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U.S. 'securitizes' Asia-Pacific in face of non-alignment, neutrality

On the second day of the White House Summit with ASEAN member states, Joe Biden's administration adopted policies aimed at "securitizing" Asia-Pacific while targeting C

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What does China and Nicaragua resuming diplomatic ties tell us?

China reopens its embassy in Managua, Nicaragua, December 31, 2021. /Xinhua Editor's note:Hamzah Rifaat Hussain, former visiting fellow at the Stimson Center in Washington and former assistant

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EXPLAINER: 4 will circle Earth on 1st SpaceX private flight

For the first time in 60 years of human spaceflight, a rocket is poised to blast into orbit with no professional astronauts on board, only four tourists.SpaceX’s first

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Crypto world shows signs of being rather bullish

Welcome back to The Exchange. Today we’re doing something fun with crypto.Sure, we could write more about how insurtech valuations are under fresh pressure after Hippo’s Q2 earnings report

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China roundup: Alibaba’s sexual assault scandal and more delayed IPOs

Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch’s China roundup, a digest of recent events shaping the Chinese tech landscape and what they mean to people in the rest of the world.A sexual assault case at Alibab

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Launchpad hiccups indefinitely delay Boeing’s troubled Starliner orbital test

Boeing’s Starliner capsule is leaving the launchpad after a series of delays that prevented takeoff over the last few days. NASA and the beleaguered aerospace giant will take “whatever tim

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Police warn of rise in keyless car thefts as CCTV shows thieves stealing Mercedes in 60 seconds

Intelligence shows organised crime gangs are using relay technology to receive the signal from a key inside a house and transfer it to a portable device, allowing them to unlock and drive the car.

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Comparing the two quads: Why's the new one better than the old?

Editor's note: Andrew Korybko is a Moscow-based American political analyst. The article reflects the author's views and not necessarily those of CGTN.Last week saw the

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Comparing the two quads: Why's the new one better than the old?

Editor's note: Andrew Korybko is a Moscow-based American political analyst. The article reflects the author's views and not necessarily those of CGTN.Last week saw the

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Kai-Fu Lee’s Sinovation bets on Linux tablet maker Jingling in $10M round

Kai-Fu Lee’s Sinovation Ventures has its eyes on a niche market targeting software developers. In April, the venture capital fund led a $10 million angel round in Jingling, a Chinese startup dev

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Rebranded Toyota Ventures invests $300 million in emerging tech and carbon neutrality 

Toyota AI Ventures, Toyota’s standalone venture capital fund, has dropped the “AI” and is reborn as, simply, Toyota Ventures. The fund is commemorating its new identity by investing an add

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Why is another Saudi-Iranian détente happening?

A man holding Saudi Arabian and Iranian national flags. /Getty Editor's note:Guy Burton is an adjunct professor at Vesalius College, Brussels. The article reflects the author's opinions, and n

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Why is another Saudi-Iranian détente happening?

A man holding Saudi Arabian and Iranian national flags. /Getty Editor's note:Guy Burton is an adjunct professor at Vesalius College, Brussels. The article reflects the author's opinions, and n

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Eyeing reelection bid, Macron looks to repair French economy

President Emmanuel Macron’s plans for bringing France out of the pandemic aren't just about resuscitating long-closed restaurants, boutiques and museums. They are also

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Neo-imperialist projection seeks to discredit Chinese reunification

Components sit on circuit boards on display at the Semicon Taiwan exhibition show in Taipei, Taiwan, September 5, 2018. /Getty Editor's note: Andrew Korybko is a Moscow-based American politica

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Crying foul over China's MTSL is distortion of facts

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Giant cloud rat species once roamed Earth thousands of years ago, say scientists

The now extinct species were fluffy with big, bushy tails, researchers say, and humans may have had a role in their disappearance.