US Navy plans compact Silent Anvil torpedo as China’s submarine fleet surges
As China expands its submarine fleet, the US Navy is looking to develop a compact air-launched torpedo that could enable
more crewed and uncrewed aircraft to attack submarines from farther away. The US Naval Air Systems Command issued a request for information – a step towards development – to industry in late August f...
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As China expands its submarine fleet, the US Navy is looking to develop a compact air-launched torpedo that could enable
more crewed and uncrewed aircraft to attack submarines from farther away. The US Naval Air Systems Command issued a request for information – a step towards development – to industry in late August f...
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Lives ‘at serious risk’ as Gaza’s hospitals, homes battle fuel shortages
As power cuts cascade through one of Gaza’s largest functioning hospitals and patients wait for treatment in sweltering
wards, doctors warn that shortages of engine oil and spare parts are causing generators to seize up, putting lives at risk. The crisis is spreading beyond hospitals, where soaring costs for oil and di...
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As power cuts cascade through one of Gaza’s largest functioning hospitals and patients wait for treatment in sweltering
wards, doctors warn that shortages of engine oil and spare parts are causing generators to seize up, putting lives at risk. The crisis is spreading beyond hospitals, where soaring costs for oil and di...
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AI bottleneck-breaker: China’s Huawei touts high-speed optical module
Huawei Technologies has unveiled a high-speed optical module designed to eliminate bottlenecks in artificial intelligenc
e infrastructure, staking an early claim in the race to set standards for next-generation data centre connections. The Shenzhen-based tech giant showcased what it called the industry’s first 7.2-terab...
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Huawei Technologies has unveiled a high-speed optical module designed to eliminate bottlenecks in artificial intelligenc
e infrastructure, staking an early claim in the race to set standards for next-generation data centre connections. The Shenzhen-based tech giant showcased what it called the industry’s first 7.2-terab...
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Indonesia rescues 6 orangutans from forest fires in a week
Six orangutans including two nursing infants have been rescued from fires raging on Borneo island in the past week, Indo
nesian authorities and rescuers said on Thursday, bringing the total to 15 in a month. The apes were saved from plantations in deep rural West Kalimantan province, on the Indonesian part of the island...
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Six orangutans including two nursing infants have been rescued from fires raging on Borneo island in the past week, Indo
nesian authorities and rescuers said on Thursday, bringing the total to 15 in a month. The apes were saved from plantations in deep rural West Kalimantan province, on the Indonesian part of the island...
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Record China-US gap in bond yields unlikely to trigger capital flight: Marsh Investment
The widening yield spread between Chinese and American government bonds is unlikely to trigger catastrophic capital flig
ht from China, according to investment executives at Marsh Investment, who attribute the record spread to the United States’ fiscal pressures and global macro trends rather than a structural retreat f...
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The widening yield spread between Chinese and American government bonds is unlikely to trigger catastrophic capital flig
ht from China, according to investment executives at Marsh Investment, who attribute the record spread to the United States’ fiscal pressures and global macro trends rather than a structural retreat f...
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Trump threatens Taiwan’s representative office, sparking debate over island’s US policy
Taiwan’s representative office is among a list of entities US President Donald Trump has threatened to sue as part of hi
s crusade against a progressive American think tank, triggering debate about the island’s US policy ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington later this month. Trump named the Taipei...
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Taiwan’s representative office is among a list of entities US President Donald Trump has threatened to sue as part of hi
s crusade against a progressive American think tank, triggering debate about the island’s US policy ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington later this month. Trump named the Taipei...
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Hong Kong policy address to continue push helping local media go global
Hong Kong’s policy address next week will continue with measures to help local news outlets expand overseas and build gl
obal networks, the South China Morning Post has learned. A source said on Thursday that Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu’s “go global” initiative would assist local media, which report in Chinese and ...
