6 h. ago China Set To Give Crypto Legal Recognition? Dumping of Seized Assets To Navigate Economic Slowdown Sparks Debates

China Set To Give Crypto Legal Recognition? Dumping of Seized Assets To Navigate Economic Slowdown Sparks Debates  Yahoo Finance

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11 h. ago Buddha tooth relic photo sparks Sri Lankan police investigation

Photography is prohibited during the viewing of the highly venerated relic, which went on display this month for the first time since 2009.

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13 h. ago With African mining interests at stake, China wades into DRC

As M23 rebels cause havoc in the DRC, China has taken the unusual step to speak out. But experts say it isn’t a total policy departure.

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13 h. ago With African mining interests at stake, China wades into DR Congo

As M23 rebels cause havoc in the DR Congo, China has taken the unusual step to speak out. But experts say it isn’t a total policy departure.

Politics

18 h. ago South Korea confronts unseen scars of AI sex crimes: ‘the law didn’t protect me’

Victims lament a lack of police help to resolve their cases, while sex educators call for a change in gender attitudes to tackle the scourge.

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18 h. ago Island infiltrators: Taiwan spy scandals expose frailty of political and military defences

As government aides are investigated, there is alarm over Beijing’s intensifying efforts to undermine Taiwanese authorities from within.

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21 h. ago Former Chongqing political official facing corruption investigation

Sun Zhengcai, the former secretary of Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, has been placed under investigation on suspicion of accepting bribes, according to the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Monday.

Politics

28 h. ago Trump officials say Harvard letter that sparked legal battle was sent by mistake: report

The Ivy League university declined to ‘surrender’ to the letter’s demands, prompting an escalating series of attacks by the US president.

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35 h. ago Hong Kong police arrest 4, seize HK$38 million of cocaine in drug crackdown

Officers discover 48kg of suspected cocaine after raiding 2,000 sq ft drug storage warehouse in Ta Kwu Ling.

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38 h. ago Hong Kong police arrest 8 over deepfake scams bypassing bank security checks

Successful attempts to open bank accounts involved images created by merging scammers’ faces and those on stolen ID cards using artificial intelligence, force says.

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38 h. ago 8 arrested over running Hong Kong scam ring, opening bank accounts with deepfakes

Successful attempts to open bank accounts involved images created by merging scammers’ faces and those on stolen ID cards using artificial intelligence, force says.

Economics

42 h. ago China’s museums get new mission: promote ethnic unity, counter ‘wrong historical views’

Ethnic policy chief Pan Yue tells training session that exhibits should emphasise unity over ethnic division between Han and minorities.

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45 h. ago Chinese woman cosplaying as Lady Rocky from Ne Zha film attacked after mistaken for Japanese

Man hurls insults at ‘helpless’ woman who passionately portrays character in public square, police launch investigation into incident.

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59 h. ago Malaysia’s Prasarana pulls deodorant ad amid racial insensitivity claims: ‘it stinks’

The ad featured a dark-skinned man with a religious marking and a light-skinned man with body odour, sparking accusations of racial insensitivity.

Politics

60 h. ago SCMP alerts Hong Kong police over bogus lookalike report on tycoon Li Ka

Fake article claims billionaire offered cryptocurrency investment advice during TV news interview.

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61 h. ago Shein, Temu to increase US prices next week after Trump’s tariffs, de minimis shift

In nearly identical statements, Shein and Temu said prices would increase following US policy changes expected to impact how they operate.

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62 h. ago In Thailand, viral video of tourist’s brawl with guards at Pattaya bar sparks probe

A video showed a shirtless tourist being knocked down with a single punch by a bouncer after the foreigner allegedly behaved inappropriately towards female bar staff.

Politics

3 d. ago Trump’s ‘America First’ policies bolster China's interests at the expense of our own

Trump’s ‘America First’ policies bolster China's interests at the expense of our own  MSNBC News

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3 d. ago Florida State University shooting: 2 dead, 4 wounded; injured suspect in custody

Police said the 20-year-old suspected gunman, believed to be a student at the university, is the son of a sheriff’s deputy.

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3 d. ago Trump is creating distance between Elon Musk and the White Houses’ China policy

Trump is creating distance between Elon Musk and the White Houses’ China policy  Fortune

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