Federal cybersecurity and intelligence agencies on Tuesday accused six China-based artificial intelligence companies of running industrial-scale campaigns to extract proprietary features from leading U.S. models.DeepSeek,...
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Rescue workers continue to search for people trapped under the debris of a collapsed building in New Delhi, India, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. Manish Swarup/AP...
Police tape in a file photo. Stephen Maturen/Getty ImagesKUALA LUMPUR—Five people, including medical staff, died after a “flying doctor” service helicopter crashed in Malaysia on...
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News AnalysisIn a quiet administrative move late last month, the Department of Civil Affairs in China’s eastern province of Jiangsu banned 12 grassroots civic organizations....
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Published: 10:07am, 9 Sep 2026Updated: 1:05pm, 9 Sep 2026Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong’s first chief executive who oversaw the city’s 1997 return to Chinese rule, has died.According to a statement from his office issued in the early hours on Wednesday, he died on Tuesday at the age of 89, surrounded by his loved ones.It is understood that he died at the Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital.Tung was also a vice-chairman of China’s top political advisory body, the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.In this live blog, the South China Morning Post details how people from all walks of life remember Tung. Read...
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An elderly Chinese couple reported their granddaughter to the police after she took 20,000 yuan (US$3,000) and a gold bracelet from their home without permission,...
Published: 1:35pm, 9 Sep 2026Updated: 2:09pm, 9 Sep 2026Former Malaysian pilgrimage fund chairman Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to abusing his...
Published: 1:16pm, 9 Sep 2026Updated: 1:21pm, 9 Sep 2026Former Hong Kong lawmaker William Wong Kam-fai, who resigned after an alleged drink-driving incident, has been given...
China’s biotechnology market has “significantly” driven up the demand for primate experimental models as the market recovers, tightening the supply of laboratory monkeys, according to...
US President Donald Trump has condemned Australia’s recent moves to clamp down on social media – predominantly run by American tech companies – as “a...
Hong Kong will continue to serve as a gateway linking belt and road economies with mainland China and global markets, the chief executive has said,...
The first two F-16 Block 70 fighters bought by Taipei from the United States have yet to reach Taiwan, after spending more than two weeks...
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