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US President Donald Trump’s close aide Lindsey Graham issued an open warning to India, China and Brazil over maintaining trade ties with Russia and said their economies will be crushed. The US Senator, while speaking on Live TV, said if countries don’t stop buying oil from Russia, they will face even higher tariffs. He claimed…
The UK foreign secretary has said he is “appalled, sickened” by the “grotesque” targeting of starving Palestinians seeking food by the Israeli military, saying there would be further sanctions if the war did not end soon. Israel on Monday launched air raids and a ground operation in Gaza, targeting Deir al-Balah, the main hub for…
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With the rise of social media and generative AI, how much of what we see online is true? In this new series, SCMP Fact-Check, the Post investigates claims circulating online and debunks viral misinformation impacting the daily lives of Hongkongers. In the wake of the deadly crash of Air India flight AI171 in Ahmedabad in…
(Bloomberg) — FuriosaAI Inc., the Seoul-based startup seeking to design chips to compete with Nvidia (NVDA) Corp., has sealed its first major contract months after rejecting an $800 million acquisition offer from Meta Platforms Inc. (META) Most Read from Bloomberg The startup won final approval for its AI chip RNGD (pronounced “Renegade”) from LG AI…
Dozens of provincial officials and hospital staff attempted to cover up a lead poisoning case that made hundreds of children sick in north-west China and sparked widespread outrage, an official investigation has found. The officials tampered with the blood tests of students who were poisoned at Peixin Kindergarten in Tianshui city, Gansu provincial authorities said…
Watch: BBC report from last checkpoint before Suweida city The BBC has been trying to reach the southern Syrian city of Suweida where sectarian clashes between Druze fighters and Bedouin tribal militia have killed hundreds of people. A fragile ceasefire is holding, but the area remains extremely tense. On Monday, we got within six miles…
The timings for Hong Kong’s typhoon signals are based on scientific indicators, the local forecaster and one of its former assistant directors have said while revealing the historical reason why many of the organisation’s warnings go out at 20 minutes past or to the hour. A check by the Post found that about 93 per…
(Reuters) -BlackRock has asked its staff visiting China for business trips to use temporary loaner phones and avoid using company laptops, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing an internal memo. The world’s largest asset manager told its staff that using company-issued employee devices, including iPhones and iPads, is not permitted, the report said. BlackRock also…
On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch The World Health Organization said the Israeli military attacked its staff residence and main warehouse in the central Gazan city of Deir al-Balah on Monday, endangering humanitarian workers and…