Japan’s China-facing military build-up confronts labour, budget and political limits
The risk of a conflict over Taiwan is shaping Japanese defence planning, with Tokyo shoring up security at home and abro
ad for a potentially prolonged fight. But there are economic, demographic and political constraints on how far its military transformation can go. In the third of a three-part series, Gabriel Domingue...
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The risk of a conflict over Taiwan is shaping Japanese defence planning, with Tokyo shoring up security at home and abro
ad for a potentially prolonged fight. But there are economic, demographic and political constraints on how far its military transformation can go. In the third of a three-part series, Gabriel Domingue...
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14 killed as explosion rocks Syria arms depot: authorities
An explosion at an arms depot in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province killed 14 people on Wednesday, the local health dep
artment said, without specifying the cause of the blast. “The toll from the explosion in a temporary storage for collecting weapons and war remnants near the city of Sarmada ... registered 14 killed a...
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An explosion at an arms depot in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province killed 14 people on Wednesday, the local health dep
artment said, without specifying the cause of the blast. “The toll from the explosion in a temporary storage for collecting weapons and war remnants near the city of Sarmada ... registered 14 killed a...
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Singapore’s DBS sued for US$1 billion in alleged 1MDB-linked claim
Singapore’s DBS Bank is being sued for an estimated S$1.298 billion (US$1.03 billion) in damages linked to the multibill
ion-dollar 1MDB scandal, Southeast Asia’s largest lender DBS Group has said. The claimants include the liquidators of four companies: Blackrock Commodities (Global), Platinum Global Luxury Services, ...
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Singapore’s DBS Bank is being sued for an estimated S$1.298 billion (US$1.03 billion) in damages linked to the multibill
ion-dollar 1MDB scandal, Southeast Asia’s largest lender DBS Group has said. The claimants include the liquidators of four companies: Blackrock Commodities (Global), Platinum Global Luxury Services, ...
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US scrambles to match China’s air-breathing hypersonic missiles with Darpa programme
A year after China unveiled the world’s first operational air-breathing hypersonic missiles, the United States is launch
ing a programme to double down on developing similar weapons. The US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) will bring contractors together later this month to lay out what it wants from th...
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A year after China unveiled the world’s first operational air-breathing hypersonic missiles, the United States is launch
ing a programme to double down on developing similar weapons. The US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) will bring contractors together later this month to lay out what it wants from th...
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EU plan aims to help cities crack down on Airbnb, holiday rentals
European cities will gain more leeway to curb short-term rentals such as Airbnb under new EU plans that aim to bring dow
n housing costs in tourism hotspots. The European Commission laid out conditions on Wednesday under which local authorities can limit short lets, under a proposal seeking to address Europe’s “housing ...
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European cities will gain more leeway to curb short-term rentals such as Airbnb under new EU plans that aim to bring dow
n housing costs in tourism hotspots. The European Commission laid out conditions on Wednesday under which local authorities can limit short lets, under a proposal seeking to address Europe’s “housing ...
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More than 1,000 children dead in Bangladesh measles crisis
The death toll from measles in Bangladesh topped 1,000 children since March, health officials said on Wednesday, admitti
ng that failures in a vaccination drive could have fuelled the outbreak. The South Asian nation of 170 million has recorded 1,002 deaths and 187,484 infections among children, making this year’s outbr...
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The death toll from measles in Bangladesh topped 1,000 children since March, health officials said on Wednesday, admitti
ng that failures in a vaccination drive could have fuelled the outbreak. The South Asian nation of 170 million has recorded 1,002 deaths and 187,484 infections among children, making this year’s outbr...
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Buildings Department files 259 charges over work at fire-ravaged Hong Kong estate
Hong Kong’s Buildings Department has filed 259 charges against two companies and four individuals over major renovation
works at the inferno-ravaged Wang Fuk Court, after investigations found non-fire-retardant materials were used and safety obligations were not met. The department said on Wednesday that the charges in...
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Hong Kong’s Buildings Department has filed 259 charges against two companies and four individuals over major renovation
works at the inferno-ravaged Wang Fuk Court, after investigations found non-fire-retardant materials were used and safety obligations were not met. The department said on Wednesday that the charges in...
