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China honour guards undergo rigorous training – precise marching, standing still for 3 hours

The Chinese soldier who went viral for remaining completely still as the US presidential aircraft, Air Force One, taxied nearby during a recent visit to China by Donald Trump, has spoken about the rigours of his job. Liu Zhencheng, 23, who serves in the Beijing Armed Police Corps, was on duty when the US delegation touched down in Beijing. The armed police follow the rules of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), receive the same treatment as the PLA and obey the leadership of the Central Military

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33d06/01

Goldman Sachs Sees Oil Demand Destruction Offsetting Supply Shock Risks

Demand destruction resulting from higher prices will somewhat soften the blow from physically tighter oil markets, Goldman Sachs commodity analysts said in a note. “We see significant upside price risks from potentially more persistent Mideast supply losses but also meaningful price downside from weaker demand,” the team said, as quoted by Bloomberg. “Actual end-use oil demand may have fallen more in response to higher prices than expected.” The investment bank’s analysts estimate that the exten

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34d06/01

Sequence of loan repayment and restructuring

To families with very high incomes: did you first pay off your home loan (variable interest rate over 25 years, currently 665k remaining debt, approx. 3.3% effective interest rate) Etf: approx. 160k, daily allowance approx. 70k Additionally: small renovated holiday apartment in a ski resort in Austria, which we want to sell and hope to get 250-300k for. The question is how and when it will sell... Originally we didn't want to make a lot of special repayments but rather save for the renovation and then renovate it in 2-3 years (approx. 55

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34d06/01

Nvidia, Unitree and Sharpa unite to design humanoid robot that can perform ‘real work’

Nvidia has partnered with Chinese robotics champion Unitree Robotics and Singapore robotic hand maker Sharpa to release a new humanoid robot reference design to accelerate innovation in the global humanoid industry, the US chip giant’s CEO, Jensen Huang, announced on Monday. The new design, called H2+ or Isaac GR00T, will support industry-wide humanoid robotics research by streamlining the full development workflow for developers, including data collection, policy training and real-world...

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34d06/01

Fire kills 5 in South Korea after blast at defence giant Hanwha Aerospace’s factory

Five people have died and two others were injured in a fire at a factory operated by South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace in the city of Daejeon, authorities said on Monday. The two survivors, including one who was badly burned, had escaped from the facility themselves, a fire official told a briefing. “Authorities have yet to identify the victims ‌because their bodies were severely damaged,” a health official told the same briefing. A fire official said that an explosion had triggered the blaze,...

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US says struck Iran military sites, Tehran responds by targeting base

The US said it struck Iranian military sites at the weekend and Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Monday it had targeted a US base in response, the latest in a series of exchanges amid negotiations to end the three-month-old ‌war. The strikes on Iran’s Gulf coast were in response to “aggressive Iranian actions that included the shootdown of a US MQ-1 drone that was operating over international waters,” the US Central Command said in a post on X. “US fighter aircraft swiftly responded by...

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US Strikes Iran’s Air Defence, Ground Control Station After MQ-1 Shootdown Amid Ongoing Talks

The US launched airstrikes on Iranian radar and drone control sites after Iran shot down a US MQ-1 drone over international waters. The strikes targeted systems in Goruk and Qeshm Island, neutralizing air defenses and attack drones that threatened regional ships. No American personnel were harmed in the operation. submitted by /u/Aware_Apartment_8959 [link] [comments]

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34d06/01

Chinese archaeologist pleads guilty, firms flee Singapore’s costs: 5 weekend reads you missed

We have put together stories from our coverage last weekend to help you stay informed about news across Asia and beyond. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Chinese archaeologist who discovered 5,000-year-old city pleads guilty to corruption 2. Hong Kong body took action after teacher carried female student like bride 3. ‘Clear-eyed’ on China: the takeaways from Pete Hegseth’s Shangri-La speech 4. Rising costs in Singapore spur business migration as...

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