Russia deploys powerful jammers to disrupt Starlink in war against Ukraine’s drones | 俄罗斯部署强力干扰器，试图在对乌无人机战中干扰星链
乌克兰无人机指挥官和飞手表示，俄军正通过伪装货物、安装强力干扰系统，试图削弱乌军“中程打击”无人机的作战效果，并干扰埃隆·马斯克旗下的星链（Starlink）卫星互联网系统。 乌方开发的这类无人机可在前线后方数十公里处精准、低成本打击目标，且常依靠星链操控，已显著改变乌克兰战场局势。
报道提到，乌克兰今年持续推进中程打击行动，利用无人机对俄方后方目标实施攻击。面对这类行动，俄军不断加强防护与电子战能力，希望降低乌军无人机的命中率和作战效率。
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乌克兰无人机指挥官和飞手表示，俄军正通过伪装货物、安装强力干扰系统，试图削弱乌军“中程打击”无人机的作战效果，并干扰埃隆·马斯克旗下的星链（Starlink）卫星互联网系统。 乌方开发的这类无人机可在前线后方数十公里处精准、低成本打击目标，且常依靠星链操控，已显著改变乌克兰战场局势。
报道提到，乌克兰今年持续推进中程打击行动，利用无人机对俄方后方目标实施攻击。面对这类行动，俄军不断加强防护与电子战能力，希望降低乌军无人机的命中率和作战效率。
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Do Singapore ministers watch films? Parliament joke raises hackles amid dialect debate | 新加坡部长看电影吗？议会玩笑在方言争议中引发不满
A Singapore minister’s quip in parliament that top officials had no time to go to the cinema has drawn heated public dis
cussion, with some in the local arts scene saying the comment risked downplaying the importance of the cultural sector. Acting Minister for Culture, Community and Youth David Neo was responding to que...
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A Singapore minister’s quip in parliament that top officials had no time to go to the cinema has drawn heated public dis
cussion, with some in the local arts scene saying the comment risked downplaying the importance of the cultural sector. Acting Minister for Culture, Community and Youth David Neo was responding to que...
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Indonesia-India BrahMos deal buys Jakarta conflict insurance | 印尼-印度布拉莫斯军售助雅加达购得冲突“保险”
Indonesia has become the third Southeast Asian nation – after Vietnam and the Philippines – to buy the BrahMos supersoni
c cruise missile system jointly developed by India and Russia. Analysts say the missiles will play a vital role in protecting Indonesia’s strategic waterways from becoming collateral damage in the eve...
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Indonesia has become the third Southeast Asian nation – after Vietnam and the Philippines – to buy the BrahMos supersoni
c cruise missile system jointly developed by India and Russia. Analysts say the missiles will play a vital role in protecting Indonesia’s strategic waterways from becoming collateral damage in the eve...
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Place your bets: Polymarket wades into Malaysia’s Johor poll
Days before Johor state heads to the polls, gamblers on the crypto-powered betting exchange that emerged as a barometer
of political sentiment during the last US election have already called it. On Polymarket, bettors have priced Barisan Nasional (BN) as an overwhelming favourite to retain control of Malaysia’s souther...
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Days before Johor state heads to the polls, gamblers on the crypto-powered betting exchange that emerged as a barometer
of political sentiment during the last US election have already called it. On Polymarket, bettors have priced Barisan Nasional (BN) as an overwhelming favourite to retain control of Malaysia’s souther...
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Apple loses challenges against EU rules to curb Big Tech
Apple lost its challenge on Wednesday against landmark EU rules that designate its app stores and operating system iOS a
s gatekeepers subject to obligations aimed at giving rivals more room to compete. The EU Digital Markets Act (DMA), which sets out a list of dos and don’ts for Big Tech with the threat of fines of as...
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Apple lost its challenge on Wednesday against landmark EU rules that designate its app stores and operating system iOS a
s gatekeepers subject to obligations aimed at giving rivals more room to compete. The EU Digital Markets Act (DMA), which sets out a list of dos and don’ts for Big Tech with the threat of fines of as...
