امارت اسلامیہ افغانستان نے پاکستان، روس، چین اور ایران کے اس مؤقف کا خیرمقدم کیا ہے جس میں ان ممالک نے افغانستان میں کسی بھی بیرونی فوجی اڈے کے قیام کی مخالفت کی ہے۔ امارت اسلامیہ افغانستان کے نائب ترجمان حمد اللہ فطرت نے کہا ہے کہ غیر ملکی فوجی اڈے کے قیام کے خلاف پاکستان، روس، چین اور ایران …
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After four extensions of the statutory deadline to ban TikTok or force its Chinese owners to divest, US President Donald Trump has now signed an executive order transferring the app to US ownership. The announcement follows years of diplomatic sparring, bureaucratic manoeuvring, repeated efforts by federal and state governments to curtail the platform and even a ruling from the US …
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China’s full artificial intelligence technology stack was on display at this year’s Apsara Conference, the annual gathering of Alibaba Cloud users and developers held every September in Hangzhou, capital of eastern Zhejiang province. Downpours on Wednesday failed to keep crowds away following an opening speech by Alibaba CEO Eddie Wu Yongming, where he announced new AI infrastructure spending beyond the …
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Iran has recalled its ambassadors to Britain, France and Germany, according to its state media. The move came hours after the UN Security Council voted down a resolution backed by China and Russia seeking to prevent the reimposition of global sanctions against the Islamic republic. China and Russia tabled a draft resolution on Friday aimed at halting the snapback mechanism …
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This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. New users who download our updated app get a seven-day free trial. Hong Kong’s Observatory has warned of windy weather and swells for the rest of the weekend under the effects of a typhoon in the South China Sea …
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Obtaining a visa to enter mainland China often requires filling out pages of paperwork, paying more than US$100, and waiting days for the documents to be processed. But for a growing number of visitors, some hurdles have been lowered or removed entirely as Beijing continues to relax visa-free entry rules to attract more foreign visitors and boost the nation’s tourism …
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Top trade negotiators from India and the United States failed to resolve their tariff dispute during talks on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week, with New Delhi urging Washington to drop levies linked to Russian energy imports, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the negotiations. US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer met Indian …
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US President Donald Trump held talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House on Thursday and signalled that the United States might soon lift its hold on sales of advanced fighter aircraft to Ankara. During Trump’s first term, the US removed Turkey, a Nato ally, from its flagship F-35 programme after Turkey bought an air defence system …
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An expert warned that NATO and the U.S. are (Image: Getty / AP) Following the recent onslaught of Russian drone incursions into NATO airspace, a former US State Department official said the defence bloc is ultimately “not prepared” to handle a new warfare tactic unleashed by Russian President Vladimir Putin — drone swarms. A couple of weeks ago, the Polish …
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A woman in China who was raped by her boss on a business trip and later sacked has had her ordeal ruled an “industrial injury” by the authorities. She subsequently sued the company and is demanding it pay her two million yuan (US$280,000) in compensation. The classification of her sexual assault as such is the first of its kind in …
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