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Guangdong has named Huawei Technologies’ artificial intelligence chips and HarmonyOS operating system as flagship achievements in China’s drive for technological self-sufficiency. The push by China’s wealthiest province – whose gross domestic product is larger than that of South Korea – to highlight home-grown innovation came as local governments faced mounting peer pressure to support Beijing’s strategic goals. Guangdong, which includes …

The search for MH370 is set to resume (Image: Getty) When Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 vanished without a trace over a decade ago it sparked one of aviation’s most baffling mysteries. Despite multiple searches, investigators still don’t know exactly what happened to the plane or its 239 passengers and crew. The Malaysian government said on Wednesday (December 3) that US …

An F-16 fighter jet has crashed near Trona Airport in San Bernardino County, California. Unconfirmed social media accounts say the aircraft crashed into a “dry lake bed” near Trona Airport, with locals reporting hearing a “really loud boom”. Photos from the scene showed black smoke billowing into the California sky shortly after 11am local time (7pm in the UK). The …

The meeting comes under a US-brokered ceasefire between West Jerusalem and Hezbollah that has been in effect since November 2024 Israel and Lebanon have conducted their first direct talks in decades as part of a US-brokered ceasefire that ended the war between the Jewish State and the military group Hezbollah. Civilian representatives from both sides met on Wednesday at the …

Russian forces have cut off supply lines to soldiers trapped in Dmitrov, the outlet reports Five Ukrainian brigades are virtually encircled in the town of Dmitrov (known as Mirnograd in Ukraine) after Russian forces captured the nearby city of Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk), a Ukrainian soldier on the ground told the German outlet Bild. The Russian army has effectively cut off all …

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday described the United States as an ally to both mainland China and Taiwan, while at the same time asserting that its relationships have not shifted, hours after US President Donald Trump enacted legislation deepening US ties with the self-governed island. Asked about concerns among some in Washington about the Trump administration’s approach to …

By Vitaly Ryumshin, journalist and political analyst The corruption scandal that has dominated Ukrainian politics for weeks has finally reached its first major endpoint. Under mounting domestic and international pressure, Vladimir Zelensky has dismissed Andrey Yermak, his chief of staff, closest confidant, and the de facto second most powerful man in the country. For years, Yermak was widely viewed as the …

A woman believed to be the exiled daughter of Vladimir Putin has been confronted about the war in Ukraine, video footage shared online appears to show. East European media outlet, Nexta, posted the clip on social media on Wednesday (December 3). It said Yelizaveta Krivonogikh was in Paris when a Ukrainian journalist spotted her. The same footage includes translated subtitles …

The scheme would force Belgium-based Euroclear to fund a new ‘reparations’ loan for Ukraine using frozen Russian money The EU will press ahead with its plan to seize Russia’s immobilized central bank assets to arm Ukraine, brushing aside objections from Belgium, which hosts most of the funds. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen issued the statement on Wednesday, outlining …

EXPERT OPINION — South Korea’s Korea Institute for Defense Analysis recently publicly stated that we underestimated North Korea’s nuclear weapons program. According to their analysis, North Korea has between 127 and 150 nuclear weapons (not 50 to 60 nuclear weapons), and by 2030 they will have 200 nuclear weapons, reaching 400 nuclear weapons by 2040. At the eighth Central Committee …