Digital commune in Forest City: Founder says immigration probe a risk to Malaysia’s tech ambitions
The authorities earlier announced a probe into allegations that the commune hosted Israelis.
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China's Moonshot AI chases 'DeepSeek moment' with much-hyped model
Kimi K3 drew excitement from industry insiders, with some evoking a 2025 release from China's DeepSeek that shook assumptions of US dominance in AI.
India launches first hydrogen-powered train in clean energy push
The project is part of a broader push to modernise one of the world's largest rail networks while reducing carbon emissions.
Trump puts election security at center of Republicans' midterm fight
WASHINGTON, July 17 - U.S. President Donald Trump escalated his effort to make election security a central issue in November's midterm elections, asserting that China interfered in the 2020 presidential campaign despite a U.S. intelligence assessment that found no evidence to
China suppressing Taiwan 'everywhere', vice president says of PNG pressure
TAIPEI, July 17 - Taiwan faces an extremely difficult diplomatic situation because China is suppressing the island \"everywhere\", Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim said on Friday after Papua New Guinea said it was closing Taipei's representative office in the country.
Offenders to compensate accident victims in Malaysia, after proposed changes to law approved by Cabinet
The move aims to hold offenders responsible for the impact brought on victims and their families.
Opposition to data centres grows in cramped urban Japan
Residents have raised concerns regarding access to sunlight, excessive heat and noise, and feeling of oppression.
ASEAN’s AI race is officially underway
AI cities abound in ASEAN regional headlines, as if the future had already arrived. Numbers pale compared to spending in the US, where the so-called hyperscalers alone have poured well over a trillion dollars into AI data centers since 2022. But resources permitting, ASEAN is
Taiwan must heed calls to share responsibility for ‘collective defence’, president says
The Taiwanese government has now proposed a new, NT$210 billion (S$8.3 billion) defence package to the end of 2031.
North Korea calls Seoul a ‘puppet’ for its role in US maritime exercise
The Rim of the Pacific Exercise is billed as the world’s largest international maritime exercise.
Taiwan must heed calls to share responsibility for 'collective defence', president says
TAICHUNG, Taiwan, July 17 - Taiwan must heed international calls to share the responsibility for \"collective defence\", President Lai Ching-te said on Friday, appealing for parliamentary support for new spending on drones.
Network School founder says immigration probe at tech commune is a risk to Malaysia's tech ambitions
EU plans to pay China to help Ukraine kill Russians
The Financial Times published a piece on July 15 alleging that “Ukraine to buy Chinese drone parts with EU funds.” According to the newspaper’s sources, “Kyiv has obtained a carve-out for part of a €6 billion tranche to purchase drone components from China”, following the
New Zealand confirms first H5N1 bird flu case in native bird
New Zealand earlier reported its first confirmed detection in a migratory seabird.
Xi pitches China as leader of new global AI order, challenging US dominance
SHANGHAI, July 17 - Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday cast Beijing as the champion of a new global AI order, using China's premier tech conference to promote open-source technology and challenge U.S. influence over the rules governing the fast-moving sector.
Japan relaxes royal succession rules - but ban on female emperors remains
The law now allows the adoption of male distant relatives aged over 15 back into the imperial family.
India’s AI moment more about deployment than discovery
For three decades, India was the world’s back office. During the next three decades, it may become the world’s AI workshop. That possibility lies behind one of the most consequential questions facing India’s economy. Artificial intelligence threatens the very industry that
China’s desert mock-up rehearses a US warship’s death at sea
This month, multiple media outlets reported that satellite imagery showed a detailed, full-scale replica of a US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer in China’s remote Taklamakan Desert. Construction of the 155-meter mock-up began around October 2025 at the
Chinese police arrest Uyghur sisters and mother in Urumqi for sending goods to Turkey
Their eldest sister, who had been receiving the goods, said they were arrested for “supporting terrorists.”
Explainer: What are the changes to Japan’s imperial family law?
The revised law aims to address issue of the shrinking royal family.
