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Applied Digital Stock Sits Near 52-Week Low as $5 Billion Debt Weighs

Applied Digital Stock Sits Near 52-Week Low as $5 Billion...

Applied Digital shares trade near a 52-week low after a 50% drop, weighed down by...

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Borneo Wildfire Haze Sickens Thousands as Pontianak Air Index Tops 1,100

Borneo Wildfire Haze Sickens Thousands as Pontianak Air...

Wildfire haze on Indonesia's Borneo Island has driven the Pontianak air index above...

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Carney Welcomes EU Associate Membership Plan, Rejects ‘Third Bloc’ Framing

Carney Welcomes EU Associate Membership Plan, Rejects ‘Third...

Mark Carney told the European Parliament Canada welcomes an EU associate membership...

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Chinese Automakers Race to Buy European Factories Before EU Content Rules Hit

Chinese Automakers Race to Buy European Factories Before...

BYD adviser Alfredo Altavilla says Chinese carmakers are scouring Europe for factories...

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China’s porcelain city carries ancient heritage to new generation

China’s porcelain city carries ancient heritage to new...

China’s 'Porcelain Capital' Jingdezhen preserves centuries-old porcelain-making...

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Marriage Proposal at Beijing Concert Hits Sour Note With Fans

Marriage Proposal at Beijing Concert Hits Sour Note With...

The couple’s romantic gesture drew angry shouts and security intervention. A viral...

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Kaepernick Accuses NFL Owners of Colluding Against Macklemore

Kaepernick Accuses NFL Owners of Colluding Against Macklemore

Colin Kaepernick accused NFL stadium owners of colluding against Macklemore, who...

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EU urges China to cap hybrid car exports: report

EU urges China to cap hybrid car exports: report

The EU has asked China to voluntarily restrict exports of hybrid cars as part of...

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Pension Paradox: China’s Delivery Riders on a Rocky Road to Retirement

Pension Paradox: China’s Delivery Riders on a Rocky Road...

For China’s army of part-time couriers, retirement remains an abstract concept —...

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Iran War Cost US $38 Billion, Missile Stockpile Needs 5 Years to Rebuild

Iran War Cost US $38 Billion, Missile Stockpile Needs 5...

The CBO estimates the Iran war cost the Pentagon $38.1 billion through August 1...

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House Could Vote on Bill to Shield Consumers From AI Data Center Costs

House Could Vote on Bill to Shield Consumers From AI Data...

The U.S. House could vote as early as Tuesday night on a bipartisan bill to stop...

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Israeli Minister Katz Says Military Ready to ‘Finish Job’ in Gaza

Israeli Minister Katz Says Military Ready to ‘Finish Job’...

Israel's defence minister Israel Katz said Wednesday the military is ready to resume...

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China Railway employee dies after workplace injury in Windhoek

China Railway employee dies after workplace injury in Windhoek

A China Railway Seventh Group employee (34) died on Monday after a workplace injury....

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Saint Lucia gets access to support for resilient infrastructure

Saint Lucia gets access to support for resilient infrastructure

Saint Lucia is among four Eastern Caribbean countries that can now access specialised...

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Saudi Arabia Intercepts Houthi Drone Near Mecca, Warns Security Is ‘Red Line’

Saudi Arabia Intercepts Houthi Drone Near Mecca, Warns...

Saudi air defences destroyed a Houthi drone south of Mecca on Tuesday before it...

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All Four Openers Quit Ed Sheeran Tour After Macklemore Removed Over Palestine

All Four Openers Quit Ed Sheeran Tour After Macklemore...

All four supporting acts withdrew from Ed Sheeran's Loop tour on Monday in solidarity...

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Token of Trust: Beijing Links AI Usage to Company Loans

Token of Trust: Beijing Links AI Usage to Company Loans

The new municipal government program uses AI token consumption to help assess tech...

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Dong Jun Calls for Dialogue Over Confrontation at Xiangshan Forum

Dong Jun Calls for Dialogue Over Confrontation at Xiangshan...

Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun called for a security approach built on dialogue...

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20 Years of Research on Africans in China: 88 Essential Academic Publications

20 Years of Research on Africans in China: 88 Essential...

A curated bibliography of 88 academic publications spanning nearly 20 years of research...

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From Monkey Kings to Little Demons: China’s New Age of the Supporting Character

From Monkey Kings to Little Demons: China’s New Age of...

As opportunities to get ahead seem increasingly limited, Chinese audiences are finding...

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Musk Urges US and Chinese AI Labs to Test Each Other’s Models

Musk Urges US and Chinese AI Labs to Test Each Other’s...

Elon Musk called on leading US and Chinese AI companies to run safety tests on each...

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ASML Draws Bullish Long-Dated Call Bets After 14% Monthly Pullback

ASML Draws Bullish Long-Dated Call Bets After 14% Monthly...

ASML shares at $1,575 have drawn long-dated bullish call positioning after a 14%...

