Topic: Asia Pacific — Neutral reports only

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[2025-12-06 20:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: Why more women are embracing combat roles in Ukraine’s military
Snippet: Equipment such as drones has opened up new paths for women and helped them overcome resistance in the military
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3335455/technology-reshapes-modern-warfare-ukrainian-women-embrace-combat-roles
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[2025-12-06 20:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Title: Pakistan na Afghanistan zashambuliana eneo la mpakani
Snippet: Maafisa kutoka nchi zote mbili wamethibitsha tukio hilo lililotokea usiku wa kuamkia leo, huku kukiwa na mvutano ulioongezeka kufuatia kushindikana kwa mazungumzo ya amani ya juma lililopita. Hakukuwa na ripoti za mara moja kuhusu vifo. Msemaji wa Taliban nchini Afghanistan, Zabihullah Mujahid, alisema kwamba wanajeshi wa Pakistan walifanya mashambulizi katika wilaya ya Spin Boldak, mkoa wa Kandahar.
Read full article: https://www.dw.com/sw/pakistan-na-afghanistan-zinashambuliana-vikali-katika-eneo-la-mpakani/a-75045074
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[2025-12-06 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: Probe links Philippines flood corruption to Pogo crypto schemes
Snippet: Cybercrime officials have uncovered a ‘definite link’ between the massive graft scandal and laundering rings run by banned gaming operators
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3335414/probe-links-philippines-flood-corruption-pogo-crypto-schemes
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[2025-12-06 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: How China’s solopreneurs are using AI to crack a tough job market
Snippet: Armed with a variety of AI tools, a new breed of young entrepreneurs forges a path in a challenging economy
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3335343/chinas-ai-boom-fuels-solopreneurs-1-person-businesses-flourish-tough-job-market
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[2025-12-06 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: Chinese girl born with blonde hair, blue eyes due to Russian great-grandfather
Snippet: Parents were initially perplexed by daughter’s unusual appearance, even questioned whether hospital had given them the wrong baby at birth
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3335325/daughter-chinese-parents-born-blonde-hair-blue-eyes-due-russian-great-grandfather
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[2025-12-06 18:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: Indonesia’s flood death toll hits 908, hundreds still missing
Snippet: The governor of hard-hit Aceh warns starvation has become the gravest threat to survivors in remote villages cut off by the devastation
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3335448/indonesias-flood-death-toll-hits-883-hundreds-still-missing
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[2025-12-06 18:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: Jakarta vs the internet: Indonesia’s gamble with digital freedom
Snippet: As the government demands global tech firms like Cloudflare bend to its will, critics say it’s ‘burning the rice barn to kill the rats’
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3335389/jakarta-vs-internet-indonesias-gamble-digital-freedom
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[2025-12-06 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: China hiker wears clothing tag to support missing children and expand search
Snippet: Brand’s owner says that tags featuring information about missing children have been part of their public welfare initiative for four years
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3335415/china-hiker-wears-clothing-tag-help-find-missing-children-expand-search-raise-awareness
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[2025-12-06 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Title: Hindi Ito Marites: Canada and the Philippines are getting closer
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Read full article: https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/podcasts-videos/hindi-ito-marites-canada-philippines-getting-closer/
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[2025-12-06 16:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: ‘We all knew’: is your job safe from the AI you are helping to train?
Snippet: Asia makes the chips driving the AI boom, but the technology threatens to erase jobs and widen the region’s wealth gap, a new UN report says
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3335434/ai-already-taking-jobs-southeast-asia-next-comes-great-divergence-un-warns
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[2025-12-06 16:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: India and Russia agree to boost trade to US$100 billion by 2030
Snippet: India’s Modi greeted Putin with a bear hug before announcing free electronic visas for Russian tourists
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3335443/india-and-russia-agree-boost-trade-us100-billion-2030
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[2025-12-06 15:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: Chinese industry bodies issue RWA tokenisation warning amid Beijing’s crackdown
Snippet: This was the mainland associations’ first warning to members as Chinese authorities have explicitly targeted RWA tokenisation
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3335440/7-chinese-industry-bodies-issue-rwa-tokenisation-warning-amid-beijings-crackdown
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[2025-12-06 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: Is China changing tack and accepting North Korea as a nuclear-armed state?
