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Artificial intelligence accelerator to promote Asian AI start-ups on world stage

​A new artificial intelligence (AI) accelerator founded by a Hong Kong-born venture capitalist wants to bring Asia’s best AI start-ups to the global stage.

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Game review: Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens is very good, as far as it goes

​The Force Awakens video game is a huge amount of fun, replete with in-jokes that point out plot holes and obvious retreads – but why is it the only tie-in to the most recent Star Wars movie?

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Pregnancy multivitamins are an "unnecessary expense", with no proven benefit for most women, experts say

Multivitamins and mineral supplements in pregnancy are an “unnecessary expense” with no proven benefits for most well-nourished women or their babies, said a review of science data Tuesday.

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A soldier played Pokémon Go while fighting IS in Iraq

​Ex-US marine challenges Islamic State to Pokémon battle through a Facebook post

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Bank of East Asia facing questions over its anti-money laundering controls after 70 million yuan in transfers

The Bank of East Asia is facing questions over the robustness of its anti-money laundering procedures in mainland China following bank transactions leaked by the media on the weekend that purport to show the Hong Kong-based lender may have been used as a conduit to disburse large sums of money to senior executives at Shandong-based Evergrowing Bank.

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Chinese companies lag global peers in transparency matters, says new report

Weak anti-corruption procedures and poor disclosure risks allowing corruption to thrive

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Jaipur is India's pink jewel of history, architecture and sophisticated culture

​Jaipur's forts, palaces and temples are some of the most exciting tourist attractions in India

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China Vanke and partners to acquire commercial properties from Blackstone Group

​China Vanke, the largest homebuilder in the mainland, is planning to spend 3.9 billion yuan to acquire commercial property companies from Blackstone Group.

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Cambodian Red Cross playing by the party’s rules, watchdog says

In war zones and disaster areas around the world, the Red Cross is often seen as a beacon of hope for populations struggling to come to terms with catastrophe. But it now stands accused of ­acting as a state-sponsored ­“humanitarian wing” of the ­Cambodian government, violating its own policy of impartiality.

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Cambodian Red Cross playing by the party’s rules, watchdog says

In war zones and disaster areas around the world, the Red Cross is often seen as a beacon of hope for populations struggling to come to terms with catastrophe. But it now stands accused of ­acting as a state-sponsored ­“humanitarian wing” of the ­Cambodian government, violating its own policy of impartiality.

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10-year-old lands PhD-level fellowship in Paris with robot wish

​Girl sought help to build a robot to make the streets of Paris happy again and received the perfect response

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China to launch "hack-proof" quantum satellite next month

​Technology is first step towards building unbreakable network of communications based on cutting-edge physics

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Leaker who reveals Apple's products before they come out tired of 'absurd rumours'

​French tech site editor says most 'pseudo-leakers' on Weibo are just sharing leaks they find elsewhere

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Asia No. 1 Hideki Matsuyama withdraws from Olympics over Zika fears

Seven players from the top 25 in world are not going to Rio next month

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Foxconn partners with French start-up for push into China’s IoT market

​ThingPark China to support LoRaWAN technology, an open global standard for secure, low-power wide-area network connectivity

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"Germany are the best, but we will give it our all," says France coach after shattering Icelandic fairy tale at Euro 2016

Olivier Giroud scored two goals and set up another as the Euro 2016 hosts France thrashed Iceland 5-2 on Sunday to set up a semi-final clash against world champions Germany.

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Shenzhen start-up Ingdan.com wins Intel backing for consumer-robot platform

Riding China’s robot boom, Shenzhen-based technology start-up Ingdan.com has teamed up with Intel Corp and Japanese suppliers in robotics in a partnership to capitalise on growth in emerging markets.