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‘Many’ children injured in car crash at school in China, reports say

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Videos circulating on Chinese social media show screaming children and people lying injured on the ground. Multiple schoolchildren have been injured following a car crash outside a school in central China’s Hunan province, state media outlets have reported. “Many” children were injured in the incident, but the specific number of casualties is still being determined, […]

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Eight killed in stabbing attack at school in eastern China, police say

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Suspect arrested after attack at the Wuxi Vocational Institute of Arts and Technology in Yixing county, police say. Eight people have been killed and 17 others wounded in a knife attack at a vocational school in Wuxi city, eastern China, police said. The suspect – a former student – has been arrested, police said on

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Palau president hits out at China as re-election confirmed

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The president says Chinese research vessels keep coming to Palau’s waters. The pro-Western president of Palau has hit out at China as his re-election was confirmed. The electoral committee formally declared President Surangel Whipps Jr’s victory in the vote on Wednesday. He was quick to double down on his pro-US credentials as he joined the

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South China Sea: new Philippine laws that sparked Beijing’s fury to ‘stress’ foreign ships

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In a move that has sent ripples through the South China Sea, the Philippines has enacted two new laws aimed at clarifying maritime routes. Officials insist these measures are not about expanding territory, but observers warn that foreign vessels may soon face “stresses” as they adapt to Manila’s newly defined sea lanes. The Maritime Zones

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U.S. Turns to China to Stop North Korean Troops From Fighting for Russia

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The Biden administration is turning to an unlikely interlocutor as North Korean troops move into combat position to help Russia in its war in Ukraine. To convey threats to North Korea, U.S. officials are talking to China. And American officials say they hope the conversations further stoke any suspicions China might feel about the troop

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How Russia, China and Iran Are Interfering in the Presidential Election

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When Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, spreading divisive and inflammatory posts online to stoke outrage, its posts were brash and riddled with spelling errors and strange syntax. They were designed to get attention by any means necessary. “Hillary is a Satan,” one Russian-made Facebook post read. Now, eight years later, foreign interference

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US finalises restrictions on AI, semiconductor investments in China

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Treasury Department says curbs will ensure US investment does not advance technologies that threaten national security. The United States has finalised rules that limit investments in critical technology sectors in China such as artificial intelligence on national security grounds, the Treasury Department has announced. The restrictions will bar US citizens and permanent residents, as well

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China Turns Up the Heat on Taiwan With Live-Fire Drills

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China said it would carry out live-fire military drills in the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, the latest in a recent drumbeat of military activity that has once again heightened tensions in the region. Tuesday’s drills come a week after the Chinese military launched record-setting exercises aimed at showing a potential blockade of Taiwan. They also

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Taiwan says four employees of Apple supplier Foxconn arrested in China

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Workers reportedly arrested in Zhengzhou for equivalent of breach of trust. Taipei, Taiwan – Four Taiwanese employees of Apple supplier Foxconn have been detained in China since January, Taiwan’s national news agency has reported. The workers were detained in Zhengzhou, the home of Foxconn’s largest iPhone factory, by the local public security bureau for the

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China says test-launched ICBM with ‘dummy warhead’ into Pacific

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First public test-launch of missile likely to raise concerns about China’s nuclear build-up. China has said it test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) into the Pacific Ocean. The ICBM, carrying a dummy warhead, was launched by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Rocket Force at 8.44am (00:55 GMT) on Wednesday and “fell into expected sea areas”,

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