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June 13, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Hong Kong’s Development Bureau will test whether heavy-duty drones, weighing nearly 150kg (330.6lbs) each, can carry essential items across up to six sites over the next 12 months, the South China Morning Post has learned. In response to queries from the SCMP, the bureau revealed it was partnering with two companies to test whether the devices could carry heavy materials such as cement and manhole covers for construction work. Other potential applications include clearing drains and cleaning...
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June 12, 2026 at 8:00 PM
The Tumen River has resurfaced as one of the big issues for keen observers of relations between China and North Korea but after the leaders of the two countries met this week, there was no mention of it in the official statements after the summit. The river is a natural border between China, North Korea and Russia, and a narrow strip of it that runs between North Korea and Russia blocks Chinese access to open waters. Beijing has long tried to convince its two neighbours to open the waterway to...
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June 12, 2026 at 4:15 PM
The protesters warn wasteful government spending risks driving the country into bankruptcy.
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June 11, 2026 at 5:46 PM
China launched a new test communication satellite on Thursday in a pivotal step to validate technology essential for next-generation orbital connectivity speeds and reliability. The Communication Technology Test Satellite No 25 was sent into orbit on a Long March 5 rocket launched from the Wenchang spaceport in the southern island province of Hainan at 3.30pm on Thursday. “The satellite will be mainly used to verify multi-band, high-rate satellite communication technologies,” state broadcaster...
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June 11, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Malaysia’s search for alternative crude supplies is complicating Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s “friends with all” foreign policy, analysts have said, with the country potentially tapping Russian oil despite Western sanctions against Moscow. On Thursday, oil prices rose again after Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz closed, 103 days after the US-Israel war with Iran began on February 28. Washington has signalled it wants sanction waivers over Russian oil to end “as soon as possible”. Economy...
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Tajikistan News
June 11, 2026 at 2:50 PM
(New York) - Taliban security forces in Afghanistan used excessive force against protesters in the city of Herat on June 9, 2026, Human Rights Watch said today. They beat protesters and shot toward the crowds, killing a child and injuring others, and detained an unknown number of people. The protest followed recent arrests of women in Herat accused of viola
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Kyrgyzstan News
June 11, 2026 at 2:50 PM
(New York) - Taliban security forces in Afghanistan used excessive force against protesters in the city of Herat on June 9, 2026, Human Rights Watch said today. They beat protesters and shot toward the crowds, killing a child and injuring others, and detained an unknown number of people. The protest followed recent arrests of women in Herat accused of viola
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Turkmenistan News
June 11, 2026 at 2:50 PM
(New York) - Taliban security forces in Afghanistan used excessive force against protesters in the city of Herat on June 9, 2026, Human Rights Watch said today. They beat protesters and shot toward the crowds, killing a child and injuring others, and detained an unknown number of people. The protest followed recent arrests of women in Herat accused of viola
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June 11, 2026 at 7:59 AM
India is taking unprecedented measures to restore confidence in its national student examination system after a series of scandals fuelled angry protests from young people and put pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. Last month, authorities took the extraordinary step of cancelling the medical entrance exam results of more than 2 million students after allegations of widespread leaking of the papers. For the retest on June 21, the government will deploy the Indian Air Force...
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June 10, 2026 at 5:30 PM
The post-summit detente between Washington and Beijing has moved from diplomatic language to institutional design. Less than three weeks after the summit between President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump, the US Trade Representative (USTR) asked companies to identify “non-sensitive” Chinese goods that might qualify for tariff relief under a new US-China Board of Trade. On the same day, the USTR also proposed Section 301 duties on imports from 60 economies, including China, after its...
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June 10, 2026 at 5:00 PM
A suspected bird strike on a Chinese-made C909 regional jet in Beijing has reportedly left some marks on its nose and airframe, but experts said the likelihood of any severe damage was very low. The incident underscores the real-world tests of reliability facing the model as it is more widely deployed at home and abroad, according to observers. Air China flight CA1150, arriving from Ordos in Inner Mongolia, struck a large bird as it approached Beijing Capital International Airport on Sunday...
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June 10, 2026 at 5:12 AM
Anti-immigration protesters torched buildings and vehicles in Belfast on Tuesday evening and blocked roads, a day after a stabbing allegedly by a Sudanese refugee, captured in a graphic video that shocked the country. Hundreds of protesters, many masked, gathered at several locations across Belfast. A bus and several cars were set alight, while a building fringing the city centre caught fire and its residents had to be evacuated. “By 7.30pm they started [a] fire in the bins … we heard police...
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BBC News
June 9, 2026 at 9:44 PM
The demonstration, in the western city of Herat, was broken up after police are alleged to have opened fire.
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BBC News
June 9, 2026 at 9:44 PM
The demonstration, in the western city of Herat, was broken up after police are alleged to have opened fire.
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June 9, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Inside a metal shell being hurled from a standstill to a speed many times faster than sound, the pressure could be as high as an elephant standing on every square inch of a human body. To make matters worse, an invisible, violent magnetic storm is raging through its path. This is the world inside an electromagnetic rail gun. For decades, this has been the nightmare that kept weapons engineers awake. Their dream was to place a guidance chip inside a rail gun shell so it could steer itself to a...
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Turkmenistan News
June 9, 2026 at 12:32 PM
New Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], June 9 (ANI): Left-arm spinner Manav Suthar has described his Test debut for India as a deeply emotional and long-cherished moment, calling it the fulfilment of a dream that he and his family had nurtured since the beginning of his cricketing journey.Suthar made his debut in the one-off Test against Afghanistan in New Chandigarh, a match India won by an innings and 300 runs, mark
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Kyrgyzstan News
June 9, 2026 at 12:32 PM
New Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], June 9 (ANI): Left-arm spinner Manav Suthar has described his Test debut for India as a deeply emotional and long-cherished moment, calling it the fulfilment of a dream that he and his family had nurtured since the beginning of his cricketing journey.Suthar made his debut in the one-off Test against Afghanistan in New Chandigarh, a match India won by an innings and 300 runs, mark
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Tajikistan News
June 9, 2026 at 12:32 PM
New Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], June 9 (ANI): Left-arm spinner Manav Suthar has described his Test debut for India as a deeply emotional and long-cherished moment, calling it the fulfilment of a dream that he and his family had nurtured since the beginning of his cricketing journey.Suthar made his debut in the one-off Test against Afghanistan in New Chandigarh, a match India won by an innings and 300 runs, mark
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June 9, 2026 at 9:00 AM
At an undisclosed test site, a helicopter takes off, towing a kite-like array of massive coils. The system, called Airborne Transient Electromagnetic (Atem) detection, works by firing a powerful pulse of electricity through a giant transmitter coil. This creates a brief, strong electromagnetic field that penetrates the ground or water. When the pulse is turned off, the magnetic field induces tiny, decaying “eddy currents” in any conductive material it hits. These currents, in turn, create their...
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Turkmenistan News
June 8, 2026 at 7:31 PM
New Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], June 8 (ANI): Following his side's massive win over Afghanistan in the one-off Test, Indian skipper Shubman Gill expressed happiness with the win and said that the focus is on posting 350-400 run totals on the board consistently.Skipper Gill and KL Rahul's century and sensational performances from spinners Manav Suthar and Washington Sundar helped Team India secure their biggest
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