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US faces critical shortage of China expertise within a decade: report warns
The United States will face a “critical shortage” of China expertise within a decade that threatens to leave policymakers struggling to manage Washington’s most consequential strategic relationship, a report said on Mond...
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Court orders Bill Cosby to pay US$19 million to 84-year-old woman over sex abuse claim
A woman who said she was drugged and sexually assaulted by veteran US entertainer Bill Cosby was awarded more than US$19 million on Monday after a civil hearing in California. Donna Motsinger said she was working as a wa...
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Dozens of soldiers feared dead after Colombian military plane crashes on take-off
A Colombian Air Force plane carrying 125 people crashed just after takeoff deep in the country’s southern Amazon region on Monday, the air force said, and military sources said 71 people on board have been rescued. Colom...
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UK sending air defence systems to Gulf to help counter Iranian missile attacks: Starmer
Britain is sending short-range air defence systems to the Gulf to help counter Iranian missile attacks, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday. “We’re deploying short-range air defence systems to Bahrain at speed,” S...
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Iran built a camera network to control dissent, Israel made it a targeting tool
The role of Israel’s hijacking of Iran’s street cameras in the killing of the country’s supreme leader underscores how surveillance systems are increasingly being targeted by adversaries in wartime. Hundreds of millions...
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Hong Kong raises Iran, Israel travel alerts to black, expands amber warning
The Hong Kong government has raised the outbound travel alert for Iran and Israel to black, and expanded the amber alert to include Bahrain, Jordan, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The gover...