Iran launches fresh attacks after sixth day of US strikes
DUBAI, July 17 - Iran said it launched fresh attacks on U.S. facilities in the Gulf on Friday after a sixth consecutive night of U.S. strikes on Iranian military facilities, as last month's truce descended into daily attacks and counterattacks.
China’s Xi says AI should not be dominated by one country
AI has become a strategic pillar of China’s industrial policy, driven by state investment.
North Korea calls Seoul a 'puppet' for its role in US maritime exercise
SEOUL, July 17 - North Korean state media on Friday called South Korea a \"puppet\" following its participation in a maritime exercise led by the U.S., saying Seoul and Washington would need to bear responsibility for any \"unpredictable escalation\" in the region.
Japan revises law on imperial succession, but woman emperor still barred
The latest legal revision makes no mention of female or maternal-line emperors.
Taiwan lawmakers to remove legal hurdles for Starlink to operate
However, it is unclear if Starlink will be interested in making its satellite service available to the island.
China's Xi says AI should not be dominated by one country
"We should jointly oppose overstretching the national security concept in the field of AI or placing one country's security over that of others," said China's President Xi Jinping.
China disapproves of British Steel nationalisation decision by UK
The ministry said the move “severely undermined” Chinese companies’ confidence in investing in Britain.
More than 500 Rohingya vanished at sea - what happened?
Two boats carrying an estimated 530 Rohingyas have disappeared since leaving Myanmar on 29 June.
A chip of one’s own
“Custom chip” is the new buzzword. Everyone is getting into it. The big and the small. The public and the private. Companies that never built anything but software and companies that never built anything but gadgets. From one corner of the world to every other. The word is now
Chinese start-up Moonshot unveils ‘world’s largest’ open AI model Kimi K3, closing in on US rivals
Beijing had made AI leadership a national priority, targeting global dominance.
Australia 'deeply frustrated' over Laos methanol poisoning charges
Media reports say Laos will press charges of up to one year in jail against those allegedly responsible.
China hits out at British Steel nationalisation
The UK government said taking the firm into public hands would safeguard "a vital national capability".
Modi adviser urges India to seek more Chinese investment, trade
India tightened scrutiny of Chinese investment following deadly border clashes in 2020.
Philippines condemns monkey video on Chinese media as racist
The AI video on China Daily showed a monkey in Philippine garments singing its claims to the South China Sea.
Investor Srinivasan seeks meeting with Anwar’s office after raid
Malaysia recently launched an immigration probe into people associated with Srinivasan's start-up school.
Australia summons Laos ambassador, calls for serious charges in backpacker methanol deaths
Six tourists, including two Australians, died from drinking tainted alcohol in Laos in November 2024.
Bangkok bar fire: Victims died of cyanide poisoning within minutes, autopsies show
The police will also investigate whether district officials failed to inspect the building properly.
India court voids visa services tenders in Australia, Singapore; operations in Republic not affected
This affects a system that processes millions of passport, visa and consular applications each year.
Trump alleges China committed interference in 2020 election
WASHINGTON, July 16 - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that China carried out what is believed to be \"the largest compromise of election data in history\" by China starting during the 2020 election cycle.
Fears for Indian activist’s life after 18 days of hunger strike
Activist Sonam Wangchuk his demanding the education minister resign over exam irregularities.
Quiet U.S. pullback in Eastern Europe sparks wider allied worries
July 17 - As Estonia's Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur prepared to fly to the NATO summit in Ankara this month, he revealed to local journalists that several hundred U.S. troops deployed to his Baltic nation in the winter had quietly been withdrawn – with no clear sign of when or
Philippines condemns Chinese state media’s ‘racist’ video depicting Filipinos as monkeys
The video portrayed a monkey dressed in Filipino attire being directed by the US and Japan.
He escaped the Bangkok bar inferno - but his girlfriend and three bandmates didn't
Athipat Wichan tells BBC Thai he regrets bringing his girlfriend Nahathai into his indie band Thotsakan.