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Hong Kong’s policy address next week will continue with measures to help local news outlets expand overseas and build gl
obal networks, the South China Morning Post has learned. A source said on Thursday that Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu’s “go global” initiative would assist local media, which report in Chinese and ...
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Malaysia to charge former minister over haj fund corruption
A former Malaysian minister overseeing religious affairs will be charged with corruption next week, the country’s anti-c
orruption agency has said, as authorities close in on once-powerful figures believed to have stolen from the nation’s haj pilgrim fund. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) confirmed on Thu...
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A former Malaysian minister overseeing religious affairs will be charged with corruption next week, the country’s anti-c
orruption agency has said, as authorities close in on once-powerful figures believed to have stolen from the nation’s haj pilgrim fund. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) confirmed on Thu...
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China says yuan’s global rise is ‘irreversible’ – and has a strategy to back it up
Chinese financial authorities have pledged further steps to expand the yuan’s global use amid a broader de-dollarisation
trend, while vowing to make listing on mainland stock exchanges the “primary” choice for top-tier domestic companies. “The internationalisation of the yuan is a continuous and steady process, and an ...
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Chinese financial authorities have pledged further steps to expand the yuan’s global use amid a broader de-dollarisation
trend, while vowing to make listing on mainland stock exchanges the “primary” choice for top-tier domestic companies. “The internationalisation of the yuan is a continuous and steady process, and an ...
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France’s Macron urges Europe to ‘assert its ambition in crewed space flight’
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday called on Europe to develop its own crewed space flight capability within a
decade as part of a broader push to strengthen the continent’s space sector. Macron made the call during an international space summit held in Paris this week, which was shown the cold shoulder by se...
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French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday called on Europe to develop its own crewed space flight capability within a
decade as part of a broader push to strengthen the continent’s space sector. Macron made the call during an international space summit held in Paris this week, which was shown the cold shoulder by se...
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SHKP posts 4.6% profit rise amid Hong Kong’s property recovery
Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP), Hong Kong’s biggest developer by market capitalisation, reported its underlying profit f
or the year ending June rose 4.6 per cent to HK$22.85 billion (US$2.91 billion), excluding investment property revaluations. Meanwhile, its reported profit increased to HK$21.43 billion, backed by a H...
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Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP), Hong Kong’s biggest developer by market capitalisation, reported its underlying profit f
or the year ending June rose 4.6 per cent to HK$22.85 billion (US$2.91 billion), excluding investment property revaluations. Meanwhile, its reported profit increased to HK$21.43 billion, backed by a H...
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MTR Corp warns of prosecution as tour guide identified in fare evasion probe
Hong Kong police have identified a tour guide suspected of helping members of a travel group evade fares at an MTR stati
on last month, the city’s rail operator has said, warning that anyone found in breach of the rules could face prosecution. The MTR Corporation said on Thursday that police had identified the guide inv...
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Hong Kong police have identified a tour guide suspected of helping members of a travel group evade fares at an MTR stati
on last month, the city’s rail operator has said, warning that anyone found in breach of the rules could face prosecution. The MTR Corporation said on Thursday that police had identified the guide inv...
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Wall Street Journal publisher convicted for blocking reporter’s bid to lead union
The publisher of the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has been found guilty of violating Hong Kong’s labour laws by illegally p
reventing a former reporter from running for the chairmanship of a local press union. However, Eastern Court on Thursday cleared Dow Jones Publishing Co (Asia) of unlawful termination of Selina Cheng ...
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The publisher of the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has been found guilty of violating Hong Kong’s labour laws by illegally p
reventing a former reporter from running for the chairmanship of a local press union. However, Eastern Court on Thursday cleared Dow Jones Publishing Co (Asia) of unlawful termination of Selina Cheng ...
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Hong Kong can become AI literacy hub, industry leaders say
Hong Kong can become an educational hub for artificial intelligence literacy and help build trustworthy AI by leveraging
the city’s strength in professional services, industry leaders have said. Speaking at the Belt and Road Summit on Thursday, Ellen Lau Sin-tung, executive director of technology training company Prefa...
