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The US has added several major firms from China including technology giant Alibaba and electric car maker BYD to a list of companies said to have ties with the Chinese military.

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The former head ​of a Chinese temple famed as the birthplace ‌of kung fu has been sentenced to 24 years in prison and fined 3.5 million yuan ($517,000) for crimes including embezzlement and ​bribery. 

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At least 35 people have been killed and more than 130 injured after a magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck off the southern Philippines on Monday morning, collapsing buildings, triggering landslides and setting off tsunami alerts across several countries in the region.

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China is constructing a sprawling network of launch pads, armored bunkers, and communications nodes near its most sensitive nuclear missile silos in a remote northwestern desert, satellite images reviewed by Reuters show, a development security analysts say signals a major upgrade to Beijing's second-strike capability.

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A group of aspiring filmmakers gathered in a modest studio in Lingbao, a small city in China’s Henan province, hoping to sharpen their skills and bring their creative visions to life. Their day began at 9am with classes, script writing, filming, and editing before ending with a tough but valuable review session led by filmmaker Nan Xin. After hours of work, students watched as their short films were carefully critiqued, often receiving blunt feedback about weak storytelling, poor dialogue, and lack of depth.

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The South Korean government is set to roll out a second batch of aid for the bottom 70 percent of income earners, or about 36 million people, in an effort to ease financial strains caused by rising fuel prices amid the war in the Middle East.

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Japan’s Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi has strongly rejected China’s accusations that Tokyo is embracing a new era of militarism, arguing instead that China’s expanding military capabilities pose a greater concern to regional security.

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The Philippine House of Representatives has voted to impeach Vice-President Sara Duterte for a second time, potentially jeopardizing her presidential aspirations for 2028. The vote on Monday sends the impeachment case to the Senate for trial, where conviction could disqualify her from public office. Duterte, 47, is currently leading early polls to succeed her former ally and current rival, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.