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Manila says exercises with Australia, Canada in flashpoint maritime area demonstrates a ‘commitment’ to defence cooperation with ‘like-minded nations’.

Australia, Canada and the Philippines have conducted joint exercises off a disputed shoal in the South China Sea claimed by Beijing, deploying three warships and military aircraft in air defence exercises.

The Philippine military said on Thursday that the joint naval drills east of the Scarborough…

In July, India’s best-selling electric scooter, Bajaj Auto’s Chetak, hit a big speed bump. A shortage of rare-earth metals had hit production plans, and the company was forced to almost halve its output.

Bajaj manufactured just 10,824 units of the Chetak in July, as compared with 20,384 units during the same period last year, due to rare earth shortages.

“The rare-earth magnet supply situation has been a constraint that created the risk of a sharper production dip in July,” Rakesh…

US chipmaker reports revenue of $46.74bn for second quarter, defying fears that AI may be overhyped.

Chip giant Nvidia has set a new sales record, a sign that demand for artificial intelligence remains strong despite fears that the technology may be overhyped.

Nvidia, the world’s most valuable company, on Wednesday reported revenue of $46.74bn for the three months that ended in July, a rise of 56 percent year-on-year.

Profit for the quarter was $26.42bn, a…

Here are the key events on day 1,281 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here is how things stand on Thursday, August 28:

Fighting

• Russian troops have entered the villages of Novoheorhiivka and Zaporizke in the eastern Dnipropetrovsk region, a major Ukrainian industrial centre next to the Donetsk region, The Associated Press (AP) news agency reported, citing a local commander.
• Strikes across Ukraine on Wednesday killed three people and left more than 100,000…

The Milei government is weathering a bribery scandal as a pair of important elections approach in September and October.

Argentina’s President Javier Milei has been forced to leave a campaign rally in Lomas de Zamora, a suburb of Buenos Aires, after protesters pelted his vehicle with small rocks, bottles and other objects.

On Wednesday, Milei and members of his libertarian party, La Libertad Avanza, held a rally for voters ahead of two key upcoming…

Washington, DC – Mohammed Ibrahim is just a normal kid who loves his family and likes photography, his relatives say.

But the Palestinian American teenager spent his 16th birthday this past March in an Israeli jail, despite protests pleading for his release.

His father, Zaher Ibrahim, believes the United States government can free Mohammed and end his ordeal with a single phone call, given the billions of dollars in military aid it sends Israel each year.

“But we’re nothing to them,”…

The US has taken a stake in Intel chipmaker as part of a push to secure domestic production and reduce reliance on China. The acquisition is the most significant intervention in private business since the 2008 financial crisis. Supporters call it a smart industrial policy that will protect jobs and national security. But critics warn that this could mark a shift in the relationship between government and private…