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China phone crooks use AI-cloning for scam, crank calls used to get real voice to mimic
South China Morning Post
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July 10, 2025
Fraudsters in China are using artificial intelligence (AI) to clone people’s voices and scam their relatives and friends. Police in central China’s Hubei province recently revealed a case in which an elderly woman was tricked by an AI-generated...
General : ASEAN Maintains Strategic Balance In Engaging China And The US At 58th AMM
Bernama
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July 11, 2025
By Nurul Hanis Izmir KUALA LUMPUR, July 10 (Bernama) -- ASEAN maintained its strategic equilibrium in navigating ties with global powers, engaging with China and the United States and other global powers in a series of high-level discussions on...
General : Malaysia Reaffirms Role As ASEAN-China Dialogue Coordinator, Strengthens Ties With Beijing
Bernama
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July 10, 2025
By Samantha Tan KUALA LUMPUR, July 10 (Bernama) -- Malaysia has reaffirmed its full commitment as Country Coordinator for ASEAN-China Dialogue Relations for the 2024-2027 term, said Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan. He said Malaysia also...
Russia, China subjected to twice as many doping tests as others for 2025 World Aquatics
TASS
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July 10, 2025
MOSCOW, July 10. /TASS/. Athletes from Russia and China have been tested for banned substances twice as much as athletes from other nations ahead of the 2025 World Aquatics Championships, which kick off this week in Singapore, World Aquatics’...
How to Watch Wimbledon Mixed Doubles Final: Live Stream Verbeek & Siniakova vs Salisbury & Stefani, TV Channel
Newsweek
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July 10, 2025
By Ben Verbrugge is a freelance sportswriter with a journalism degree from CSU Dominguez Hills. He is a member of the Los Angeles media and spends most of his time covering the NBA, NFL, and MLB. When not writing, he is either playing or watching...
Former GM executive NYT opinion piece says changes must be made in auto industry to compete with China
Repairer Driven News - Michigan
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July 10, 2025
A former General Motors executive writes that America “must take a page from China’s playbook” if it wants to remain competitive in the automotive sector in a recently published New York Times opinion piece. Michael Dunne was previously GM’s...
entertainment Ex-NCT member Taeil sentenced to 3.5 years of jail for sexual assault
Asiaone
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July 10, 2025
Taeil, a former member of K-pop boy group NCT, has been sentenced to 3.5 years of jail for sexual assault. According to South Korean media reports, the 31-year-old, whose full name is Moon Tae-il, was sentenced by the Seoul Central District Court...
Stress and digital overdose: insomnia (and its market) is on the rise in China
PIME AsiaNews
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July 10, 2025
According to a report, almost half of citizens over the age of 18 suffer from sleep disorders, with a sharp increase in the number of young people receiving treatment in healthcare facilities. Sales of increasingly sophisticated melatonin-based...
Cambodian Compounds Allegedly Serve as Fraud Bases; Chinese Crime Syndicates Believed to Be Operating Massive Scam Centers
The Japan News
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July 10, 2025
Shunpei Takeuchi / The Yomiuri Shimbun Trucks are seen outside of a site suspected to be a fraud base in Prey Veng Province, eastern Cambodia, on June 14. By Shunpei Takeuchi and Kosuke Okabayashi / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers 1:00 JST, July 11,...
Czech Republic Bans China’s DeepSeek Over Data Security Concerns
The Epoch Times
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July 10, 2025
The Deepseek logo, in this illustration taken on Jan. 29, 2025. Dado Ruvic/Reuters The Czech Republic has banned the use of products from Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company DeepSeek due to concerns over data security and information...
Chinese FM dubs country dependable partner for ASEAN to address challenges
Xinhua News Agency
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KUALA LUMPUR, July 10 (Xinhua) -- China has always been the most reliable stabilizing force in a turbulent world and the most dependable partner for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members to address challenges, Chinese Foreign...
U.S. agencies evaluate censorship in Chinese language models
Profit by Pakistan Today
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July 10, 2025
American officials have been testing Chinese artificial intelligence programs for alignment with the Chinese Communist Party’s official positions, according to a U.S. government memo. The State and Commerce Departments are using a standardized set...
Looking About in Mendocino County: Community yard sale, music, art and more
Willits News - California
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July 10, 2025
“Live your life while you have it. Life is a splendid gift – there is nothing small about it.” – Florence Nightingale “Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, And change ordinary opportunities into...
China Railways to increase frequency along BTK line
Rail Freight
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July 10, 2025
The railway connecting Baku (Azerbaijan), Tbilisi (Georgia) and Kars (Türkiye) will see a higher number of freight trains coming from China. The railway companies of Azerbaijan and China agreed on increasing the number of block trains along this...
Samsung unveils thinner Galaxy Z Fold 7 to counter rising Chinese foldables
Profit by Pakistan Today
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July 10, 2025
Samsung has launched its latest foldable phones, including the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and a more affordable Galaxy Z Flip 7 FE, as part of its push to expand its premium product lineup and counter rising competition from Chinese smartphone makers. The...
Art Basel Qatar reveals new format for inaugural fair, international artist Wael Shawky appointed as Artistic Director
I Love Qatar
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July 10, 2025
Art Basel is proud to reveal first details of its newly launched fair in Qatar, which will unfold in M7 creative hub in the heart of Doha’s Design District from 5 to 7 February 2026, with Preview Days on 3 and 4 February 2026. For its inaugural...
Arts Picks: DnA Fest, Hannes Schmid, NLB Read30
The Straits Times
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July 10, 2025
T:>Works’ DnA Fest Singapore theatre vanguard T:>Works is marking its 40th anniversary with 11-day DnA Fest. The acronym is short for English composer Henry Purcell’s Dido And Aeneas, but the classic 17th-century opera of spurned love has been...
Trump’s mining plan is smart — but China remains in the room
The Blaze
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July 10, 2025
The Trump administration, to its credit, is prioritizing the development of mining and critical minerals to protect U.S. economic and defense interests and secure a reliable domestic supply. At the center of this effort is President Trump’s recent...
China Reacts After Ukraine Arrests Alleged Spies
Newsweek
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July 10, 2025
By Shane Croucher is a Breaking News Editor based in London, UK. He has previously overseen the My Turn, Fact Check and News teams, and was a Senior Reporter before that, mostly covering U.S. news and politics. Shane joined Newsweek in February...
India on edge: CDS warns of ‘triple threat’ from China, Pakistan, and Bangladesh alliance
Pakistan Today
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July 10, 2025
NEW DELHI: India’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan has warned about the possible “convergence of interests” between China, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, suggesting that it could lead to significant challenges for India’s internal...