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Gen Z underestimates impact of social media on loneliness, Hong Kong poll finds
Members of Hong Kong’s Generation Z tend to underestimate the negative impact of social media on their mental health and
those who frequently use the online platforms are lonelier than those who do not, a survey has found. The Hong Kong Christian Service (HKCS) polled 572 young people aged 11 to 24 between September to...
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Members of Hong Kong’s Generation Z tend to underestimate the negative impact of social media on their mental health and
those who frequently use the online platforms are lonelier than those who do not, a survey has found. The Hong Kong Christian Service (HKCS) polled 572 young people aged 11 to 24 between September to...
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Donald Trump declares ceasefire with Iran is ‘over’
US President Donald Trump declared Wednesday that the ceasefire with Iran was “over”, delivering a blistering attack on
Tehran just hours after the US launched fresh military strikes on the Islamic Republic. “I think it’s over,” Trump told reporters on the sidelines of the Nato summit in Ankara when asked whether the c...
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US President Donald Trump declared Wednesday that the ceasefire with Iran was “over”, delivering a blistering attack on
Tehran just hours after the US launched fresh military strikes on the Islamic Republic. “I think it’s over,” Trump told reporters on the sidelines of the Nato summit in Ankara when asked whether the c...
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Embryo specimen mix-up: what happened and how is IVF regulated in Hong Kong?
A rare mix-up involving embryo biopsy specimens at Heal Fertility, a privately-run reproduction clinic in Hong Kong link
ed to former financial secretary Antony Leung Kam-chung, has prompted investigations by health authorities and police The South China Morning Post looks into fertility treatments in the city and how t...
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A rare mix-up involving embryo biopsy specimens at Heal Fertility, a privately-run reproduction clinic in Hong Kong link
ed to former financial secretary Antony Leung Kam-chung, has prompted investigations by health authorities and police The South China Morning Post looks into fertility treatments in the city and how t...
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Are the US’ AI models better than China’s? That may be beside the point
As another heatwave rolled across Europe, the warehouses emptied before the politics could catch up. Air conditioners an
d fans sold out across Spain, Italy and Germany, most of them Chinese. Fan sales in Spain alone on the retail platform of Alibaba Group Holding (which owns the South China Morning Post) nearly doubled...
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As another heatwave rolled across Europe, the warehouses emptied before the politics could catch up. Air conditioners an
d fans sold out across Spain, Italy and Germany, most of them Chinese. Fan sales in Spain alone on the retail platform of Alibaba Group Holding (which owns the South China Morning Post) nearly doubled...
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Hungarian fighter jets scrambled after Cathay plane triggers Nato alert
A London-bound Cathay Pacific Airways flight failed to establish contact over Romanian airspace at one stage on Saturday
, prompting Hungarian fighter jets to respond to a Nato alert and intercept the flight. Cathay Pacific said on Wednesday that the incident was under investigation. It added that the safety of the airc...
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A London-bound Cathay Pacific Airways flight failed to establish contact over Romanian airspace at one stage on Saturday
, prompting Hungarian fighter jets to respond to a Nato alert and intercept the flight. Cathay Pacific said on Wednesday that the incident was under investigation. It added that the safety of the airc...
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Mirror star Keung To slapped with 3-month driving ban after spate of offences
Hong Kong Cantopop star Keung To has been disqualified from driving for three months after he accumulated 15 demerit poi
nts for various traffic offences last year. Eastern Court on Wednesday revoked Keung’s probationary driving licence and ordered him to surrender the document within 14 days. But a lawyer representing ...
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Hong Kong Cantopop star Keung To has been disqualified from driving for three months after he accumulated 15 demerit poi
nts for various traffic offences last year. Eastern Court on Wednesday revoked Keung’s probationary driving licence and ordered him to surrender the document within 14 days. But a lawyer representing ...
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BYD challenges Porsche’s 911 with launch of electric supercar in Europe
Chinese electric vehicle (EV) assembler BYD has set its sights on Porsche’s supercars with plans to sell its Denza-brand
ed new models in developed markets, the latest sign of its increasing heft in designing and manufacturing premium vehicles. The Shenzhen-based carmaker planned to unveil the Denza Z sports car featuri...
