News - South China Morning Post
June 10, 2026 at 3:53 AM
A huge treasure trove of ancient DNA from animals including extinct woolly mammoths has been discovered in frozen squirrel faeces in Canada’s remote Yukon territory, scientists said on Tuesday. The DNA found deep inside sealed-off burrows is between 3,000 and 700,000 years old, offering a rare window into how life has changed over the millennia. As well as DNA from woolly mammoths – which the US company Colossal claims it is trying to “de-extinct” – genetic material was also found from wolves,...
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June 10, 2026 at 3:33 AM
The US expects to complete President Donald Trump’s long-promised southern border wall by late 2027, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Rodney Scott said Tuesday. The barrier along the US-Mexico border is made of reinforced metal beams and is intended to run from San Diego to the Gulf of Mexico, except in selected areas “where we’ve made a conscious decision that we don’t need it”, Scott said at the Centre for Immigration Studies event in Washington. “The primary border wall will...
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BBC News
June 10, 2026 at 3:00 AM
In a rare interview, a senior executive at TSMC discusses the AI boom, the geopolitics of chips and what it means for the price of electronics.
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BBC News
June 10, 2026 at 3:00 AM
In a rare interview, a senior executive at TSMC discusses the AI boom, the geopolitics of chips and what it means for the price of electronics.
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BBC News
June 10, 2026 at 3:00 AM
In a rare interview, a senior executive at TSMC discusses the AI boom, the geopolitics of chips and what it means for the price of electronics.
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News - South China Morning Post
June 10, 2026 at 3:00 AM
A US prosecutor’s newly revealed diaries from World War II have laid bare the gruelling effort to document Japanese wartime atrocities in China and the unlikely bond forged between him and the people he helped. The diaries belonged to David Nelson Sutton, an American assistant prosecutor at the Tokyo Trial, or the International Military Tribunal for the Far East – a landmark international judicial effort. The tribunal drew upon a vast “evidence wall” comprising nearly 50,000 pages of trial...
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Turkmenistan News
June 10, 2026 at 2:45 AM
MOSCOW, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Russia's electricity exports and imports are expected to remain at around 10 billion kWh in 2026, roughly unchanged from the previous year, Sergey Dregval, CEO of Russian power company Inter RAO, said Tuesday at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. "Kazakhstan and Mongolia will remain the main export destinations, along with deliveries to southern markets, primarily Georgia
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Kyrgyzstan News
June 10, 2026 at 2:45 AM
MOSCOW, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Russia's electricity exports and imports are expected to remain at around 10 billion kWh in 2026, roughly unchanged from the previous year, Sergey Dregval, CEO of Russian power company Inter RAO, said Tuesday at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. "Kazakhstan and Mongolia will remain the main export destinations, along with deliveries to southern markets, primarily Georgia
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Tajikistan News
June 10, 2026 at 2:45 AM
MOSCOW, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Russia's electricity exports and imports are expected to remain at around 10 billion kWh in 2026, roughly unchanged from the previous year, Sergey Dregval, CEO of Russian power company Inter RAO, said Tuesday at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. "Kazakhstan and Mongolia will remain the main export destinations, along with deliveries to southern markets, primarily Georgia
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News - South China Morning Post
June 10, 2026 at 2:30 AM
People always talk knowingly about Weimar, a period of extremes: artistic and social-sexual decadence, democratic liberalism and the radicalisation of the left and the right, before Germany’s descent into Hitlerian hell. The city as a symbol, close to the site of the former Buchenwald concentration camp, is back in the news, well, at least the op-ed pages of the Western press. That’s rarely a good sign. “The new crisis [in Germany] seems uncomfortably familiar because, in some respects, it...
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BBC News
June 10, 2026 at 2:13 AM
The BBC travels with rebels to frontline positions in Myanmar to see how the war is unfolding.
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BBC News
June 10, 2026 at 2:13 AM
The BBC travels with rebels to frontline positions in Myanmar to see how the war is unfolding.
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Kyrgyzstan News
June 10, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Sixty-five state-based conflicts were recorded worldwide in 2025, according to the Peace Research Institute OsloThe number of armed conflicts worldwide reached its highest level since World War II in 2025, according to a study published on Tuesday by the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO).Researchers found there were 65 state-based conflicts - involving at least one government actor - t
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Tajikistan News
June 10, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Sixty-five state-based conflicts were recorded worldwide in 2025, according to the Peace Research Institute OsloThe number of armed conflicts worldwide reached its highest level since World War II in 2025, according to a study published on Tuesday by the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO).Researchers found there were 65 state-based conflicts - involving at least one government actor - t
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Turkmenistan News
June 10, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Sixty-five state-based conflicts were recorded worldwide in 2025, according to the Peace Research Institute OsloThe number of armed conflicts worldwide reached its highest level since World War II in 2025, according to a study published on Tuesday by the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO).Researchers found there were 65 state-based conflicts - involving at least one government actor - t
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Turkmenistan News
June 10, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Sixty-five were recorded in 2025, according to the Peace Research Institute OsloThe number of armed conflicts worldwide reached its highest level since World War II in 2025, according to a study published on Tuesday by the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO).Researchers found there were 65 state-based conflicts - involving at least one government actor - the highest number since systemat
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Kyrgyzstan News
June 10, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Sixty-five were recorded in 2025, according to the Peace Research Institute OsloThe number of armed conflicts worldwide reached its highest level since World War II in 2025, according to a study published on Tuesday by the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO).Researchers found there were 65 state-based conflicts - involving at least one government actor - the highest number since systemat
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Tajikistan News
June 10, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Sixty-five were recorded in 2025, according to the Peace Research Institute OsloThe number of armed conflicts worldwide reached its highest level since World War II in 2025, according to a study published on Tuesday by the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO).Researchers found there were 65 state-based conflicts - involving at least one government actor - the highest number since systemat
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News - South China Morning Post
June 10, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Chinese money laundering networks were accused of being “financial fuel” for the Mexican cartels at a congressional hearing on Tuesday, where witnesses urged US President Donald Trump to prioritise the issue at his next face-to-face meeting with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. “I want to be very clear, Chinese money laundering networks have become the financial fuel for cartels to poison Americans and threaten our borders, we’re seeing a Silk Road of crime across the Americas,” said Leland...
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News - South China Morning Post
June 10, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Anthropic is rolling out a public version of its Mythos AI model, but with guard rails barring its use in risky areas such as cybersecurity, after a preview earlier this year sent shock waves globally with its ability to find software flaws. The new Claude Fable 5 is the most powerful model Anthropic has ever made for wider use, the start-up said on Tuesday, touting its performance in software engineering and analytics. Anthropic has so far limited its access to a group of about 200...
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