US House select committee on China is reauthorised for another 2 years
[South China Morning Post] - 01/6/2025
The panel, reflecting consensus that China poses a challenge and charged with recommending policies, has the scope of its focus expanded.
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Google to bring Gemini AI to TV sets running its software
The update marks the first time Google is bringing Gemini to third-party TV sets running its OS, such as those from (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 7/01/2025
Malaysia’s Johor-Singapore SEZ set to spur growth, but ‘development gap’ poses risk
The Johor-Singapore special economic zone is also poised to spark renewed interest in properties in the Malaysian (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 7/01/2025
Judges grill Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai over calls for Taiwan to join US alliance
Remarks prompt two High Court judges to question Apple Daily founder over his earlier claim that he opposed Taiwan’s (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 7/01/2025
Meta replaces fact-checkers in US on Facebook, Instagram, opts for community approach
Meta has ditched fact-checkers in the US, opting for a community-driven approach to combat misinformation on (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 7/01/2025
China’s ancient tiny cat fossil could belong to the smallest feline ever found
The palm-sized animal was uncovered in Hualongdong cave, where scientists are studying the humans who lived there (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 7/01/2025
Hong Kong to offer just 1 land plot this quarter amid developer caution
The plan for the Tung Chung site has been revised to allow for 745 flats following an unsuccessful tender in 2023.
[South China Morning Post] - 7/01/2025
European leaders take aim at Elon Musk amid escalating UK row over grooming gangs
The world’s richest man Elon Musk has taken an intense interest in British sex crimes and politics – and some are (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 7/01/2025
Jean-Marie Le Pen, father of Marine, and French far-right figurehead dies at 96
Known for his inflammatory rhetoric and anti-immigrant views, Le Pen was a divisive figure in French politics, (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 7/01/2025
Minitrue Plus Five: January 7 2020 – Libya, South China Sea, Sacked Officials
In late 2020, CDT acquired and verified a collection of propaganda directives issued by central Party authorities to (…)
[China Digital Times] - 7/01/2025
Chinese firms turn to US courts to fight sanctions, one case at a time
Prominent lawyer John Quinn says Chinese companies can argue their positions and win in US courts, despite heated (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 7/01/2025
Singapore empowers police to freeze bank accounts in scam crackdown
The measure, which can be imposed for up to 30 days, aims to protect victims from transferring funds to scammers.
[South China Morning Post] - 7/01/2025