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“I thought spooks were supposed to be stealthy,” the uncouth, flatulent anti-hero Jackson Lamb complains in the hit British spy series Slow Horses as an annoying underling loudly enters his rundown office building, known to fans as Slough House. I have no idea if Alice Huang, the alleged love interest of billionaire Jensen Huang – who resigned as Nvidia CEO on Thursday – is really a Chinese Mata Hari. My own knowledge of espionage is confined to reading John le Carre and Robert Ludlum, and...

When Mao Hamasaki, also known as DJ Mao, took to the social media platform X earlier this month to recount the ordeal of consuming a spiked drink in Hong Kong, her comments were accompanied by an apology, leaving many local social media users perplexed. “They said, ‘You are the victim, why do you keep apologising and taking the blame’, making it sound like I’m putting the fault on myself. But that is honestly just how we [Japanese] talk,” she said. “People in Hong Kong are much more direct. They...

China owns 80 per cent of the world’s underwater data centre patents, giving it a decisive lead in critical technologies, according to a two-decade study of global patents in the field. The findings reveal a shift away from the West in the race to build future green computing infrastructure, as China transforms from an early follower into the dominant force in subsea data technologies. “China holds competitive edges in engineering-oriented technologies such as modular construction and in situ...

Microsoft had over 450 million paid user licenses as of January 2026, all unable to access their emails for over 24 hours.

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The White House on Friday confirmed an unprecedented meeting between leaders of the US, China and Russia on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Shenzhen next week. “President [Donald] Trump will conclude his visit to China with a trilateral meeting between the president of the United States, the president of the People’s Republic of China and the president of the Russian Federation,” said Olivia Wales, the White House assistant press secretary. Wales added...

Modern fishing technology continues to advance. But on the island Zhaoshu Dao, fishermen Feng Jiahui and Xu Mingwen still practice an age-old skill: diving into the reefs on a single breath. Learned through years of experience and passed down through generations, this traditional way of fishing is becoming increasingly rare. How long can it survive?

No air tanks. Just one breath. On the island Zhaoshu Dao, fishermen Feng Jiahui and Xu Mingwen dive six or seven meters into the reefs to find their catch. It is a skill learned through years of practice and passed down through generations. But fish are becoming harder to find, and fewer young people are choosing to learn the traditional method. What happens to a way of life when the next generation moves on?

In their garage, prosecutors said, Mark Andre Tomas Navarrete, 46, struck both his mother and father on the head and then strangled them.

It was a day marked by confusion and frayed nerves as passengers dealt with more than 1,000 delayed flights due to the Federal Aviation Administration's nationwide groundstop.

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