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⁠A ⁠new US$4.7 ⁠billion bridge connecting Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario is on ‌track to open in the coming weeks despite a threat made in ⁠February by US ‌President Donald Trump, a bridge authority said ‌on Monday. A formal ⁠ribbon ⁠cutting is expected ‌later this week, a source ‌told Reuters. ‌Detroit media ‌outlets reported on ⁠Monday the Gordie Howe International ⁠Bridge is expected to open ‌to traffic ‌on June 15. The ribbon-cutting invitations went out on Monday after a...

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How Hong Kong’s strengths can help unlock Central Asia’s potential

Hong Kong has taken a monumental step forward in expanding its global economic footprint. Last week, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu, leading a high-level business delegation, wrapped up a successful five-day mission to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. This historic visit – marking the first time the chief executive has led a mission to Central Asia – yielded 96 cooperation agreements and memorandums of understanding valued at more than US$1.65 billion. The exceptional results signal a major pivot...

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Trump picks ally Todd Blanche as attorney general, teeing up US Senate fight

US President Donald Trump nominated Todd Blanche, acting US attorney general, to fill the position on a permanent basis, rewarding a loyal ally whose controversial actions ensure an uphill Senate confirmation fight. The White House announced on Monday it had sent Blanche’s nomination to the Senate, a move Trump telegraphed last week during remarks at a private event in the Rose Garden. Blanche formerly served as one of Trump’s personal lawyers before the president picked him for the No 2...

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Norway court orders release of ailing crown princess’s son ahead of rape verdict

A Norway court on Monday ordered the release of ailing Crown Princess Mette-Marit’s son Marius Borg Hoiby, who faces a multitude of charges including rape and abuse, citing her health crisis. Prosecutors quickly appealed the decision, so Hoiby will remain in custody until the appeal is processed. The 29-year-old, Mette-Marit’s son from a relationship before her 2001 marriage to Crown Prince Haakon, was on trial from February 3 to March 19. He faces 40 criminal charges, including the rape of four...

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Chinese national targeted as Trump’s denaturalisation campaign ramps up

The Trump administration is stepping up efforts to revoke the citizenship of naturalised Americans, with the US Justice Department on Monday filing lawsuits against 17 people accused of obtaining citizenship through fraud or concealing serious crimes. Among those targeted is a Chinese-born resident of the state of Georgia who prosecutors say hid a prior deportation order and immigration history under a different identity before becoming a US citizen in 2006. The announcement was accompanied by...

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US adds Alibaba, BYD and other Chinese tech champions to military company blacklist

The Pentagon has designated Alibaba, BYD, Baidu and more than a dozen other prominent Chinese companies as “Chinese military companies” operating in the United States, widening a blacklist that has become an increasingly effective tool in Washington’s campaign to restrict China’s access to American capital, technology and government contracts. In a Federal Register notice scheduled for publication on Wednesday, the US Defence Department said the Under Secretary of Defence for Acquisition and...

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Kenya police fire tear gas, arrest ex-chief justice at national park protest

Riot police ⁠fired tear gas to disperse scores of protesters rallying on Monday against plans to build on part of a national ‌park in Kenya’s capital. Officers moved in and arrested at least nine people, including former Chief Justice David Maraga, outside the main entrance of Nairobi National Park, Reuters reporters said. Protesters - who waved placards ⁠marked ⁠with “Nature is not vacant land” and other slogans - say the ‌plans, including a parking area for more than 1,000 vehicles, ‌will...

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Trump will ask Supreme Court to revive his US$475 million defamation lawsuit against CNN

US President Donald Trump told the US Supreme Court he intends to ask the justices to revive his US$475 million defamation lawsuit against CNN over use of the term “Big Lie” in reporting on his claim that the 2020 election was rigged against him. Trump’s lawyers asked the Supreme Court for a 60-day extension to August 15 to file his petition for review of the lower court’s dismissal of the case, according to a request that was formally docketed by the justices on Friday. The filing, the first...

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Hungary MPs back plan to cut their own salaries by 40 per cent

Hungarian lawmakers unanimously voted to slash their incomes and allowances on Monday, as Prime Minister Péter Magyar seeks to reduce administrative costs. Critics had previously accused Magyar’s predecessor, nationalist premier Viktor Orban, of providing high salaries in an attempt to placate opposition deputies. Magyar, whose party filled with political newcomers won the April 12 elections by a landslide, was among those highly critical of the practice. All 189 representatives present in the...

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US’ 250th anniversary celebrations will put its decline on display

There is a long tradition of reading a nation’s character in the way it marks its own milestones. When the United States turned 150, Philadelphia raised an 80-foot-tall luminous replica of the Liberty Bell and hosted a six-month Sesquicentennial International Exposition. When it turned 200, a country shaken by Vietnam, Watergate and political assassinations nonetheless found in its bicentennial a moment of genuine collective catharsis: a million people on the National Mall, the Freedom Train...

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Afghan women detained by Taliban in clothing crackdown

Afghan residents in the western city of Herat have told of witnessing multiple women detained by the Taliban government’s morality police, in a crackdown over clothing which has drawn criticism from the United Nations. The UN mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said Sunday it was “concerned over multiple arrests and detentions of women in Herat, Afghanistan, for alleged non-compliance with dress requirements”. Taliban authorities rule according to a strict interpretation of Islamic law, and have...

