Bangladesh cuts mobile internet as student protests over jobs intensify
Police fire tear gas at students in Dhaka who are demonstrating against civil service hiring rules they call discriminatory.
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China flexes AI muscle at Shanghai expo
The sixth World Artificial Intelligence Conference held at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center from July 4-7 was a demonstration of China’s position as a fast follower creating a large, diverse and multinational alternative to a US-centered AI industry.
Huawei, ZTE forging ahead with next-level 5G
Huawei and ZTE are cranking up and rolling out 5G-Advanced network services, expanding the Chinese telecom giants’ global lead in mobile communications. The new technologies were on display at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) exhibition staged in Shanghai from June 26-28.
Singapore has world’s most powerful passport, ahead of Japan; US 8th on Henley Passport Index
Thinking of visiting China, India, or Venezuela with a US passport for your summer holiday? Not so fast – or at least not before securing a visa. Some of the best wonders of the world require US citizens to obtain a visa before take-off, an inconvenience in planning that long-awaited international getaway.
Asia-Pacific markets mostly gain after U.S. tech sell-off pushes key Wall Street indexes lower
Asia-Pacific markets mostly rose Tuesday, while investors sold-off U.S. Big Tech stocks overnight in favor of sectors such as banking and energy.
U.S. probing China Telecom, China Mobile over internet and cloud risks, Reuters reports citing sources
The Biden administration is investigating China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom over concerns the firms could exploit access to American data through their U.S. cloud and internet businesses by providing it to Beijing, three sources familiar with the matter said.
Fumio Kishida, Japan’s unpopular PM, has support of just 10% of public: poll
Only 10.4 per cent of the Japanese public want Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to win the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership race slated for September and continue serving as premier, the latest Kyodo News poll showed on Sunday.
102-year-old China-born shopkeeper turns unwitting TikTok sensation in Singapore
Sie Choo Yong, whose age was confirmed by family members, was filmed working in Lean Seng Lee Trading at the Beauty World Centre in Upper Bukit Timah.