Snippet: In a break with the recent past, Beijing makes no mention of ‘denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula’ in a white paper
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3335406/china-shifting-its-policy-and-accepting-north-korea-nuclear-armed-state
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[2025-12-06 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: One-Punch Man and the human cost of Japan and South Korea’s soft power
Snippet: Behind the multibillion-dollar export boom lies a hidden crisis of low wages, 60-hour work weeks and unliveable pressure on invisible staff
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3335388/one-punch-man-backlash-exposes-cracks-japan-and-south-koreas-soft-power
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[2025-12-06 14:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: Australian TikTokker gives widowed US cashier, 88, gift of retirement
Snippet: Ed Bambas took a cashier job at 82 to cope with grief and bills after his wife’s death, but a stranger’s kindness has changed everything
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3335438/australian-tiktokker-gifts-widowed-us-cashier-retirement-us17-million-donation
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[2025-12-06 14:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: Letters | Asia is waking up to storms that are stronger – and more polluted
Snippet: Readers discuss new research that shows how typhoons spread microplastic pollution, encouraging the use of an anti-scam app, and the migrant domestic workers who fell victim to the Tai Po fire
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3335273/asia-waking-storms-are-stronger-and-more-polluted
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[2025-12-06 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: Asian Angle | The Thai influencer bringing viral warfare to Cambodia’s border
Snippet: Gun Jompalang is a self-styled ‘justice crusader’ with over 9 million followers but no commander. He’s not a soldier, but he is waging war
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3335393/thai-influencer-bringing-viral-warfare-cambodias-border
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[2025-12-06 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: A Chinese home-grown business jet is on the way. Will it rival Gulfstream?
Snippet: China’s state-owned aircraft maker is stepping up efforts to break into the business jet market with its CBJ model
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3335352/chinese-home-grown-business-jet-way-will-it-rival-gulfstream
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[2025-12-06 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: Lifeline or rubbish? Taiwan updates disaster and conflict survival guide
Snippet: ‘Little orange book’ sent to nearly 10 million households advises on survival response, but many question its cost and value
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3335398/updated-taiwan-safety-guide-sparks-fierce-debate-amid-beijings-mounting-military-pressure
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[2025-12-06 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: Official Chinese media calls for end to name-and-shame campaign against cadres
Snippet: Series of commentaries says insulting officials will backfire and more effort must be made to tackle reasons for perceived poor performance
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3335383/chinas-official-media-calls-end-name-and-shame-campaign-against-grass-roots-cadres
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[2025-12-06 11:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: Language Matters | The enduring legacy of bamboo, a symbol of resilience and strength in Asia
Snippet: Bamboo is used in everything from construction to food throughout Asia, and even lends itself to global concepts like the ‘bamboo curtain’
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/chinese-culture/article/3335318/enduring-legacy-bamboo-symbol-resilience-strength-and-adaptability-asia
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[2025-12-06 11:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: Reflections | In wake of Tai Po blaze, China’s long and difficult struggle fighting fire
Snippet: The qualities that made buildings beautiful in premodern Chinese cities also made them dangerously flammable, and fire was a constant threat
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/chinese-culture/article/3335148/how-chinas-history-fighting-fire-reflects-long-and-difficult-struggle
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[2025-12-06 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: 6 cyclones, 5 weeks: Philippines can’t escape its endless cycle of disaster
Snippet: Corruption, complacency and climate chaos conspire to turn the Philippines’ natural hazards into man-made tragedies
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3335387/why-philippines-cant-escape-its-endless-cycle-disaster
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[2025-12-06 10:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Title: India Bangun Sektor Teknologi Bioprinting
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Read full article: https://www.dw.com/id/india-bangun-sektor-teknologi-bioprinting/video-75044004
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[2025-12-06 09:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Title: Indonesia: Bagaimana Menangani Limbah Plastik Impor?