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Leaks and backdoors: China warns of security risks in relay services for foreign AI models

China’s national security authority has warned of risks in using “artificial intelligence relay services” that provide access to overseas AI models, highlighting concerns over data leaks, privacy breaches and unauthorised cross-border data transfers amid a thriving grey market for restricted foreign systems. In a notice on its official WeChat account on Monday, the Ministry of State Security (MSS) described such services as intermediaries between local developers and AI providers, aggregating...

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Singapore eyes Asean connectivity amid new US-China dynamic: Lawrence Wong

Singapore will push for connectivity in Asean in its role as bloc chair next year amid a challenging global environment, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has said, as he warned about the United States and China navigating a new dynamic. At the Singapore Press Club Eminent Speaker Series on Monday, Wong noted that keeping communication lines open between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his American counterpart Donald Trump was important to reduce the risk of misunderstanding and miscalculation, but...

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China begins large-scale delivery of gallium chips for space-ground 6G network

China has delivered 5 million gallium nitride semiconductors to power smart terminals for a space‑air‑ground integrated 6G network – the first time the cutting-edge chips have been mass-produced and put into commercial use. According to an article in state media, the breakthrough chip was developed by the US-sanctioned No 55 Research Institute of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC) and its subsidiary, Nanjing Guobo Electronics. China is the world’s largest holder and exporter...

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Malaysia tackles illegal foreign-owned firms, as regional crackdown widens

Malaysia ordered a crackdown on Monday against illegal businesses run by foreigners, joining a growing list of Southeast Asian nations rocked by similar operations amid simmering local resentment. In recent years, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia introduced visa-free entry for foreign visitors following the Covid-19 pandemic in a bid to revive their flagging tourism, property and investment sectors. But last month, Thailand removed the 60-day visa-free entry for 93 countries and...

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HK sees first black rainstorm warning of the year

The Observatory issued the first black rainstorm warning signal of the year at 8.35pm on Monday as heavy rain lashed Hong Kong. It replaced the red rainstorm warning signal that had been in place for 45 minutes. The black rainstorm warning means heavy rain exceeding 70 millimetres in an hour has fallen or is expected to fall generally over the city, and is likely to continue. The Observatory said Sha Tin is particularly hard hit by heavy downpours, with hourly rainfall expected to exceed 100 millimetres that may cause serious flooding. The forecaster said areas of intense thundery showers associated with a trough of low pressure are affecting Hong Kong, urging members of the public to stay alert. It also warned that violent gusts may continue to affect the SAR. The Hospital Authority said non-emergency outpatient clinic services have been suspended because of the bad weather. It also said accident and emergency services at public hospitals remain normal. The Social Welfare Department said all units providing specific services will remain open during their normal operating hours. These include child care centres, services under the Neighbourhood Support Child Care Project, after-school care programmes for pre-primary or primary school children, elderly services centres, day pre-school rehabilitation services units and day rehabilitation units. The black rainstorm warning was in effect for an hour before it was replaced by the red rainstorm warning. _____________________________ Last updated: 2026-06-08 HKT 21:39 Edited by Edmond Fong

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‘Overwhelming’: Hong Kong’s dog-friendly restaurant scheme twice oversubscribed

A licensing scheme allowing dogs in Hong Kong restaurants has attracted an “overwhelming” 2,100 applications, more than double the 1,000-place quota allocated, according to food hygiene authorities. In response to inquiries from the South China Morning Post, the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) said on Monday that it had received more than 2,100 applications by 12pm, the last day of submissions. The application window opened on May 18 and drew 700 applications, or 70 per cent of...

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China’s EV giants challenge Tesla in race to commercialise humanoid robots

Chinese electric vehicle (EV) makers are opening a new front in their battle with Tesla: humanoid robots. After spending years competing on electric cars and autonomous driving technology, leading Chinese manufacturers including BYD and Xpeng are now accelerating plans to mass-produce humanoid robots, betting that advances in artificial intelligence will unlock a vast new market beyond transportation. The push is expected to strengthen China’s position as a global manufacturing powerhouse for...

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Why Hong Kong matters to Kazakhstan’s financial ambitions

As part of its decades-old “multi-vector” foreign policy, based on balancing relations between major powers such as China, Russia, the United States and the European Union, Kazakhstan – Central Asia’s largest country – is now actively diversifying its economic and financial policies. While in the past, Astana sought to strengthen cooperation with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the leading international financial hub in the Middle East, today, Hong Kong seems to be becoming a key partner for...

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Taiwan hits back at Beijing’s ‘cognitive warfare’ after coastguard patrols

Taiwan has accused Beijing of escalating tensions after mainland Chinese coastguard and survey vessels carried out law-enforcement operations in waters off the island’s east coast. Over the weekend, mainland China’s transport ministry announced a “special maritime traffic law enforcement operation” and dispatched a flotilla of coastguard vessels into the waters east of Taiwan. That included the coastguard’s largest patrol vessel. Chinese state media said the operation was a “necessary action” to...

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