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Ex-US NSA moots Hippocratic oath for corporates to prevent Chinese takeover
Washington, Former US National Security Adviser H R McMaster has called for a Hippocratic oath an ethical vow taken by medical practitioners for corporate leaders making investments in research of cutting-edge technologies in foreign countries such as…
Budget tightrope to cut oil dependence, ease inflation
War in the Middle East and the fuel crunch it has triggered have forced a frantic redrafting of the federal budget papers.
Before the conflict disrupted the narrow stretch of water that roughly 20 per cent of global oil supplies sail through, penny-pi…
Is this singer real? Why China wants to regulate AI-generated humans
CHONGQING – Clad in a stylish black sweatshirt, Chinese singer Pin is seen in a video strolling along a street as he introduces one of his songs, a cover of Love You Very Much by Taiwanese singer Rene Liu.…
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Pentagon chief says climate change is ‘crap.’ The military is still bracing for it.
When Hurricane Michael, a Category 5 storm, tore through Florida’s Tyndall Air Force Base in 2018, it battered F-22 stealth fighter jets, destroyed hundreds of buildings and churned up 700,000 cubic yards of debris.…
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Navy doctor who led the recovery at Artemis II splashdown recounts experience welcoming home astronauts
As he pried open the Integrity capsule’s hatch, the first thing Navy Lt. Cmdr. Jesse Wang heard were the screams of the Artemis II crew.
Joy at the end of a successful mission.…
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EV rebate leads to bump
Although new motor vehicle sales dropped for February, according to Statistics Canada’s latest report released Thursday, zero-emission vehicles (ZEV) have taken a larger piece of the pie of all sales compared to this time last year.…
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Beijing wants Xi-Cheng meeting to send an important message
A decade after his last meeting with the top Kuomintang (KMT) leader, Chinese President Xi Jinping sat down with the head of Taiwan’s main opposition party last week. Both sides clearly hoped the encounter would produce political gains.…
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China’s economy grows at 5% in first quarter, shrugging off initial impact of Iran war
China’s economy accelerated in the first quarter of this year, expanding 5% from a year earlier as it largely shrugged off impacts from the Iran war so far, according to data released Thursday.…
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Commentary: ASEAN’s energy crisis is not about energy
ASEAN REMAINS VULNERABLE
What is most striking, however, is the collective silence. ASEAN, as an institution, has issued no substantive statement on the Hormuz crisis, proposed no coordinated diplomatic position, and exercised no leverage, individuall…
Chinese Researcher Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Bacteria into US in Underwear Package
Youhuang Xiang, a Chinese national and former Indiana University postdoctoral researcher, has admitted to smuggling E. coli bacterial DNA into the United States by concealing them inside a package falsely labeled as women’s underwear.…
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