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Read full article: https://www.dw.com/id/indonesia-bagaimana-menangani-limbah-plastik-impor/video-75043977
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[2025-12-06 09:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: Editorial | Silver lining in China’s ageing population shouldn’t be overlooked
Snippet: Increase in life expectancy affirms Beijing’s commitment to boosting healthcare standards and presents economic opportunities
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3335287/silver-lining-chinas-ageing-population-shouldnt-be-overlooked
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[2025-12-06 09:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: Trump recasts US allies as tools to counter China in security playbook: analysts
Snippet: Plan urges wealthier partners to boost defence roles, align export controls and shoulder more regional responsibility
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/us/article/3335432/trumps-security-playbook-recasts-us-allies-tools-counter-china-analysts
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[2025-12-06 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: Why China may be better placed than US in tussle for rare earths
Snippet: While Beijing has long engaged with resource-rich nations, Trump’s Washington is seen as more ‘aggressive’ and reactive
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3335297/why-china-may-be-better-placed-us-tussle-rare-earths
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[2025-12-06 08:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: Trump’s national security blueprint aims to combat China’s rise in Latin America
Snippet: Framework pledges to stop competitors from threatening the stability and political alignment of neighbouring countries in the region
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3335430/trumps-new-national-security-blueprint-aims-combat-chinas-rise-latin-america
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[2025-12-06 05:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Title: Путин и Моди расширяют военное и экономическое партнерство
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Read full article: https://www.dw.com/ru/india-ne-nejtralna-cego-putin-dobilsa-v-nudeli/video-75041028
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[2025-12-06 03:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: Hong Kong government hits out at US politicians’ ‘absurd’ Jimmy Lai resolution
Snippet: Members of Select Committee on China claimed ex-media boss being mistreated in prison and called for his immediate release
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3335417/hong-kong-government-hits-out-us-politicians-absurd-resolution-jimmy-lai
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[2025-12-06 03:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: Dutch minister admits he was blindsided by China in Nexperia chip crisis
Snippet: Karremans faces criticism after Beijing choked off chip flows and scrutiny of his move to invoke a Cold War-era security law
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3335416/dutch-minister-admits-being-blindsided-chinas-retaliation-nexperia-chip-crisis
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[2025-12-06 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: PLA holds urban warfare drill as Taipei looks to boost ‘asymmetric capabilities’
Snippet: State television report showing operation in war-torn city airs soon after Taiwanese leader proposed extra US$40 billion in defence spending
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3335376/pla-holds-urban-warfare-drill-taipei-looks-boost-asymmetric-capabilities
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[2025-12-06 00:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Title: پوتين وايي هند ته به د تيلو ليږد «بې له خنډه» جاري وساتي
Snippet: د روسیې ولسمشر ولاديمير پوتين، چې دمګړۍ په هند کې دی، له لومړي وزير نريندر مودي، سره د ملاقات پر وخت ويلي یې دي چې هېواد یې چمتو دی چې هند ته د تیلو ليږد ته دوام ورکړی.
Read full article: https://www.dw.com/ps/putin-says-to-continue-uninterrupted-fuel-shipments-to-india/a-75034301
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[2025-12-06 00:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: Major Chinese airlines extend full refund offers for Japan flights by 3 months
Snippet: Largest state-owned carriers including China Southern and Air China continue free refunds or itinerary changes amid diplomatic row
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3335410/major-chinese-airlines-extend-full-refund-offers-japan-bound-flights-3-months
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[2025-12-06 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: As China defies US tech blockade, can local AI chipmakers capture Nvidia share?