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Chinese electric vehicle (EV) assembler BYD has set its sights on Porsche’s supercars with plans to sell its Denza-brand
ed new models in developed markets, the latest sign of its increasing heft in designing and manufacturing premium vehicles. The Shenzhen-based carmaker planned to unveil the Denza Z sports car featuri...
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BYD surpasses Tesla in global race; ‘do-or-die’ crisis in China’s market: 7 EV reads | 比亚迪全球竞争中超越特斯拉；中国市场“生死攸关”危机：7则电动车报道
中国电动车企业比亚迪凭借海外销量增长，再次超越特斯拉，重新成为全球最大的纯电动汽车制造商。尽管比亚迪最新公布的业绩显示，其利润下滑8.2%，但海外出货量的快速提升帮助公司在全球电动车竞争中重新占据领先位置。
这条消息来自过去两周有关电动和新能源汽车报道的汇总，重点反映了全球电动车市场格局的变化。比亚迪与特斯拉之间的竞争仍在持续，市场关注点集中在销量、海外扩张和盈利能力等关键指标上。
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中国电动车企业比亚迪凭借海外销量增长，再次超越特斯拉，重新成为全球最大的纯电动汽车制造商。尽管比亚迪最新公布的业绩显示，其利润下滑8.2%，但海外出货量的快速提升帮助公司在全球电动车竞争中重新占据领先位置。
这条消息来自过去两周有关电动和新能源汽车报道的汇总，重点反映了全球电动车市场格局的变化。比亚迪与特斯拉之间的竞争仍在持续，市场关注点集中在销量、海外扩张和盈利能力等关键指标上。
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Canadian province prepares lawsuit against OpenAI after school mass shooting | 加拿大省份拟就校园大规模枪击案起诉OpenAI
加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省政府周二表示，正准备起诉OpenAI，指控该公司未能报告与一名实施校园枪击案者相关的ChatGPT暴力活动。该案发生在加拿大西部卑诗省小镇Tumbler Ridge，造成8人死亡。
OpenAI称，早在2025年6月就已封禁一个与Jesse Van Rootselaar有关的账号，但这发生在她数月后于2025年2月在家中及一所学校实施枪击之前。报道还提到，受害者家属已就这起案件采取法律行动。
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加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省政府周二表示，正准备起诉OpenAI，指控该公司未能报告与一名实施校园枪击案者相关的ChatGPT暴力活动。该案发生在加拿大西部卑诗省小镇Tumbler Ridge，造成8人死亡。
OpenAI称，早在2025年6月就已封禁一个与Jesse Van Rootselaar有关的账号，但这发生在她数月后于2025年2月在家中及一所学校实施枪击之前。报道还提到，受害者家属已就这起案件采取法律行动。
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‘Shameful’: Chinese school faces backlash for demanding new students’ family wealth details | “可耻”：中国一所学校因要求新生提供家庭财产详情而引发强烈抗议
山东东营一中因向新生收集家长信息引发争议，表格内容包括家长姓名、工作单位、职务、手机号，以及所开汽车品牌等信息。据《中国新闻周刊》报道，东营市第一中学在6月下旬向刚被录取的学生发放信息收集表，要求填写父母的工作、职称、车辆品牌和价值观等内容，此举引发外界关注。