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US Confirms Deployment of Space Control Weapons in Earth Orbit

US Confirms Deployment of Space Control Weapons in Earth...

Air Force Secretary Troy Meink confirmed the US has deployed on-orbit space control...

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Denmark Summons Russian Ambassador After Warship Fires Flares at Helicopter

Denmark Summons Russian Ambassador After Warship Fires...

Denmark accused a Russian warship of firing two emergency flares at its military...

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Supreme Court Blocks Trump Mail-In Ballot Rules Before 2026 Midterms

Supreme Court Blocks Trump Mail-In Ballot Rules Before...

The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected Trump's bid to lift a block on new mail-in...

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Iran and Oman Postpone Hormuz Talks With Gulf States Over Yemen

Iran and Oman Postpone Hormuz Talks With Gulf States Over...

Iran and Oman jointly postponed Strait of Hormuz talks with Gulf states on Monday,...

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Defense and Space Startups Turn to SPAC Mergers as Investor Appetite Climbs

Defense and Space Startups Turn to SPAC Mergers as Investor...

Six defense and space firms announced SPAC mergers so far this year, up from three...

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AI Stocks Fall After Amodei Calls for Development Slowdown

AI Stocks Fall After Amodei Calls for Development Slowdown

AI-linked stocks fell Monday across Asia, Europe and US premarket after Anthropic...

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China Rejects US Call to Slow AI, Fearing Entrenched American Lead

China Rejects US Call to Slow AI, Fearing Entrenched American...

Chinese researchers and state media reject US tech leaders' calls for an AI slowdown,...

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After Beijing Bowel Accident, Hyrox Changes Its Rules

After Beijing Bowel Accident, Hyrox Changes Its Rules

An athlete continued competing in a Saturday event, and ultimately won, despite...

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BYD to produce trucks in Europe in bid to become ‘European company’

BYD to produce trucks in Europe in bid to become ‘European...

Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD plans to launch its first heavy-duty truck in...

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China imposes travel curbs to protect ‘national security’

China imposes travel curbs to protect ‘national security’

Beijing – China imposed sweeping travel restrictions on its citizens on Tuesday,...

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The Chinese Dating App Promising Marriage — or Your Money Back

The Chinese Dating App Promising Marriage — or Your Money...

The app, called Liangpei, uses 20-minute AI interviews and compatibility rankings...

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China rejects AI ‘threat narratives’, urges global cooperation

China rejects AI ‘threat narratives’, urges global cooperation

China called for international cooperation on artificial intelligence.

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Oracle Down 50% in a Year Despite 30% Revenue Growth and $664 Billion Backlog

Oracle Down 50% in a Year Despite 30% Revenue Growth and...

Oracle shares are down about 50% over the past year despite 30% revenue growth and...

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China Approves Obesity Drug for Severe Fatty Liver Disease

China Approves Obesity Drug for Severe Fatty Liver Disease

The approval follows increased competition among pharmaceutical companies pushing...

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Ambarella Targets 10-15% Revenue Growth as Edge AI Demand Widens

Ambarella Targets 10-15% Revenue Growth as Edge AI Demand...

Ambarella CEO Fermi Wang told Citi's TMT Conference the chipmaker targets 10-15%...

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Nearly a Dozen Data Center Firms Go Public, File for IPO or Explore Listings

Nearly a Dozen Data Center Firms Go Public, File for IPO...

Nearly a dozen data center companies have gone public, filed for IPOs, or been reported...

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Trump says he would be OK with China building cars in US

Trump says he would be OK with China building cars in US

Alliance for Automotive Innovation urges permanent ban on Chinese vehicles

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Boris Johnson, Ex-CIA Chief Petraeus Near Station Before Russian Drone Hit

Boris Johnson, Ex-CIA Chief Petraeus Near Station Before...

Boris Johnson had passed through Yahodyn station and ex-CIA chief David Petraeus...

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Trump Downplays AI Risks, Says US Won’t Cede Edge to China

Trump Downplays AI Risks, Says US Won’t Cede Edge to China

President Trump on Sunday played down AI risks, saying the US must not lose its...

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WEGO Scraps My Hero Academia Clothing Line After Chinese Backlash

WEGO Scraps My Hero Academia Clothing Line After Chinese...

Japanese retailer WEGO has cancelled a My Hero Academia clothing collaboration after...

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Saudi Arabia Shuts East-West Oil Pipeline After Drone Attack From Iraq

Saudi Arabia Shuts East-West Oil Pipeline After Drone Attack...

Saudi Arabia suspended its East-West oil pipeline after a drone attack that Riyadh...

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Geely Launches $19,170 Galaxy TT EV With 800-Volt Fast Charging

Geely Launches $19,170 Galaxy TT EV With 800-Volt Fast...

Geely's Galaxy TT electric sedan launched Sept. 10 at about $19,170, with 800-volt...

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6 Ways SM Supermalls Is Changing What a Mall Day Looks Like

6 Ways SM Supermalls Is Changing What a Mall Day Looks...

From pickleball courts and concerts to creator communities and a new flagship destination,...