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Beijing boosts Taiwan-facing firepower with brigade-level 155mm howitzer deployment
Beijing has reinforced its military firepower facing the Taiwan Strait by deploying more 155mm PLZ-05 self-propelled how
itzers, according to state media reports. Replacing its older 122mm artillery, a heavy combined-arms brigade under the People’s Liberation Army’s 71st Group Army has been equipped with a batch of the ...
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Beijing has reinforced its military firepower facing the Taiwan Strait by deploying more 155mm PLZ-05 self-propelled how
itzers, according to state media reports. Replacing its older 122mm artillery, a heavy combined-arms brigade under the People’s Liberation Army’s 71st Group Army has been equipped with a batch of the ...
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Norwegians bid final farewell to King Harald V, ‘grandfather of the nation’
Norway observed a nationwide minute of silence on Wednesday at the funeral of King Harald V, a modern and unifying figur
e whose end of reign was tarnished by scandals. His son and heir King Haakon VIII, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Britain’s Prince William and other foreign dignitaries stood in silence in th...
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Norway observed a nationwide minute of silence on Wednesday at the funeral of King Harald V, a modern and unifying figur
e whose end of reign was tarnished by scandals. His son and heir King Haakon VIII, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Britain’s Prince William and other foreign dignitaries stood in silence in th...
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Delhi’s test: make Brics work without making it work against India
When leaders of the Brics group of emerging economies meet in New Delhi on September 12-13, India will confront an awkwa
rd paradox: the grouping has never been bigger or harder to make coherent. What informally began as a four-member bloc comprising Brazil, Russia, India and China in 2006 has expanded into a grouping s...
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When leaders of the Brics group of emerging economies meet in New Delhi on September 12-13, India will confront an awkwa
rd paradox: the grouping has never been bigger or harder to make coherent. What informally began as a four-member bloc comprising Brazil, Russia, India and China in 2006 has expanded into a grouping s...
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Ex-Hong Kong leader Tung Chee-hwa worked to bridge US-China divide even in final years
Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong’s first chief executive who died on Tuesday at 89, kept a low profile in the final years of his
life, making only a few public appearances but continuing to help bridge the China-US divide. Wearing a face mask and accompanied by his wife Betty Tung Chiu Hung-ping, Tung visited the South China M...
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Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong’s first chief executive who died on Tuesday at 89, kept a low profile in the final years of his
life, making only a few public appearances but continuing to help bridge the China-US divide. Wearing a face mask and accompanied by his wife Betty Tung Chiu Hung-ping, Tung visited the South China M...
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Hong Kong Medical Council rejects proposal on time frame for handling complaints
Hong Kong’s medical watchdog has said a target time frame for handling complaints will not be necessary as it presented
its rebuttal against a government proposal that includes major reforms to its operations, disciplinary sentencing, internal supervision and membership make-up. The Medical Council on Tuesday presented...
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Hong Kong’s medical watchdog has said a target time frame for handling complaints will not be necessary as it presented
its rebuttal against a government proposal that includes major reforms to its operations, disciplinary sentencing, internal supervision and membership make-up. The Medical Council on Tuesday presented...
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Malaysia’s ruling PH restates anti-corruption pledge as Najib’s potential pardon looms
Malaysia’s ruling Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition has doubled down on its pledge to stamp out corruption, as all eyes tur
n to the country’s Pardons Board, which is reportedly set to discuss the possible release of disgraced former leader Najib Razak at a meeting this week. The Pardons Board, chaired by the country’s kin...
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Malaysia’s ruling Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition has doubled down on its pledge to stamp out corruption, as all eyes tur
n to the country’s Pardons Board, which is reportedly set to discuss the possible release of disgraced former leader Najib Razak at a meeting this week. The Pardons Board, chaired by the country’s kin...
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Chinese AI firm DeepSeek taps underwriters including Citic Securities for IPO: sources
Chinese frontier artificial intelligence lab DeepSeek has hired underwriters including Citic Securities in preparation f
or a domestic initial public offering (IPO), according to two people familiar with the matter. Citic Securities was one of the four underwriters tapped by the Hangzhou-based firm, which aims to begin ...
