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Trump’s Golden Dome will combat China’s ‘hypersonic weapons, cruise missiles’

The United States has “no defence against hypersonic weapons or cruise missiles”, a senior Pentagon official told Congress on Monday, as US President Donald Trump’s US$185 billion Golden Dome missile shield faces continued scepticism. “The Golden Dome will strengthen deterrence by denying adversaries the ability to achieve their objectives through coercion or aggression,” Marc Berkowitz, the assistant secretary of de...

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Plane crash in South Sudan kills 14

A small plane crashed on Monday in South Sudan near the capital Juba, killing all 13 passengers and the pilot, local officials said. On top of instability, conflict and poverty, South Sudan also lacks reliable transport infrastructure with frequent plane crashes attributed to overloading and bad weather. The plane was a Cessna that departed Juba International Airport at 9.15am local time and crashed about 20km (12 mi...

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'I am not a rapist': Donald Trump erupts in interview as media dinner shooting fallout deepens

President Trump angrily denounced a journalist for reading excerpts from a suspect's manifesto during a 60 Minutes interview, forcefully rejecting accusations of sexual assault. The incident occurred after a security scare at a media dinner where a suspect armed with multiple weapons was intercepted by Secret Service agents.

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Plane crash in South Sudan kills 14

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'I am not a rapist': Donald Trump erupts in interview as media dinner shooting fallout deepens

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Alibaba gets approval to spin off warehouse park as Reit in pivot for logistics assets

Alibaba Group Holding gained approval from the Hong Kong stock exchange to proceed with a proposed spin-off of a warehouse park in mainland China, two years after the tech giant withdrew the listing plan of its logistics...

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2 months into the Iran war, who holds the upper hand?

Two months after US and Israeli strikes began, their war on Iran has settled into a costly stalemate. The fighting has paused under a fragile Pakistan-brokered ceasefire, but the Strait of Hormuz remains blocked, direct...

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Bureau defends Hins Cheung mentor role after mainland China online backlash

Hong Kong’s Security Bureau has defended its decision to appoint singer Hins Cheung as a mentor in a “rehabilitation project” for youngsters arrested during the 2019 protests, saying it welcomes individuals from all back...

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