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Quantum firms shun entanglement as Trump vows to outrun China

As the United States and China escalate their rivalry over quantum technology, companies across the sector are already repositioning to navigate the geopolitical storm, from building domestic manufacturing bases to carving out independent units for non-Western markets. In the

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Trump wants $87.6 billion to pay for his war in Iran, etc.

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration sent Congress a request Wednesday for $87.6 billion in emergency funding to cover the cost of the war in Iran and other expenses. The proposals didn’t appear to have broad consensus among Democrats, who would likely be needed for any

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Two Republicans flip votes, blocking Iran war powers resolution

Two Senate Republicans who supported a previous resolution calling for an end to the US war on Iran changed their votes late Wednesday after President Donald Trump publicly and privately berated GOP lawmakers, calling them “losers” who provided “aid and comfort to the enemy.”

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Race to record China’s vanishing Dong minority heritage

The Dong people in China are an Indigenous ethnic group who are known to have lived in the mountainous regions of southwestern China for about 600 years. They don’t have a written language – instead, their cultural knowledge is shared by word of mouth. This means that the

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AI frenzy makes Asia ripe for a ‘chip wreck’

TOKYO – No one complains about holding a winning lottery ticket. By that logic, South Korea has nothing to apologize for — it’s landed, almost by accident, at the center of the AI windfall now being minted in real time. Six months ago, SK Hynix, Samsung and the rest of Korea

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