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Chinese frontier artificial intelligence lab DeepSeek has hired underwriters including Citic Securities in preparation f
or a domestic initial public offering (IPO), according to two people familiar with the matter. Citic Securities was one of the four underwriters tapped by the Hangzhou-based firm, which aims to begin ...
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‘His heart was always with Hong Kong’: tributes pour in for Tung Chee-hwa
Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong’s first leader following its return to Chinese sovereignty, has been remembered as a “kind-hear
ted man” who mentored others and even inspired some to take up public office. As tributes poured in for Tung, who died on Tuesday at age 89, people who worked closely with him shared touching anecdote...
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Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong’s first leader following its return to Chinese sovereignty, has been remembered as a “kind-hear
ted man” who mentored others and even inspired some to take up public office. As tributes poured in for Tung, who died on Tuesday at age 89, people who worked closely with him shared touching anecdote...
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Man in Singapore gets protection order against wife who sent AI obscene images
A family court has granted a man a personal protection order (PPO) against his wife, who had abused him emotionally or p
sychologically with text messages about him having sex with his sister. The court found that the sending of fake images and videos of the husband and his sister engaging in sexual acts, generated by a...
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A family court has granted a man a personal protection order (PPO) against his wife, who had abused him emotionally or p
sychologically with text messages about him having sex with his sister. The court found that the sending of fake images and videos of the husband and his sister engaging in sexual acts, generated by a...
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Hysan courts fintech office portfolio as ZA Bank commits to new Causeway Bay headquarters
Digital bank ZA Bank is taking 45,000 square feet (4,181 square metres) across four upper floors at Hysan Development’s
Lee Garden Eight for its new headquarters, adding to a wave of financial and technology companies reshaping Causeway Bay’s commercial landscape. The move comes as landlords across the district grapple...
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Digital bank ZA Bank is taking 45,000 square feet (4,181 square metres) across four upper floors at Hysan Development’s
Lee Garden Eight for its new headquarters, adding to a wave of financial and technology companies reshaping Causeway Bay’s commercial landscape. The move comes as landlords across the district grapple...
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Beijing tells Manila to ‘stop lying’ after minister exposes South China Sea note
China has accused Philippine officials of “grandstanding and lying” after Manila’s defence secretary publicly read aloud
a Chinese diplomat’s note on the South China Sea that the Philippine minister described as “coercion, bullying and aggression”. “We urge certain people in the Philippines to stop this grandstanding a...
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China has accused Philippine officials of “grandstanding and lying” after Manila’s defence secretary publicly read aloud
a Chinese diplomat’s note on the South China Sea that the Philippine minister described as “coercion, bullying and aggression”. “We urge certain people in the Philippines to stop this grandstanding a...
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Young Argentines’ mounting debt struggles test support for Milei
At 18, Martin Taborda began studying law at Argentina’s prestigious University of Buenos Aires, hoping to become the fir
st in his family to graduate. Just two years later, that dream has slipped out of reach. Unemployed and US$1,300 in debt, he can no longer afford the bus fare from his suburb or the books he needs to ...
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At 18, Martin Taborda began studying law at Argentina’s prestigious University of Buenos Aires, hoping to become the fir
st in his family to graduate. Just two years later, that dream has slipped out of reach. Unemployed and US$1,300 in debt, he can no longer afford the bus fare from his suburb or the books he needs to ...
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Court acquits brother of incest, citing failure to prove teen knew it was wrong
A Hong Kong court has found a 24-year-old man not guilty of committing a spate of sexual offences against his younger si
ster a decade ago, ruling that prosecutors failed to prove the defendant knew what he did as a teenager was seriously wrong. A High Court jury of five men and two women acquitted the defendant on Thur...
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A Hong Kong court has found a 24-year-old man not guilty of committing a spate of sexual offences against his younger si
ster a decade ago, ruling that prosecutors failed to prove the defendant knew what he did as a teenager was seriously wrong. A High Court jury of five men and two women acquitted the defendant on Thur...
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