Snippet: Vast pool of engineering talent seen as a potent driving force for country’s challenge to US tech supremacy
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3335348/china-defies-us-tech-blockade-can-local-ai-chipmakers-capture-nvidias-market-share
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[2025-12-06 00:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: Man behind 99% chips: semiconductor legend Chih-Tang Sah’s ashes leave US for China
Snippet: Celebrated Chinese electronics engineer who ‘kept his homeland in his heart’ while living overseas buried in Fujian with his late wife
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3335260/man-behind-99-chips-semiconductor-legend-chih-tang-sahs-ashes-leave-us-china
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[2025-12-06 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei sees divergence in US and China AI strategies
Snippet: US focusing on supercomputing power while China is adopting a more practical approach to solve real-world problems, says Ren Zhengfei
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3335341/different-strokes-huaweis-founder-makes-subtle-dig-lofty-pursuits-ai-us
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[2025-12-05 23:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: Singapore organisers in limbo over work visa ban on foreign performers
Snippet: A scheme allowing foreign performers to work up to six months at public entertainment outlets in Singapore will end, following ‘widespread abuse’
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3335399/singapore-organisers-limbo-over-work-visa-ban-foreign-performers
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[2025-12-05 23:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: Taiwan blocks mainland Chinese platform RedNote citing ‘high fraud risk’
Snippet: Island’s digital affairs ministry says five Chinese apps collect sensitive data, access biometric functions and ‘extract system information’
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3335386/taiwan-blocks-mainland-chinese-social-media-platform-rednote-citing-high-fraud-risk
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[2025-12-05 23:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: ‘America First’ reimagined: new Trump strategy readjusts US global presence
Snippet: The strategy shifts US foreign policy from its traditional global role, prioritising dominance in the Western Hemisphere and ending mass migration
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3335397/new-trump-strategy-shifts-us-focus-china-latin-america-targets-mass-migration
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[2025-12-05 23:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: BYD founder bets on new tech to win back customers as sales decelerate
Snippet: Company is pinning its hopes on a 12,000-strong R&D team to come up with technological breakthroughs
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3335391/byd-founder-wang-chuanfu-bets-new-tech-win-back-customers-sales-decelerate
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[2025-12-05 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: France poised to get 2 giant pandas in 2027 after Macron’s visit to China
Snippet: New decade-long loan agreement involving the soft-power ambassadors struck as countries’ leaders seek to boost Sino-French exchanges
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3335395/france-poised-get-two-giant-pandas-2027-after-macrons-visit-china
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[2025-12-05 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: China’s regions roll out 5-year plan priorities, with tech topping the list
Snippet: Following Beijing’s proposals for its next half-decade of policymaking, localities are following suit, with a focus on emerging fields
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/economy/policy/article/3335363/chinas-regions-roll-out-5-year-plan-priorities-tech-topping-list
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[2025-12-05 22:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Title: Россия и Индия создадут СП для обслуживания вооружения РФ
Snippet: Россия и Индия заявили о намерении пересмотреть свои связи в области военного и военно-технического сотрудничества. Об этом говорится в совместном заявлении президента РФ Владимира Путина и премьер-министра Индии Нарендры Моди, обнародованном в пятницу, 5 декабря, по итогам переговоров в Нью-Дели.
Read full article: https://www.dw.com/ru/rossia-i-india-hotat-sozdat-sp-dla-obsluzivania-rossijskogo-vooruzenia/a-75033396
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[2025-12-05 22:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: Video | Travel chaos in India after over 1,200 flights cancelled
Snippet: IndiGo attributed the chaos to a combination of operational and weather-related challenges
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3335379/passengers-indias-biggest-airline-indigo-stranded-days-mass-cancellations
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[2025-12-05 22:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: China’s economic focus in 2026: what to expect as leaders prep for major meeting
Snippet: Growth of ‘around 5 per cent’ may be revised to between 4.5 and 5 per cent, analysts say, as leadership gears up for tone-setting conference
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3335356/china-keep-economic-strategy-2026-slightly-lower-gdp-target-possible-analysts
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[2025-12-05 22:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: Australia on high alert as PLA Navy fleet in Philippine Sea sails south
Snippet: Type 075 amphibious attack ship triggers concern in Canberra after Chinese navy’s unprecedented circumnavigation of Australia this year
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3335362/australia-high-alert-pla-naval-flotilla-philippine-sea-sails-south
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[2025-12-05 21:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: Malaysia under pressure to explain police shooting of trio as outcry mounts
Snippet: Audio recording and forensic claims released by the men’s families appear to contradict police accounts of the confrontation
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3335378/malaysia-under-pressure-explain-police-shooting-trio-outcry-mounts
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[2025-12-05 21:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Title: China and France agree to work together on nuclear issues as Macron visit ends
Snippet: The two sides express support for non-proliferation and efforts to bring about peace in Ukraine and Gaza
Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3335377/china-and-france-agree-work-together-nuclear-issues-macron-wraps-visit
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