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China warns popular phone games may provide map data to train foreign military AI models

China’s top anti-espionage agency on Monday warned gamers that a company with overseas defence ties may be obtaining geospatial data via an augmented reality game. The warning quoted media reports about “the militarisation of civilian data” that said billions of environmental scans from a popular mobile phone game were being used to train AI models with potential battlefield applications. In a social media post, Beijing’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) cited reports that said an AI company...

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Confirmed Ebola cases in Congo at 1,274, including 360 deaths

As more patients recover from the world’s largest recorded Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak, doctors are beginning to piece together how the rare virus behaves, offering the clearest picture yet of one of the disease’s least-studied strains. The number of recoveries reported by Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) health authorities almost doubled in a week, rising to 148 on Thursday from 80 on June 18, even as treatment centres admit dozens of patients daily. ⁠The DRC said late on ⁠Sunday that...

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Oil Prices Climb as U.S.-Iran Flare-Up Shakes Market Complacency

Oil prices were climbing early on Monday morning after a fresh escalation between the U.S. and Iran over the weekend. The price rise was relatively delayed, as markets continue to price in a potential peace deal while discounting more bullish geopolitical catalysts. A growing number of analysts have been arguing that markets are being too optimistic about a quick return of Hormuz traffic and too complacent about the continued drawdown in global inventories to multi-decade lows. At the time of wr

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China pledges extra US$14.7 million in earthquake relief to Venezuela

China is providing an additional 100 million yuan (US$14.7 million) worth of relief items to Venezuela after two earthquakes last week left at least 1,450 dead, including eight Chinese citizens. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun on Monday said Beijing had decided to furnish the relief items in addition to cash aid already extended to the country. China had also provided satellite images of the affected areas to support Venezuela’s relief operations, he added, noting that Chinese...

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Hong Kong proposes cooling-off period for beauty, gym deals to curb hard-sell tactics

Hong Kong has proposed a statutory seven-day cooling-off period and a 14-day refund window for prepaid beauty and fitness contracts as part of efforts to strengthen consumer protection amid persistent complaints about unfair trade practices and high-pressure sales tactics. The measures form part of three major policy recommendations suggested by the government as it launched a two-month public consultation on Monday aimed at addressing enforcement gaps under the Trade Descriptions Ordinance in..

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82% of Wang Fuk Court flat owners accept buy-back offer before priority deadline

More than 80 per cent of owners of the fire-ravaged housing estate, Wang Fuk Court, have accepted the Hong Kong government’s buy-back offer, a day before the deadline for them to secure priority flat selection under a special sales plan. The Housing Bureau said in a statement on Monday that it had received a total of 1,635 signed letters of acceptance, accounting for about 82.4 per cent of the total number of flats in the estate’s eight blocks. “Among them, 1,429 letters came from the seven...

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Malaysia narrows hunt for replacement missiles after Norway axes contract

Malaysia has narrowed its search for a replacement anti-ship missile system to four potential suppliers after Norway revoked an export licence for a deal that Kuala Lumpur said was already more than 90 per cent paid for. The cancellation came after Oslo tightened arms-export rules in a shift that analysts say reveals how access to advanced arms can depend as much on supplier-country politics as on signed contracts. Turkey, South Korea and two unspecified European nations were being assessed as..

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‘You are a hero’: Yunnan’s sole female anti-drug chief champions women in drug war

An anti-narcotics police officer in China who has been working on the frontline without obscuring her identity for the past nine years, incurring more than 10 injuries, has won massive admiration from the mainland public. Li Xiangli is the only female police station chief in Yunnan province, located in the southwestern part of the country. She and her 47 colleagues are stationed at a checkpoint in Yongren county on the border between Yunnan and Sichuan province, where their main duty is to...

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U.S. Pipeline Giant Eyes $5.5 Billion Deal to Expand LNG Reach

U.S. natural gas pipeline giant Williams could be close to one of its biggest acquisitions ever as it is in late-stage talks to acquire gas pipeline operator Momentum Midstream in a deal estimated to be worth about $5.5 billion, sources with knowledge of the development have told Bloomberg. Tulsa-based Williams could announce within weeks the deal to buy Momentum Midstream from private equity firm EnCap Flatrock Midstream, according to Bloomberg’s anonymous sources. The agreement is not a done d

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36 Afghan civilians die in Pakistan air strikes, 160 injured: officials

Overnight ground operations and strikes by Pakistani forces have killed at least 36 civilians and injured more than 160 others, Afghan officials said on Monday, as tensions between the neighbours further escalated. One official said the attacks would be met with retaliation. Pakistani security forces carried out a ground operation along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border late on Sunday, followed by strikes against militant hideouts and safe havens, killing 29 fighters, Pakistan’s Information...

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