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‘I’m Just a Regular Girl’: The ‘Narco’ Influencer Who Survived a Kidnapping
‘I’m Just a Regular Girl’: The ‘Narco’ Influencer Who Survived a Kidnapping
Nicole Pardo, the influencer known as La Nicholette, was kidnapped in Sinaloa in early…
Driven by AI demand, China on track to pass US as top nuclear energy producer
China is expected to overtake the United States as the world’s nuclear power leader, as the AI boom and war in the Middle East renew…
New Hong Kong law allows national security procedures to extend to older cases
Hong Kong’s new legislation enables certain criminal cases to be retroactively brought under national security procedures even if the alleged offences occurred before the 2020…
China delivers first samples collected from far side of the moon to Russian scientists
China has given Russia some of the first soil samples collected on the far side of the moon by the Chang’e-6 lunar lander.
On June 3,…
Pentagon blacklist raises spectre of investment curbs for Chinese tech firms
The Pentagon’s expanding blacklist of Chinese companies is increasing reputational risks for some of the country’s biggest technology firms and raising the prospect of future…

Swedbank fined $50 million by New York authorities over Panama Papers revelations
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The Subcontinent’s Philosophical Rupture