors said on Wednesday. The self-taught pianist, whose real name is Vinc...
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15 elephants die from suspected poisoning in Kenyan park
At least 15 elephants have died from exposure to a suspected poison in the Amboseli National Park in southern Kenya over a four-week period, the country’s nature conservation authorities reported on W...
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Can the US fend off China’s subsea drones? Its coastguard looks for answers
As the Chinese military expands its autonomous underwater capabilities, the US Coast Guard is seeking new ways to counter undersea drones, highlighting what analysts describe as a gap in America’s def...
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Norwegian teen found guilty in UK murder plot tied to Iran-linked group
A Norwegian teenager was convicted on Wednesday of conspiracy to commit murder in Britain after being recruited by a Swedish organised crime group that prosecutors said was being used by the Irania...
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France battles wildfire 4 times the size of Paris
Firefighters in southwest France battled an uncontained wildfire four times the size of Paris on Wednesday as temperatures were forecast to reach 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), threateni...
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Philippine defence chief warns Chinese teaching exchanges pose grey-zone threat
Philippine Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jnr urged heightened vigilance over academic exchange programmes with China following reports that language teachers in Manila had been trained by a Chine...
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What will the US foreign robot ban mean for China’s world-leading start-ups?
China’s robotics firms have run into a fresh obstacle in their global expansion, after the United States banned imports of new foreign-made models. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) added fo...
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Can the gigacities of tomorrow keep human connection alive?
Over the past few decades, people in many countries have witnessed extraordinary technological progress. Transport is becoming smarter, robots and drones are entering everyday life, infrastructure is...
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Chinese satellite imagery analysis challenges US-Iran war claims
Chinese scientists have used detailed satellite imagery analysis to examine damage to US military bases in the Middle East, uncovering discrepancies in both Washington and Tehran’s claims over the sca...
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Google makes Gemini Spark AI agent available to Hongkongers as it lowers geofences
Google on Wednesday launched its artificial intelligence agent Gemini Spark in the Hong Kong market, giving local users direct access to a smart assistant to manage complex digital workflows. The laun...
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Malaysia clamps down on social media-fuelled hiking risks
Malaysia is tightening controls on high-risk hiking routes after officials linked a growing rescue burden to poor preparation, unauthorised trails and social media-driven summit attempts. The push is...
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80% of mainland Chinese firms eye Hong Kong as launch pad for Asean expansion
More than 90 per cent of mainland Chinese enterprises plan to expand overseas within the next two years, with over 80 per cent aiming to use Hong Kong as their launch pad into Southeast Asia, a survey...
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Inside America’s US$1.5 billion play for Southeast Asian energy
The United States is pitching billions of dollars in investment to become Southeast Asia’s energy partner of choice, offering gas, grid technology and nuclear expertise as ongoing turmoil from the Ira...
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The CXMT shock: how China’s viable alternatives punch Nvidia, Micron, SK Hynix shares
China’s increasing clout in the global semiconductor supply chain is accelerating the unravelling of the artificial-intelligence trade, as expectations grow that the Asian nation will challenge foreig...
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China’s drone-farming boom eyes emerging markets as agriculture automation spreads
To offset an ageing agricultural workforce and boost sustainable yields, China is aggressively accelerating the adoption of farm drones – a trend that analysts say could spread to more emerging market...
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Trees felled during Typhoon Noul raise safety concerns in Hong Kong
The uprooting of numerous trees across Hong Kong during Typhoon Noul last weekend has sparked safety concerns among residents, with an expert warning that restrictive planting methods had left some un...
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China’s Type 076 amphibious assault ship Sichuan in final tests with drone catapult
Chinese state media has shown the country’s first Type 076 amphibious assault ship, the Sichuan, computer-generated footage of how it launches GJ-21 stealth fighter drones and quotes from a military c...
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Limited dual citizenship gives Indonesian diaspora hope of return, better future
Indonesia’s attempt to lure back its native talent scattered around the world through limited dual citizenship has highlighted a long-held demand of the diaspora for such a scheme before they would co...
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Former Hong Kong school teacher guilty of molesting student
A former Hong Kong school teacher has been remanded in custody pending sentencing for twice molesting a student six years ago. A District Court judge sitting at Tsuen Wan Court found Cheng Hon-sze gui...
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Debt honoured: China repays family who lent entire 850-kg grain supply to wartime army in 1947
A wartime grain loan certificate discovered within an old family home in eastern China has been donated to local authorities nearly eight decades later, illuminating a villager’s remarkable faith in t...
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Why has the China-US profit gap widened on the Fortune Global 500?
China’s unaddressed economic structural problems are swallowing profits and leaving its multinationals falling far behind their US peers in the latest Fortune Global 500 list, despite its firms remain...
