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Australia awards navy frigate contract to Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy
SRN News
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August 4, 2025
Audio By Carbonatix By Alasdair Pal and Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will deliver Australia’s new A$10 billion ($6.5 billion) navy frigate programme, Australian Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles said on...
Japan’s oldest person, aged 114, reveals the ‘greatest asset’ of her long life
The Independent
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August 4, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
China's major internet firms log $133.3 billion in revenues in H1
Gulf Today
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August 4, 2025
China's internet sector saw steady growth in business revenue in the first half of this year, data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology showed. In the first six months, China's major internet companies and related services...
Bipartisan lawmakers introduce bill targeting alleged genocide against Uyghurs in China
Ocean County Leader - New Jersey
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August 4, 2025
Congressman Christopher H. Smith, District 4 | Official U.S. House headshotCongressman Christopher H. Smith, District 4 | Official U.S. House headshot In Washington, D.C., a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has introduced the Uyghur Genocide and...
Australia to buy 11 advanced warships from Japan
Channel News Asia
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August 5, 2025
SYDNEY: Australia will upgrade its navy with 11 Mogami-class frigates built by Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Defence Minister Richard Marles said on Tuesday (Aug 5). Australia is in the midst of a major military restructuring announced in...
China's Ant Group to exit India's Paytm, term sheet shows
Yahoo Finance
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(Reuters) -China's Ant Group will exit Indian payments firm Paytm by selling its remaining equity stake in block deals that could total 38 billion rupees ($433.72 million), according to a term sheet seen by Reuters on Monday. Ant, an affiliate of...
ASEAN observers begin border ceasefire inspection in Cambodia-Thailand conflict zone
The Sentinel - Assam News
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PHNOM PENH: An ASEAN interim observer group on Sunday launched the second-round two-week-long inspection at conflict-hit areas on the Cambodia-Thailand border, a Cambodian defence spokesperson said. Led by the military attaché of the current chair...
Tourists visit Tajik Autonomous County in China's Xinjiang
Xinhua News Agency
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A boy has fun at a national wetland park in Tajik Autonomous County of Taxkorgan, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 2, 2025. Tajik Autonomous County of Taxkorgan has entered the peak travel season as more tourists come here...
Naphtha Cushions China’s Q2 Oil Demand Decline
Oil Price
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August 4, 2025
China’s oil demand declined year-on-year in the second quarter of 2025, but strong naphtha consumption helped limit the drop, according to a new report by Energy Intelligence, which estimates that apparent oil demand fell by 450,000 barrels per...
J-Hope, Park Bo-gum, Lee Jun-hyuk win Korea..
Asia Today
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BTS member J-Hope, along with actors Park Bo-gum and Lee Jun-hyuk, will receive individual awards at the Korea Broadcasting Awards, according to an announcement by the Korea Broadcasters Association on August 4. The association reviewed 244...
Strategic silence: South Korea removes border loudspeakers in push for peace
South China Morning Post
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August 5, 2025
South Korean soldiers on Monday began quietly dismantling towering propaganda loudspeakers that used to blare propaganda across the border, marking the most tangible step yet in President Lee Jae-myung’s drive to de-escalate tensions and revive...
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Yonhap News Agency
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August 4, 2025
Toward cooperative politics Rep. Jung Chung-rae, the newly elected chairman of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea, smiles at the party's Supreme Council meeting held on Monday in Seoul. Yonhap Published Aug 4, 2025 12:24 pm KST DPK leader must...
Japan food exports expand 15.5% in January to June
Japan Times
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August 4, 2025
Japan's exports of agricultural, forestry and fishery products and other food items grew 15.5% from a year earlier to ¥809.7 billion ($5.48 billion) between January and June, the agriculture ministry said Monday. Exports to the United States,...
US iPhones: ‘Made in India’, built in China
9to5Mac
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August 4, 2025
Apple may say that most iPhones sold in the U.S. are now assembled in India, but that doesn’t necessarily mean Apple has reduced its reliance on China. Patrick McGee, who literally wrote the book on Apple in China, explains. For the last two...
Malaysia could lead Asean in combating deepfake threats
The Malaysian Star
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August 4, 2025
THE Danish government recently proposed a landmark law that grants individuals legal ownership over their face, voice and body. Once enacted, this law will allow Danish citizens to request the removal of AI-generated deepfake content shared...
Australia to buy 11 advanced Japanese frigates in breakthrough for Tokyo
Japan Times
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August 4, 2025
Australia will purchase 11 Japanese-made frigates in what will be Tokyo’s biggest-ever postwar defense contract, Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles announced Tuesday, in a major breakthrough for Japan’s defense industry. Marles said that...
Japan's oldest person is a 114-year-old retired doctor who carried an Olympic torch
ABC News - New York
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August 4, 2025
TOKYO -- Shigeko Kagawa, a 114-year-old retired physician from Nara Prefecture, has became Japan’s oldest living person, following the death of 114-year-old Miyoko Hiroyasu, according to Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. Kagawa, a...
China Mobile acquires over 14% stake in HKBN for $138m
Deal Street Asia
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China Mobile, the world’s biggest wireless carrier by users, said on Monday it had bought a 14.4% stake in Hong Kong-based broadband service provider HKBN for HK$1.08 billion ($137.58 million). The deal gives China Mobile a nearly 30% stake in one...
China defying U.S. demands that it stop buying oill from Russia and Iran
CBS News
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August 4, 2025
U.S. and Chinese officials may be able to settle many of their differences to reach a trade deal and avert punishing tariffs, but they remain far apart on one issue: the U.S. demand that China stop purchasing oil from Iran and Russia. "China will...
Korea to trial HER2-targeted NK cell therapy for breast and stomach cancer
Korea Biomedical Review
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August 4, 2025
Korean researchers will attempt an advanced regenerative medicine approach, involving the administration of allogeneic umbilical cord blood-derived natural killer cells with inserted HER2-targeted genes, to patients with HER2 gene...