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A Rainy Night in Manila, and My First Encounter With Opera

A Rainy Night in Manila, and My First Encounter With Opera

Bel Canto d’Italia turned my first live opera experience into an evening of unexpected...

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She Preserved the Memory of the Mogao Grottoes. Now It’s All She Remembers.

She Preserved the Memory of the Mogao Grottoes. Now It’s...

At 95, artist Chang Shana struggles to recognize her own son, yet Alzheimer’s disease...

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Frog Gone: China’s Beloved Traveling Game Is Going Offline

Frog Gone: China’s Beloved Traveling Game Is Going Offline

The mobile game, popular since 2018, features a frog who holidays across China....

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Hong Kong Records Fewer Than 30,000 Births in Year to Mid-2026

Hong Kong Records Fewer Than 30,000 Births in Year to Mid-2026

Hong Kong recorded 29,700 births between mid-2025 and mid-2026, a record low, as...

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Allen Iverson Shows His People’s Champ Side After Helping Young Fan at Hong Kong Airport

Allen Iverson Shows His People’s Champ Side After Helping...

Allen Iverson’s playing days may be long behind him, but his connection with fans...

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Hong Kong Labour Minister Says Ethnic Minorities Can Help Belt and Road Ties

Hong Kong Labour Minister Says Ethnic Minorities Can Help...

Hong Kong labour minister Chris Sun told a youth summit that the city's ethnic minorities...

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Rapper Lil Durk Acquitted in Murder-for-Hire Trial, Faces October Retrial

Rapper Lil Durk Acquitted in Murder-for-Hire Trial, Faces...

Rapper Lil Durk was acquitted Friday of all charges in a federal murder-for-hire...

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2026 UPDATE: Thirteen years later, people still want a number

2026 UPDATE: Thirteen years later, people still want a...

I originally wrote this post in 2013 because journalists—and quite a few academics—kept...

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China’s Xi heads to India for BRICS summit overshadowed by wars

China’s Xi heads to India for BRICS summit overshadowed...

Wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, along with global energy security, are expected...

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Russia Hits Kyiv Petrol Stations With Jet-Powered Drones, Killing Two

Russia Hits Kyiv Petrol Stations With Jet-Powered Drones,...

Russia struck Kyiv petrol stations with jet-powered drones on Friday, killing at...

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Micron Offers Taiwan Staff Up to 68 Months’ Pay as Strike Looms

Micron Offers Taiwan Staff Up to 68 Months’ Pay as Strike...

Micron told employees on September 11 its Taiwan workers could receive up to 68...

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China beats the U.S. with $8.2 billion in imports from one of Africa’s largest economies, but there’s a problem

China beats the U.S. with $8.2 billion in imports from...

A recent report from Nigeria's National Bureau of Statistics has revealed that during...

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Putin Lands in Delhi for BRICS Summit Overshadowed by Iran and Ukraine Wars

Putin Lands in Delhi for BRICS Summit Overshadowed by Iran...

Putin and Xi joined Modi in New Delhi on Friday for a BRICS summit shaped by the...

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China beats the U.S. in one of Africa’s largest economies as $19.6bn in imports puts Beijing in the lead in Nigeria

China beats the U.S. in one of Africa’s largest economies...

A recent report from Nigeria's National Bureau of Statistics has revealed that during...

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Anthropic Accuses DeepSeek, Moonshot of Secretly Routing Users to Claude

Anthropic Accuses DeepSeek, Moonshot of Secretly Routing...

Anthropic said on Thursday that DeepSeek and Moonshot AI covertly routed user requests...

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Helena Gao, the Midnight Sun songwriter going viral in China

Helena Gao, the Midnight Sun songwriter going viral in...

Best known internationally as the Grammy-nominated songwriter behind Zara Larsson’s...

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Enflame Soars 188% in Shanghai Debut, Tapping China’s AI Chip Fever

Enflame Soars 188% in Shanghai Debut, Tapping China’s AI...

Nvidia rival Enflame surged as much as 188% on its Shanghai debut Friday, valuing...

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China Tells Manila to ‘Stop Lying’ After Defence Chief Reads Diplomatic Note Aloud

China Tells Manila to ‘Stop Lying’ After Defence Chief...

China accused Philippine officials of grandstanding after Manila's defence chief...

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Chinese experts study Namibia’s borehole drilling

Chinese experts study Namibia’s borehole drilling

A team of Chinese experts has arrived in Namibia for a two-week study on the possibility...

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Black in China: Life in China

Black in China: Life in China

Mike Raynaldo provides an authentic look at daily life, showcasing how technology...

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Ford Unveils $1 Billion Paint Shop at Kentucky Truck Plant After DOT Criticism

Ford Unveils $1 Billion Paint Shop at Kentucky Truck Plant...

Ford will invest $1 billion in a new paint shop at its Kentucky Truck Plant, its...

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