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Hong Kong court sentences Tiananmen vigil activists to between 5 and 7 years in jail

Three activists who had held annual vigils commemorating the Tiananmen Square crackdown were sentenced to between five a...

Foreign carmakers offer steep discounts on petrol-powered cars in cutthroat Chinese market

Foreign carmakers have been slashing the prices of petrol-powered cars they make in China by more than 20 per cent to su...

Ukrainian drones reportedly strike Russian oil refinery, Ozon warehouse in Saratov

Ukrainian drones launched an attack on the Russian city of Saratov overnight on Sept. 11, reportedly striking oil and lo...

How 9/11 changed Japan’s approach to security forever

The attack triggered new precedents in overseas activities that became enshrined in law and led to the deepening of ties...

Trump says he has no regrets about starting the Iran war as U.S. dials up economic pressure

Speaking to Fox News presenter Laura Ingraham, Trump said that he would have attacked Iran despite the impact on the mid...

Copper Heads for Weekly Loss as Doubts on US Tariffs Intensify

Copper headed for its first weekly loss since June on concern the US is pushing back a decision on whether to impose imp...

U.S. lawmakers call for new AI rules after Anthropic researcher’s safety warning

The call comes as an Anthropic researcher raised concerns about OpenAI and Anthropic racing toward AI advancements witho...

Y Combinator’s Garry Tan says 'do nothing' about distillation as AI giants accuse China of copying their tech

At Y Combinator’s annual Demo Day, CEO Garry Tan explained why he's less concerned about frontier AI model distillation ...

25 yrs after 9/11, world is darker, more violent: U.S. historian

The world turned darker and more violent after the shocking terrorist attacks in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, wi...

China, Iran among countries that have used AI to aid spying, Anthropic says

India’s Adani bids for foreign airports

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China halts new battery factories on capacity concerns: Report

Projects still in planning stages could be suspended.

Putin Lands in India for BRICS Summit Shaped by Wars, Tariffs

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in India for a BRICS summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other leaders...

South Korea ramps up spy law to protect chip secrets from China

Although China is not explicitly mentioned in the revised law, its rapid progress looms large over Seoul's efforts to gu...

US diesel prices surpass $6 a gallon for first time as oil hits highest since May

US diesel prices surpass $6 a gallon for first time as oil hits highest since May The US national average price of diese...

South Korea ramps up spy law to protect chip secrets from China

Half of all detected cases involving leaks of sensitive technology in 2025 involved China.

Maduro’s wife seeks home detention as heart condition worsens in US custody

Her lawyers say Flores needs cardiac treatment and recovery facilities a detention centre cannot provide.

Open models are becoming a tool of Chinese statecraft

The argument in Washington over the past few months over the past few months has been about whether to ban Chinese AI mo...

Indonesia Hit by Android Banking App-Cloning Campaign

The GoldFactory threat group exploits the Android Work Profile feature to deliver the Gigabud Trojan, while Mantax Otax ...

Bearish Bets Build in Short India Bonds as Cash Drain Looms

Bets against India’s short-term bonds are rising, with traders wagering that yields will go up on the central bank’s eff...

Chinese AI labs secretly used millions of Claude exchanges to train their models, Anthropic says

Anthropic said it detected unauthorized efforts by China-based AI labs including Alibaba and Moonshot AI to use its Clau...

Bessent says 'a large bank' will be sanctioned on Monday as part of Iran strategy

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that a large bank would be sanctioned next week.

Settler filmed emptying water from well of Palestinian family

Settler filmed emptying water from well of Palestinian family An Israeli settler has been filmed emptying water from the...

Trump sees Iran trying to keep the conflict going expecting a Democrat win

Seoul shares open sharply lower, tracking US losses, amid inflation woes

Seoul shares opened sharply lower Friday, tracking losses on Wall Street, as the latest US inflation data raised the pos...

Trump says he does not regret waging war against Iran

Trump says he does not regret waging war against Iran President Donald Trump said he did not regret going to war against...

S. Korea sends 2nd disaster relief team to Nepal for flood recovery efforts

South Korea's second overseas emergency relief team departed for Nepal on Friday to support reconstruction and recovery ...

Japan’s Producer Price Gains Stay Elevated, Backing BOJ Hikes

Prices for Japan’s corporate goods rose at a faster pace than expected in August, supporting the case for the Bank of Ja...

Iran claims to have captured a US ‘sail drone’ near Hormuz Strait

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says its navy struck a US-operated surface drone at the entrance of the Strait of Hormuz.

Nine former pilot officers from Assad era arrested for ‘war crimes’

Nine former pilot officers from Assad era arrested for ‘war crimes’ Internal Security forces in Syria’s Lattaika provinc...

Exports up 83% in first 10 days of Sept. on chips

South Korea's exports surged nearly 83 percent on-year in the first 10 days of September, customs data showed Friday, dr...

BREAKING NEWS: Japan's Nikkei stock index plunges over 3% amid rising crude oil futures

BREAKING NEWS: Japan's Nikkei stock index plunges over 3% amid rising crude oil futures Read full story here

Xi’s First India Trip Since 2019 Extends an Olive Branch to Modi

Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit India to attend the BRICS summit and likely meet with Prime Minister Narendra Mo...

Edmond de Rothschild Says Buy Yen Dips as Carry Trade Unwinds

The yen’s recent rally marks the beginning of a broader correction in the currency’s long-running undervaluation, accord...

US sanctions Iraqi paramilitary group Kataib Hezbollah

US sanctions Iraqi paramilitary group Kataib Hezbollah The United States has imposed sanctions targeting Kataib Hezbolla...

Can a US$6 trillion South Korea-Japan economic bloc succeed?

A fraying global economic order could push South Korea and Japan towards deeper trade integration, with business leaders...

More May Chin’s aides implicated as Chinese espionage case broadened

HK court convicts ‘WSJ’ publisher in reporter row

Taiwan steps up chip R&D, homegrown design software

High court sentences two for developing CCP-linked organization