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Hong Kong’s aviation industry will suffer greatly if the United States slaps export curbs on American-made critical software to the city, experts have warned. The sector relied heavily on this technology, making it nearly impossible to find alternative solutions, they said. US President Donald Trump earlier threatened to curb the export of “any and all critical software” to China amid …

Kiev’s forces won’t be able to operate long-range missiles without Washington’s direct involvement, the president has said The US will not help Ukraine fire long-range Tomahawk missiles at Russian forces, President Donald Trump has said, adding that training Kiev’s troops to operate the weapon would take many months. Speaking during a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte at the White …

The Chinese government’s recent announcement of more export controls on rare earth-related items marks a significant shift in global economic statecraft. The new measures, covering a spectrum of rare earth elements, other critical materials and relevant processing technologies, have been justified as measures to safeguard national security and fulfil non-proliferation obligations. The controls aim to deny the use of the …

Ukrainian drones have sown chaos and panic across Russia after a series of lethal strikes caused massive damage to energy infrastructure and military-industrial sites. The devastating attacks occurred in the early hours of Wednesday morning in Dagestan and Mordovia. Ukraine has stepped up its aerial bombardments of Russia in an attempt to disrupt supplies of fuel and ammunition to Putin’s …

Donald Trump furiously denied lifting major restrictions on Ukraine’s use of Western long-range missiles, but left a cryptic message in doing so. The US president took to his Truth Social in response to a bombshell report by The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday night. Trump has effectively washed his hands of responsibility over Zelensky’s use of long-range missiles, which is …

Several people have been killed in the blast, the governor of Chelyabinsk Region has said At least four people have been killed after a major explosion rocked a manufacturing plant in the Russian city of Kopeysk on Wednesday, according to Aleksey Teksler, the governor of Chelyabinsk Region. The incident appears not to be linked to any drone attacks, the governor …

The European Union is deliberately opposing peace efforts involving Moscow and Washington in order to continue profiting from the Ukraine conflict, Russia’s envoy to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Yulia Zhdanova, has claimed. US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed during a recent phone call to meet in Hungary, a development that reportedly …

North Korea launched its first ballistic missiles in five months in what appeared to be an ominous warning to Donald Trump ahead of his visit to Asia. The US President is scheduled to visit Malaysia, Japan and South Korea in a whirlwind tour in the coming days. He is expected to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit while in …

The director of the Louvre on Wednesday admitted there was inadequate security camera coverage of the outside walls of the museum, three days after a brazen daytime heist stunned the French capital. Senators grilled Laurence des Cars over how thieves were able on Sunday to make off with an estimated €88 million (US$102 million) in jewels from the world-famous museum …

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Wednesday that he and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent would travel to Malaysia later that day as scheduled to meet with Chinese officials over what he called Beijing’s “incredibly aggressive” measures to curb rare earth exports. The meeting is seen as a stepping stone to a sit-down in South Korea next week on the …