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A woman has been arrested on suspicion of possessing an offensive weapon after brandishing a knife while looking for her husband at City University of Hong Kong in Kowloon Tong. Police said a security guard reported that the wife of a colleague was seen holding a knife on a campus bridge at around 9.53am on…
BEIJING (Reuters) -Car dealers in one of China’s richest regions are appealing to automakers to overhaul sales strategies amid mounting pressure on their cash flow and high inventories in another sign of the growing toll of the price war in the world’s largest car market. Four dealer associations based in the Yangtze River Delta encompassing…
A Bloomberg News investigation has found that in three major hacks the US Treasury didn’t deploy cybersecurity measures that could have prevented the attacks or flagged the intruders sooner. Our review of previously unreported government documents and interviews with more than a dozen people including current and former Treasury employees, bank executives and cybersecurity experts…
IN A NUTSHELL 🐝 China has unveiled a mosquito-sized spy drone, showcasing its advanced capabilities in military technology. 🔬 The microdrones have potential applications beyond the battlefield, such as in medicine and environmental science. ⚖️ This innovation highlights China’s rapid progress in robotics, closing the gap with Western military forces. 🚀 Future prospects include drones…
The Oracle of Omaha has jettisoned more than 401 million shares of Bank of America stock since mid-July 2024, and built up a greater than 35% stake in one of America’s few publicly traded legal monopolies. At the end of the year, billionaire Warren Buffett will officially step down as Berkshire Hathaway‘s (BRK.A -0.34%) (BRK.B…
Hundreds of Hongkongers have crossed the border for the July 1 holiday, with many favouring the Heung Yuen Wai crossing due to its convenient transport links and easy access to shopping centres in Shenzhen’s Liantang district. Residents streamed into Shenzhen via the Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point on the 28th anniversary of the city’s…
The Chinese navy said on Monday that its two aircraft carriers repeatedly encountered foreign warships and aircraft while operating simultaneously in the broader western Pacific. Both CNS Liaoning and CNS Shandong maintained “high vigilance and responsiveness” to combat scenarios, handling the situation “professionally and soundly,” China‘s navy said. Newsweek has contacted the Chinese Defense Ministry…
WARSAW (Reuters) -Silicon Valley startup Lyten will take full ownership of Northvolt Dwa ESS, Europe’s largest energy storage systems factory, in a move to expand its product line, the U.S. company said on Tuesday. Northvolt filed for bankruptcy in March, one of Sweden’s largest corporate failures and effectively ending Europe’s best hope of developing a…
More than six weeks after four college students were slain in an off-campus home in Moscow, Idaho, police arrested a suspect, Bryan Christopher Kohberger, who is charged with their murders. The 28-year-old was arrested on a fugitive from justice warrant at his parents’ home in Pennsylvania, police announced on Dec. 30, 2022, and extradited to Idaho,…
China’s Northwestern Polytechnical University last week flew a hypersonic craft and claimed the test achieved some world-first feats. The University named the craft “Feitian-2” and according to Chinese media the test flight saw it reach Mach 12 (14,800 km/h or 9,200 mph) – handily faster than the Mach 5 speeds considered to represent hypersonic flight….