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EU firms need to abandon overreliance on China and US, chamber report warns
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European Union Chamber of Commerce in China urges companies to “eliminate single-source dependencies”.
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China and Russia must be on guard to stop Japan causing trouble: ex-diplomat
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Wu Hailong tells forum that Tokyo ‘has never truly reflected on or repented its crimes of aggression’ during World War II.
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Malaysian woman in skirt forced to buy trousers to enter police station
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A minister has urged a review of guidelines on attire following the incident, saying ‘people don’t dress up in anticipation of crime’.
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Autistic Scottish artist Nnena Kalu wins UK’s Turner Prize https://t.co/3IxT3Gs0tT
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The Glaswegian is known for her large-scale abstract drawings and hanging sculptures.
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Opinion | How to preserve Europe’s liberty in the Trump 2.0 era
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If Europe truly values liberty, it must build the means to defend it and start finally seeing the world as it is, not as it remembers it.
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Trump threatens funding for Chicago transit after woman set on fire https://t.co/LZzAImo08I
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The Illinois governor says the US president is politicising a ‘heinous tragedy’ in which a man is accused of dousing the victim in petrol.
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China reveals radio communication heard before mid-air standoff with Japanese fighter jets https://t.co/Z9IZbafPwx
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State broadcaster CCTV released the clip as evidence to show that a warning was issued and confirmed before the incident took place.
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Nepal charges Chinese contractor with corruption over airport deal
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A watchdog alleges the company colluded with ex-ministers to inflate costs and siphon off US$74 million from the Pokhara airport project.
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Chinese boy Yuanxin, 6, speaks with father for first time since ICE detention https://t.co/Z7QoR85XBk
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Phone call brings ‘relief’ to father, though officials still will not say where the child is being held.
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Member of UK armed forces killed in Ukraine accident, Britain says https://t.co/iULCEJFygP
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The deceased had been observing Kyiv’s forces test a new defensive capability at a site away from the front lines.
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Hundreds of Hong Kong tourists safe after powerful earthquake rocks Japan
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About 20 tour groups from Hong Kong were in the country when 7.5-magnitude tremor hit northern Japan, triggering megaquake warning.
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Judge approves release of Ghislaine Maxwell sex trafficking case records
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The ruling follows Trump signing the Epstein Files Transparency Act, requiring the Justice Department make records public by December 19.
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Former Chinese senior banker executed for taking US$155 million in bribes
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Bai is the second senior figure from Huarong to be put to death for corruption following the execution of Lai Xiaomin in 2021.
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‘Could go extinct here’: orangutans at risk as Indonesia floods devastate habitat
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Orangutans have disappeared since landslides struck Sipirok in North Sumatra province.
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China prankster injures girlfriend by accident, fakes car crash for insurance cash
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Argumentative couple stage ‘accident’ in remote location but their ill-conceived criminal scheme unravels when police step in.
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Eyeing mainland China, Taiwan passes stiffer penalties for undersea cable damage
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Island’s legislature moves to deter rise in intentional sabotage, which now carries a prison sentence of up to seven years.
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Hong Kong tram driver faces jail over crash that killed girl, 3
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Li Yaodong, 50, found guilty of careless driving when tram struck the girl, her sister, grandfather and family helper as they crossed street.
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DeepSeek’s Liang Wenfeng among top 10 ‘people who shaped science in 2025’
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British journal Nature’s top 10 list gives credit to the man behind the widely acclaimed, Chinese-developed R1 reasoning AI model.
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Hong Kong shuts Tsing Yi hiking trails amid links to 5 local chikungunya cases
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Centre for Health Protection to undertake large-scale mosquito control on the trails after hikers test positive for the disease.
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Chinese-born architect Wang Fei dies in suspected car crash in London
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Tributes to the ‘distinguished architectural educator, scholar and curator’ from Syracuse University say he was killed on Monday.
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