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Trump resort rises on Vietnam graveyard as US links grow

BANGKOK – Vietnam is digging up a graveyard so a sprawling Trump International golf resort with plush residences can be built along the Red River, while “the highest Starbucks coffeehouse in Asia” has opened on Vietnam’s tallest mountain peak near Sapa. Trillionaire Elon Musk,

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China’s often flawed arms still buy lasting influence

China’s weapons may face mounting questions over quality, reliability and after-sales support, but its arms trade still serves a larger strategic purpose: locking vulnerable states into long-term military, economic and political dependence. That paradox is at the center of a

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Nuclear power is fueling a supercharged new space race

Interplanetary travel to Mars aboard nuclear-powered spaceships may sound like science fiction – yet NASA is planning to make it a reality. The Space Reactor-1 Freedom mission is scheduled for launch by December 2028 to explore Mars, with NASA heralding it as “the first

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SK Hynix’s IPO is really a bet on the future of AI

When South Korea’s chip giant SK Hynix launches its planned US$29 billion US listing, investors will tell themselves they’re buying one of the world’s most important semiconductor companies. But what they will really be buying is a rosy artificial intelligence forecast.

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