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Japan’s Environment Ministry is stepping up measures against longhorn beetles that are devouring cherry trees, with a request for 6.7 billion yen (US$43 million) to…
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3 stray mongrels captured after cyclist dies in suspected dog attack
Hong Kong authorities have captured three stray mongrels near a road in Yuen Long after a female cyclist was suspected of having died in a…
Philippine tribe vows to stand ground against US-led Pax Silica: ‘listen to us’
Tribal leader Petronila Munoz walked across the sweeping Philippine grasslands she has called home for generations, uncertain about its future, as a sprawling tech hub…
Chinese woman in her 70s wakes up in coffin before dying for good 2 days later
A woman in her 70s in northern China briefly exhibited signs of life after being placed in a coffin, but ultimately died two days later.
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As the US weighs restrictions on cloud computing, how will China’s AI sector adapt?
When Chinese artificial intelligence developers want to train their next-generation frontier models, they all face the same daunting wall: they cannot legally buy the world’s…
Mainland China’s stock exchanges mount charm offensive amid Hong Kong IPO boom
Mainland China’s stock exchanges have stepped up lobbying of companies and regulators to prioritise domestic listings after Hong Kong stole their thunder in fundraising activities…