报道显示，这一做法被不少人质疑越界，认为学校收集的信息过于细致，尤其涉及家庭经济状况和个人价值观，容易引发隐私和公平性争议。目前，相关表格内容已在网络上引起讨论。
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山东东营一中因向新生收集家长信息引发争议，表格内容包括家长姓名、工作单位、职务、手机号，以及所开汽车品牌等信息。据《中国新闻周刊》报道，东营市第一中学在6月下旬向刚被录取的学生发放信息收集表，要求填写父母的工作、职称、车辆品牌和价值观等内容，此举引发外界关注。
报道显示，这一做法被不少人质疑越界，认为学校收集的信息过于细致，尤其涉及家庭经济状况和个人价值观，容易引发隐私和公平性争议。目前，相关表格内容已在网络上引起讨论。
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Hong Kong’s Paul Chan pledges second trip to Saudi Arabia to build Mideast ties | 香港财政司司长陈茂波承诺第二次访问沙特阿拉伯以加强中东联系
香港财政司司长陈茂波表示，今年稍后将再率领商界代表团访问沙特阿拉伯，并宣布科技会议 LEAP East 将在香港连续三年每年举办，显示香港正加快与中东加强经贸和科技联系。
陈茂波是在周三出席 LEAP East 2026 开幕式时作出上述宣布。该活动是沙特一项重要科技会议首次在海外举办，落地香港，成为推动香港与中东合作的最新举措。
新闻原文在此处被截断，仅可确认陈茂波将继续推动相关商务交流，并延续香港版 LEAP East 的年度举办安排。
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香港财政司司长陈茂波表示，今年稍后将再率领商界代表团访问沙特阿拉伯，并宣布科技会议 LEAP East 将在香港连续三年每年举办，显示香港正加快与中东加强经贸和科技联系。
陈茂波是在周三出席 LEAP East 2026 开幕式时作出上述宣布。该活动是沙特一项重要科技会议首次在海外举办，落地香港，成为推动香港与中东合作的最新举措。
新闻原文在此处被截断，仅可确认陈茂波将继续推动相关商务交流，并延续香港版 LEAP East 的年度举办安排。
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Why a bluefin tuna boom is slicing into livelihoods of Japanese fishermen | 蓝鳍金枪鱼热潮为何正在削减日本渔民生计
今年5月，日本北海道函馆近海的渔民中村忠资在定置网中意外捕获大量蓝鳍金枪鱼，但由于年度捕捞配额限制，他不得不放走其中许多鱼。蓝鳍金枪鱼是日本寿司市场上备受青睐的高价值鱼种，而中村担心如果在此时把这批鱼全部留下，到了更冷的季节，自己就会没有配额可用。
报道称，蓝鳍金枪鱼在冬季脂肪含量更高、口感更好，市场价格也更高，因此日本渔民通常希望把配额留到那时使用。中村表示，面对大量鱼群却无法全部捕捞，让他感到十分沮丧。
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今年5月，日本北海道函馆近海的渔民中村忠资在定置网中意外捕获大量蓝鳍金枪鱼，但由于年度捕捞配额限制，他不得不放走其中许多鱼。蓝鳍金枪鱼是日本寿司市场上备受青睐的高价值鱼种，而中村担心如果在此时把这批鱼全部留下，到了更冷的季节，自己就会没有配额可用。
报道称，蓝鳍金枪鱼在冬季脂肪含量更高、口感更好，市场价格也更高，因此日本渔民通常希望把配额留到那时使用。中村表示，面对大量鱼群却无法全部捕捞，让他感到十分沮丧。
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Google DeepMind director Cao Liangliang makes a boomerang return to Hong Kong | 谷歌DeepMind董事曹亮亮回归香港任职
香港人工智能界迎来一位重量级回归者：前谷歌DeepMind首席工程师兼董事曹亮亮，近日出任香港理工大学数据科学与人工智能讲座教授，结束了离港20年的学术与职业生涯。
曹亮亮曾在谷歌、苹果和IBM参与基础人工智能系统的架构设计，并获IEEE Fellow称号。他此次回到香港，被视为本地AI发展的一次重要补强，也体现出香港高校在争取国际顶尖人才方面的吸引力。
报道提到，他的回归与其早年师承的学术脉络有关，形成了一条从香港出发、再回到香港的“回旋”轨迹。此次任命不仅对理工大学意义重大，也被外界看作香港在人工智能研究和人才建设上的积极信号。