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Authorities arrest 14 in crackdown on unlicensed hawkers, seize 600kg of food
Hong Kong’s hygiene authorities have arrested 14 people during a citywide crackdown on unlicensed hawkers and seized 600kg (1,320lbs) of food, some of which was expired. Food and Environmental Hygiene...
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China’s hi-tech boom pushes firms to boost pay in 2027 as keeping talent a priority
Employers in China anticipate a slightly higher median salary increase next year as they push to retain top-tier talent despite financial pressures following a soft 2026, according to data published b...
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Chinese AI start-up Moonshot seeks influential ambassadors to widen Kimi’s global reach
China’s Moonshot AI, whose recently released Kimi K3 model stunned with performance close to American frontier systems, is seeking ambassadors to elevate its global influence. The Beijing-based start-...
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‘Practical’ young Africans leaning towards China over US and away from ideology
China has overtaken the United States in terms of positive perceptions among young Africans, though Washington is still seen as more influential than Beijing, according to a survey published on Wednes...
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Why is Zhongji unveiling US$1.2 billion in buy-backs before its Hong Kong debut?
Zhongji Innolight’s buy-back plan – worth as much as 8 billion yuan (US$1.2 billion) in the run-up to its offshore listing in Hong Kong – may give global investors an anchor for pricing, as the Chines...
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How South Korea can ease Brazilian concerns to unlock trade in South America
If South Korea wants to unlock access to South American trade, it will need to prove it is not a competitor interested only in extracting natural resources but a trustworthy partner committed to revit...
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China should lean into its defining AI advantage – accessibility
China’s emerging advantage in artificial intelligence (AI) is not that it already has the world’s best chips or strongest frontier models. It is that Chinese companies are increasingly providing capab...
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Advanced technologies now account for 1 in 6 valid invention patents in China
Advanced technologies now account for around one in every six valid invention patents in China, according to official data. By the end of last month, valid invention patents in fields such as artifici...
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Lenovo Capital takes aim at robotics, coding agents in ‘sniper’ AI investment strategy
The venture capital arm of Lenovo Group is doubling down on artificial intelligence for the next industrial cycle, expanding its focus beyond foundational models into robotics, computing infrastructur...
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A new peak in US-China tech rivalry? Tibet drone hub launches on Mount Everest
Beijing has launched a drone research hub in Tibet near Mount Everest in an effort to exploit its high-altitude advantage in the ongoing competition for technological dominance between the US and Chin...
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Vietnam to host US aircraft carrier despite Trump’s tariffs, Iran war chaos
An American nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is set to dock in Da Nang this week, in a visit analysts say shows the durability of US-Vietnam relations despite trade tensions and global upheaval. The U...
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Having babies in space; China’s first Fields Medal winners: 7 science highlights
We have put together stories from our coverage on science from the past two weeks to help you stay informed. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Chinese sci...
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Russia charges Telegram founder Durov with aiding terror, issues wanted alert
Russia’s main domestic security agency said Wednesday that Pavel Durov, founder of the messaging app Telegram, has been charged with aiding terrorism and put on an international wanted list. The charg...
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Hong Kong coach accused of slapping boy, 8, forcing him to stand in blazing sun
A Hong Kong coach has been accused of assaulting and abusing an eight-year-old boy, slapping his face and forcing him to stand outside in the blazing sun at a training camp for children. Eastern Court...
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Singapore signals housing market stability by scrapping 15-month HDB wait
Singapore has signalled stability in the public housing market by scrapping a 15-month waiting period that barred private property owners from buying resale HDB flats – even as other curbs remain in p...
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Bangladesh’s Sheikh Hasina vows to return despite believing she ‘may be killed’
Bangladesh’s fugitive ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina said she was determined to return to her country by December despite fearing for her life. “I may be killed. I may be arrested. I may be sent to p...
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Hongkongers in quake-hit Japanese city offer helping hand to fellow travellers
Hongkongers visiting the earthquake-hit Japanese city of Kumamoto are offering rides to fellow travellers stranded in the area. A travel operator also revealed on Wednesday that a tour group from Hong...
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Spurned by the US, African students turn to China for a university degree
International students once saw US colleges as a gateway to a world-class education and career head start but shifting United States immigration policies, tightening visa conditions and high-profile I...
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Ex-Cathay employee gets 20 months’ jail for taking bribes in human smuggling case
A former customer services officer with Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific has been jailed for one year and eight months for accepting at least HK$18,000 (US$2,295) in bribes to help smuggle mainland Chinese...
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Delhi leads EV charge in India’s clean air push but not everyone goes with flow
In an affluent neighbourhood in New Delhi, electric vehicle charging stations near a popular shopping area were busy with drivers powering up their scooters, trucks and cars. India’s capital city is i...