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Japan mulls use of domestic AI in SDF command system
The government hopes the move will help SDF commanders make decisions, at a time when countries around the world are rushing to adapt to new ways of warfare.
11 Aug 2026 2 min 0
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Aeon allowed workers to return to Kumamoto mall before blast
The building was evacuated after the quake but some workers had asked to return to their shops to secure the cash registers or collect personal items such as car keys.
11 Aug 2026 2 min 0
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Malaysia’s Anwar slams ‘political drama’ after opposition walks out of Tabung Haji debate
Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim accused opposition lawmakers of staging “political drama” on Tuesday after they walked out of a special parliamentary session on a long-awaited royal inquiry into the country’s Muslim pilgrimage savings fund. The confrontation came less than two weeks after Anwar’s Pakatan Harapa
11 Aug 2026 1 min 0
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Albanese refuses to say sorry for ‘insulting’ melon joke about Takaichi
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese sidestepped calls to apologise on Tuesday after a clip emerged of him engaging in crude banter about a gift from his Japanese counterpart. Albanese had already faced a backlash and apologised over comments made during an interview last month with the Bush Deep podcast in which
11 Aug 2026 1 min 0
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Former Guangdong governor Zhu Senlin, enforcer of southern reform, dies at 95
Zhu Senlin, a former Guangdong governor and key enforcer of the province’s economic transformation when China was opening up in the 1990s, died on Monday aged 95, according to official media. Nanfang Daily, mouthpiece of the Guangdong party committee, confirmed on Tuesday that Zhu had died due to illness. Shanghai-born
11 Aug 2026 2 min 0
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Police deploy drones, ‘stealth cars’ as 10 drivers arrested for alleged street racing
Ten drivers have been arrested for allegedly taking part in illegal street races on a Hong Kong highway, with police deploying drones and unmarked high-performance vehicles to capture the suspects’ activities and apprehend them. The force revealed on Tuesday that the suspects, comprising nine men and a woman aged betwe
11 Aug 2026 1 min 0
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US House panel slammed for asking if scholars lost jobs to Chinese hires
A Republican-led congressional committee focused on US competition with China has issued a public call for American academics to come forward if they think they missed out on jobs in favour of “applicants from China”. “Are you an American student, postdoctoral researcher, or academic who believes you were denied a rese
11 Aug 2026 1 min 0
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China missile test deepens Pacific divide over growing militarization
Pacific Islands foreign ministers have been unable to agree on a collective statement condemning Beijing's missile test, despite individual leaders expressing alarm.
11 Aug 2026 1 min 0
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Ex-Deloitte IT manager remanded for stealing 423 laptops to fund stock trading
A former Deloitte information technology (IT) manager has been remanded in custody pending sentence for stealing 423 laptops from the accounting firm’s Hong Kong office over 17 months to fund his stock trading addiction. Ho Man-kit, 40, pleaded guilty to a count of theft at the District Court on Tuesday, after he misap
11 Aug 2026 1 min 0
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She is Russia’s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
After months of attacks on Russian oil refineries, Kyiv has now targeted at least 23 Wildberries facilities in an attempt to bring the war home for more Russians.
11 Aug 2026 1 min 0
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Taiwan gingerly tests how it would cope if China choked its internet
The democratically run island is testing, for the first time on a mass scale, how it might cope if a Chinese attack disrupted its communications.
11 Aug 2026 1 min 0
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Shein set to take orders for Hong Kong IPO next week, eyeing US$35b valuation: sources
Fast-fashion retailer Shein Global Holdings is planning to take investor orders for its Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) as soon as next week, aiming for a valuation of US$35 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. The Singapore-headquartered company, which was founded in China, aims to raise as m
11 Aug 2026 1 min 0