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香港人工智能界迎来一位重量级回归者：前谷歌DeepMind首席工程师兼董事曹亮亮，近日出任香港理工大学数据科学与人工智能讲座教授，结束了离港20年的学术与职业生涯。
曹亮亮曾在谷歌、苹果和IBM参与基础人工智能系统的架构设计，并获IEEE Fellow称号。他此次回到香港，被视为本地AI发展的一次重要补强，也体现出香港高校在争取国际顶尖人才方面的吸引力。
报道提到，他的回归与其早年师承的学术脉络有关，形成了一条从香港出发、再回到香港的“回旋”轨迹。此次任命不仅对理工大学意义重大，也被外界看作香港在人工智能研究和人才建设上的积极信号。
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Philippine president backs defence chief over China sanctions | 菲律宾总统支持国防部长应对中国制裁
菲律宾总统马科斯首次就中国对国防部长特奥多罗的制裁公开表态，明确站在这位强硬派防长一边，被外界视为马尼拉在中方压力下的“关上内部裂缝”动作，也可能在短期内让中菲外交更趋紧张。
报道称，马科斯的公开支持被观察人士解读为一种“一个唱白脸、一个唱黑脸”的策略，既释放出菲律宾不会因制裁而退让的信号，也显示政府希望借此强化与盟友之间的防务合作。特奥多罗一直以对华立场强硬著称，此次获得总统背书，进一步凸显马尼拉在相关安全议题上的一致姿态。
马科斯是在温哥华接受记者采访时作出上述表态的。报道指出，这一表态可能在外交层面增加中菲沟通难度，但从菲律宾国内政治和防务协调看，则有助于巩固政府内部立场，并向外界传递其坚持现有安全政策的意图。
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菲律宾总统马科斯首次就中国对国防部长特奥多罗的制裁公开表态，明确站在这位强硬派防长一边，被外界视为马尼拉在中方压力下的“关上内部裂缝”动作，也可能在短期内让中菲外交更趋紧张。
报道称，马科斯的公开支持被观察人士解读为一种“一个唱白脸、一个唱黑脸”的策略，既释放出菲律宾不会因制裁而退让的信号，也显示政府希望借此强化与盟友之间的防务合作。特奥多罗一直以对华立场强硬著称，此次获得总统背书，进一步凸显马尼拉在相关安全议题上的一致姿态。
马科斯是在温哥华接受记者采访时作出上述表态的。报道指出，这一表态可能在外交层面增加中菲沟通难度，但从菲律宾国内政治和防务协调看，则有助于巩固政府内部立场，并向外界传递其坚持现有安全政策的意图。
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IVF embryo mix-up undisclosed for weeks sparks calls for 24-hour reporting rule | 试管婴儿胚胎混淆数周未披露 引发24小时报告规定呼声
香港立法会议员呼吁，试管婴儿（IVF）诊所一旦发生严重事故，应在24小时内同时向相关监管机构和卫生部门报告。这一要求是在香港中环HEAL Fertility中心发生胚胎混淆事件后提出的。该事件涉及两名患者的胚胎活检样本处理错误，而且诊所未能及时通报，导致事故数周后才被外界知晓。
议员们认为，现行制度存在监管空缺，未能有效约束辅助生殖机构对重大事故的报告义务。他们在周三敦促政府尽快补上这一漏洞，以防类似事件再次发生，并提高患者安全和信息透明度。
这起事件也引发外界对香港生育治疗诊所监管和事故通报机制的关注。议员强调，涉及胚胎和患者样本的错误风险极高，相关机构必须建立更明确、更及时的上报要求。
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香港立法会议员呼吁，试管婴儿（IVF）诊所一旦发生严重事故，应在24小时内同时向相关监管机构和卫生部门报告。这一要求是在香港中环HEAL Fertility中心发生胚胎混淆事件后提出的。该事件涉及两名患者的胚胎活检样本处理错误，而且诊所未能及时通报，导致事故数周后才被外界知晓。
议员们认为，现行制度存在监管空缺，未能有效约束辅助生殖机构对重大事故的报告义务。他们在周三敦促政府尽快补上这一漏洞，以防类似事件再次发生，并提高患者安全和信息透明度。
这起事件也引发外界对香港生育治疗诊所监管和事故通报机制的关注。议员强调，涉及胚胎和患者样本的错误风险极高，相关机构必须建立更明确、更及时的上报要求。
via South China Morning Post
