India’s Modi meets China’s top diplomat Wang as Asian powers rebuild ties | News

India’s Modi meets China’s top diplomat Wang as Asian powers rebuild ties | News

Ties between the two nuclear-armed Asian powers have made ‘steady progress’, India’s PM Modi says. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has met China’s top diplomat Wang Yi and hailed the “steady progress” made in improving the bilateral relationship after a years-long standoff between the nuclear-armed Asian powers and as the two nations navigate a shifting…

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UK drops mandate for Apple ‘back door’, US spy chief says | Technology News

UK drops mandate for Apple ‘back door’, US spy chief says | Technology News

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard says change upholds privacy of US users. Apple will no longer be forced to provide the United Kingdom’s government with access to American citizens’ encrypted data, Washington’s spy chief has said, signalling the end of a months-long transatlantic privacy row. Tulsi Gabbard, the United States’ director of national intelligence,…

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MTN shares tumble on news of US probe

MTN shares tumble on news of US probe

News that MTN Group is facing an investigation by a US department of justice grand jury sent its shares tumbling 9% on Monday, overshadowing results showing it made a half-year profit following a loss a year earlier. The probe is into its conduct and that of its former subsidiary in Afghanistan and an Iranian cellphone…

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Humanoid robots race and tumble at China’s first ‘robot Olympics’ | Science and Technology News

Humanoid robots race and tumble at China’s first ‘robot Olympics’ | Science and Technology News

The first World Humanoid Robot Games have concluded in Beijing with more than 500 androids alternating between jerky tumbles and glimpses of real power as they took part in events ranging from the 100m (109-yard) hurdles to kung fu. Two hundred eighty robotics teams from 16 countries competed at the Chinese capital’s National Speed Skating…

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Israel intensifies Gaza City attacks, forcing starving Palestinians to flee | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel intensifies Gaza City attacks, forcing starving Palestinians to flee | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel’s military has stepped up attacks on Gaza City as part of its expanded operations aimed at seizing the last major population centre in the enclave, forcing tens of thousands of starving Palestinians to flee again. The Gaza City neighbourhoods of Zeitoun, Sabra, Remal and Tuffah have particularly borne the brunt of the Israeli bombardments…

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