81 m. ago Ministros de Exteriores de China y Pakistán acuerdan nuevos proyectos para corredor económico

Pakistán y China se comprometieron el jueves a expandir la cooperación económica y la inversión en el marco del Corredor Económico China-Pakistán, un programa emblemático de la Iniciativa del Cinturón y Ruta de la Seda de Beijing, según funcionarios.

Politics

1 hour ago Number of asylum seekers housed in hotels up 8% in a year, Home Office data shows

Rise comes despite applications being processed much faster than two years ago as backlog falls below 100,000 for first time since 2021UK politics live – latest updatesThe number of asylum seekers being housed in hotels has risen by 8% to 32,059 in a year, according to Home Office data.The data also shows that the government is processing asylum applications much more quickly, with 71,000 cases awaiting approval, relating to 91,000 people, compared with 134,000 two years ago. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Royal Navy warship HMS Trent and a Wildcat helicopter shadow Russian destroyer through British waters

During a five-day operation, the Portsmouth-based Offshore Patrol Vessel shadowed Russian destroyer Vice Admiral Kulakov and two tankers through the English Channel.

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2 h. ago Watchdog urged to probe ‘dangerous shambles’ of Afghan relocation data breaches

A freedom of information request by the BBC revealed there have been 49 data breaches in the past four years.

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2 h. ago Portsmouth student from Turkey aims for Oxbridge after all grade 9 GCSE success

Tuna Lokman, who came to the UK when he was 10, says his dream is to get into Oxford or Cambridge to study maths or data science.

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3 h. ago Two sailors injured after fire rages on US warship in Japan for more than 12 hours

Japanese military and coastguard step in to help US sailors fight fire, which raged into small hours of Thursday morning

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3 h. ago US sailor convicted of espionage for leaking warship data to China

Jinchao Wei’s mother urged him to continue spying, believing it could help him secure a job with the Chinese government

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3 h. ago China races to build world’s largest solar farm to meet emission targets

China has been installing solar panels at a blistering pace, far faster than anywhere else in the world

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3 h. ago Xi Jinping becomes first Chinese president to attend controversial anniversary celebrations in Tibet

His visit marks 60 years of China’s rule as Tibetans abroad call it an attempt to whitewash repression

Politics

4 h. ago How Starmer opened the floodgates on asylum claims: Record 111,000 in Labour's first year in power despite PM's pledge to 'smash the gangs'

Official government data shows 111,084 people claimed asylum in the year to June, up 14 per cent on the previous 12 months.

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4 h. ago Judges question Jimmy Lai’s freedom of expression defence as trial nears end

British media tycoon’s marathon sedition trial in Hong Kong is drawing to a close

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5 h. ago Gran ceremonia y desfile conmemoran 60 años de gobierno del Partido Comunista Chino en Tíbet

Ante la mirada del líder Xi Jinping, China conmemoró el jueves 60 años de gobierno del Partido Comunista en el Tíbet con discursos y un desfile frente al palacio Potala del siglo XVII, el hogar del Dalái Lama hasta que huyó a la India en 1959.

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5 h. ago China is expanding into digital currencies, hoping to promote use of its 'people's money'

China has been expanding use of digital currencies as it promotes wider use of its yuan, or renminbi, to reflect its status as the world's second-largest economy

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6 h. ago Grand ceremony and parade mark 60 years of Chinese Communist Party rule in Tibet

China has marked 60 years of Communist Party rule in Tibet with a parade and speeches in front of the Potala Palace

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6 h. ago Coldplay’s Chris Martin fights back tears as superfan travels 5000 miles from China to join him for unforgettable duet

Chris Martin fought back tears as a Chinese superfan travelled 5000 miles to watch Coldplay in Hull, joining him on stage for an unforgettable duet.

Sport

7 h. ago Prosecutors say Sean 'Diddy' Combs' request for acquittal or new trial should be swiftly rejected

Federal prosecutors are urging a judge to quickly reject Sean “Diddy” Combs' request that he throw out a jury verdict or order a new trial after a jury convicted the music maven of two prostitution-related charges

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7 h. ago Chinese man jailed for 8 years in US for smuggling arms to North Korea

Chinese man sent consignment of firearms and ammunition to North Korea via China

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8 h. ago North Korea has secret military base that may pose threat to east Asia and US, new report says

The ‘undeclared’ Sinpung-dong missile operating base is just 27km from the border with China, report by US thinktank saysNorth Korea has built a secret military base near its border with China which may house Pyongyang’s newest long-range ballistic missiles, according to new research.The “undeclared” Sinpung-dong missile operating base lies about 27km (17 miles) from the Chinese frontier, the Washington-based thinktank Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) said in a report published on Wednesday. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Pressure grows on Tanzania to free victim of domestic violence who has been on death row for 13 years

Lemi Limbu, who was convicted of murdering her daughter, has severe intellectual disabilities and ‘absolutely should not be in prison’, say campaignersPressure is mounting on the Tanzanian government to release a woman with severe intellectual disabilities who has been in prison awaiting execution for 13 years.Lemi Limbu, who is now in her early 30s, was convicted of the murder of her daughter in 2015. A survivor of brutal and repeated sexual and domestic violence, she has the developmental age of a child. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago A soldier in New Zealand is sentenced to two years in military prison for attempted espionage

A New Zealand soldier, who pleaded guilty to attempted espionage, has been sentenced Wednesday to two years in military prison followed by discharge from the army

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