27 m. ago Public shock as China construction worker trio hung on gate by harnesses in safety training

‘Punishment’ for safety lapses praised by some while others reject it as akin to humiliating public shaming methods meted out in ancient China.

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6 h. ago Israeli military says it intercepts 2 missiles launched from Yemen

Israeli said it also downed a missile launched from Yemen earlier in the day after sirens blared in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.

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8 h. ago Israel fires Shin Bet intelligence chief Ronen Bar, defying protests

Bar said the decision to sack him was driven by ‘completely different, extraneous and fundamentally unacceptable motives’.

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11 h. ago Scotland’s former leader Nicola Sturgeon cleared in investigation into party finances

Police had investigated fate of US$730,000 raised for Scottish National Party campaign. Sturgeon has said she will not stand for re-election.

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16 h. ago Police arrest US hospital worker who shot colleague in car park

The shooting occurred at Corewell Health Beaumont Troy Hospital in a northern suburb of Detroit in Michigan state.

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19 h. ago Indonesia passes contentious changes to military law amid protests

Civil society groups have criticised the changes, saying it could take Indonesia back to the draconian era of former president Suharto.

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20 h. ago China's surging military activity around Taiwan appears to be 'using the enemy to train the troops'

China's surging military activity around Taiwan appears to be 'using the enemy to train the troops'  Business Insider

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20 h. ago Hong Kong father found guilty of murdering girl, 3, by violently shaking her

A seven-member High Court jury reaches unanimous verdict and finds Lau Kai-ping, 42, guilty of murdering daughter Leung Nga-sze.

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22 h. ago EU defence white paper says China’s military action risks ‘major disruption’ for Europe

Paper warns geopolitical shifts are something ‘we have been warned about many times but is now happening faster than many had anticipated’.

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23 h. ago Israeli strikes across Gaza kill at least 40, according to hospitals

Israel again bombarded Gaza after announcing renewed ground operations.

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23 h. ago Israeli strikes across Gaza kill at least 58 Palestinians, hospitals say

Israel resumes its bombing campaign after announcing renewed ground operations in central and southern Gaza.

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24 h. ago Former US defence researcher Zhan Hanyu joins China’s elite aerospace university

Zhan joins university named on US Entity List because of ties to China’s military after involvement in many American research projects.

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24 h. ago EU investigates BYD's Hungary plant for potential unfair Chinese subsidies, FT reports

EU investigates BYD's Hungary plant for potential unfair Chinese subsidies, FT reports  Reuters.com

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25 h. ago China's Baidu denies data breach after executive's daughter leaks personal info

China's Baidu denies data breach after executive's daughter leaks personal info  Reuters.com

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29 h. ago More military technologies targeted for civilian sector to boost economy

China will strengthen innovation by developing high-tech industries with military technologies to boost military-civil integration, a move that aims to cultivate new growth drivers and boost the economy, said a recent State Council guideline.

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29 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.

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30 h. ago Israel investigating UN worker’s death in Gaza, military denies responsibility for blast

5 others injured in explosion at UN building in Deir al-Balah. Bulgaria said one of its citizens working for UN was killed in Gaza.

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30 h. ago Israel investigating UN worker’s death in Gaza, military denies striking compound

Five also injured in explosion at UN building that UNOPS chief Jorge Moreira da Silva said ‘was not an accident’.

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32 h. ago China’s military in frugal mode as it seeks best bang for its yuan

Armed forces must make greatest use of limited resources, PLA officers tell personnel in throes of modernisation push.

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32 h. ago Alaska plane was overweight for icy conditions in crash that killed 10: US investigators

Bering Air crash in February was one of Alaska’s deadliest plane crashes this century and third major US aviation mishap in an 8-day stretch.

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