Tag: East Asia
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Rescuers race to find survivors after landslide in southwest China’s Chongqing
Even as rain eased slightly, unstable wet weather conditions have made the search and rescue operation more challenging, officials said.
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North Korean foreign minister on official visit to Russia, state media say
Top diplomat Choe Son Hui has flown to Moscow for talks with her Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, North Korea’s state-run Korean Central News Agency reported on Sunday (Jul 19).
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From heavy floods to tornadoes and typhoons: How a faster-warming China is battling more climate extremes
Floods, fierce storms and rising temperatures are signs of a landmass country warming faster than the global average, experts say.
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US lifts some Hong Kong sanctions imposed by Trump, autonomy status unchanged
China had earlier announced that the US decision to allow the expiration of Trump’s national emergency declaration over Hong Kong would restore the territory’s special trade and economic status, but US officials disputed this assessment.
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Hong Kong wraps up probe into ‘preventable’ deadly fire
HONG KONG: A devastating fire that ripped through a Hong Kong apartment complex last year and killed 168 people was “preventable”, lawyers told a committee investigating the blaze in closing statements on Friday (Jul
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Landslide buries residents in southwest China’s Chongqing
BEIJING: An unknown number of people were buried after a landslide struck a county in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing on Friday (Jul 17), causing multiple residential buildings downhill to collapse, according to state media.Preliminary verification indicated that a Pengshui county community worker
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China’s Moonshot AI chases ‘DeepSeek moment’ with much-hyped model
Kimi K3 drew excitement from industry insiders, with some evoking a 2025 release from China’s DeepSeek that shook assumptions of US dominance in AI.
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China’s Xi says AI should not be dominated by one country
“We should jointly oppose overstretching the national security concept in the field of AI or placing one country’s security over that of others,” said China’s President Xi Jinping.
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Japan imperial rules tweaked but still no woman emperor
TOKYO: Japan’s parliament enacted changes to the imperial succession law on Friday (Jul 17) but maintained the bar on a woman becoming emperor despite surveys suggesting wide public support for the idea.The future of the imperial household – mythically descended from the Shinto sun goddess Amaterasu – hinges
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Japan PM Sanae Takaichi’s approval rating below 50% for first time
Top reasons cited for disapproval included “cannot hope for much” and “poor policies”.
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