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Hong Kong can become an educational hub for artificial intelligence literacy and help build trustworthy AI by leveraging
the city’s strength in professional services, industry leaders have said. Speaking at the Belt and Road Summit on Thursday, Ellen Lau Sin-tung, executive director of technology training company Prefa...
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Hong Kong’s first leader Tung Chee-hwa to be honoured with state funeral
Hong Kong authorities are coordinating a state funeral for the city’s first chief executive, the late Tung Chee-hwa, the
South China Morning Post has learned, honoring his legacy as a deputy national-level leader and his contributions to the “one country, two systems” framework. A source familiar with the matter said “...
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Hong Kong authorities are coordinating a state funeral for the city’s first chief executive, the late Tung Chee-hwa, the
South China Morning Post has learned, honoring his legacy as a deputy national-level leader and his contributions to the “one country, two systems” framework. A source familiar with the matter said “...
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Does North Korea’s Kim Ju-ae have a younger sibling? Seoul thinks so
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s daughter and apparent successor is believed to have a younger sibling, South Korea’s s
py agency has said, offering a more detailed view of the ruling family’s line of succession. Seoul’s spy agency previously said Kim was thought to have three children, but some uncertainty remained on...
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s daughter and apparent successor is believed to have a younger sibling, South Korea’s s
py agency has said, offering a more detailed view of the ruling family’s line of succession. Seoul’s spy agency previously said Kim was thought to have three children, but some uncertainty remained on...
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Japan’s AI satellites and other space ambitions ‘a serious threat’, China warns
Japan’s plan to develop tactical satellites equipped with artificial intelligence (AI) would boost its long-range offens
ive strike capabilities and pose a serious threat, Chinese state media has warned. The Japanese Nikkei newspaper reported last week that the planned AI-equipped satellites would be capable of analysin...
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Japan’s plan to develop tactical satellites equipped with artificial intelligence (AI) would boost its long-range offens
ive strike capabilities and pose a serious threat, Chinese state media has warned. The Japanese Nikkei newspaper reported last week that the planned AI-equipped satellites would be capable of analysin...
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Yemen’s Houthis seize port city Mocha, closing in on control of Bab el-Mandeb Strait
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis seized control of the historic port city of Mocha on Thursday, four Yemeni government mili
tary sources said, gaining further leverage over the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, one of the world’s most important shipping routes. The Houthis were launching attacks on the strategic Red Sea islands of Han...
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Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis seized control of the historic port city of Mocha on Thursday, four Yemeni government mili
tary sources said, gaining further leverage over the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, one of the world’s most important shipping routes. The Houthis were launching attacks on the strategic Red Sea islands of Han...
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US delegation to Xiangshan Forum to be led by senior Pentagon official for China
The American delegation to the Xiangshan Forum, a major Chinese security conference in Beijing, will be led by Principal
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence for China, Taiwan and Mongolia Cynthia “Xanthi” Carras, the South China Morning Post has learned. More to follow...
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The American delegation to the Xiangshan Forum, a major Chinese security conference in Beijing, will be led by Principal
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence for China, Taiwan and Mongolia Cynthia “Xanthi” Carras, the South China Morning Post has learned. More to follow...
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China ‘living Buddha’ honoured for US$9 million donation after saving every cent for charity
A 98-year-old man in eastern China has garnered widespread praise for his remarkable philanthropy, which includes donati
ons totalling 60 million yuan (US$9 million), while leading an exceptionally frugal life himself. Wang Chunwen, a resident of Ninghai county in Zhejiang province, has been honoured with the China Char...
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A 98-year-old man in eastern China has garnered widespread praise for his remarkable philanthropy, which includes donati
ons totalling 60 million yuan (US$9 million), while leading an exceptionally frugal life himself. Wang Chunwen, a resident of Ninghai county in Zhejiang province, has been honoured with the China Char...
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