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A government spokesperson says the documents “will be among the largest publications ever laid in Parliament”. ...

China’s manufacturing activity slowed in May, new data showed, in the latest sign of strain for the world’s second-largest economy amid the Iran war. Beijing has been relatively shielded from the worst effects of the conflict because of its crude stockpile and diverse energy mix, but the lagging factory data ...

A lung cancer drug reduced the risk of death by 34% in a late-stage trial, in the latest sign of China’s pharmaceutical ascendance. The results from the trial conducted in China showed the drug, when combined with chemotherapy, kept people with squamous non-small-cell lung cancer alive for a median of ...

The US reportedly revoked the visa of a Chinese state media journalist after Beijing expelled a New York Times reporter, in a diplomatic tit-for-tat. China ordered Vivian Wang to leave the country over a Times event last year — which Wang had no involvement in — that featured an interview ...

Israeli forces seized a 12th-century Crusader castle in southern Lebanon, as Israel intensifies its farthest incursion into the country in 26 years, despite a nominal ceasefire. Previously occupied by Israeli forces from 1982 to 2000, Beaufort Castle symbolizes “Israel’s long and costly presence in Lebanon,” a defense analyst said. It ...

The US Defense secretary urged Washington’s Asian allies to spend more on defense if they want to buy more American arms, in a speech that was notably softer on China. Speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Pete Hegseth cast the relationship with Asia “in more transactional terms,” Politico wrote, ...

A new belief set is uniting some of the wealthiest men in the world around a ‘transhuman’ future – actual humanity be damned Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, took to the Internet a few years ago to propose that homo sapiens would be the first species “to design ...

The Texas senator was emblematic of the era between Reagan and Trump, as Republicans shifted from the party of business to a cult of personality The defeat of John Cornyn is a milestone in the downfall of the Republican party. His virtue for decades as a “steady conservative institutionalist”, as ...

From watching their team win to watching their mayor in the nosebleeds, residents are feeling hopeful New York City, hardly a city deprived of energy, is having a moment. In the past two weeks, the bars have been even more packed than usual. Several nights a week, usually at around ...

The reigning champions were beaten in an epic series by the San Antonio Spurs. There’s no reason to believe they won’t challenge for years to come though Throughout the Western Conference finals, the San Antonio Spurs hoped that Victor Wembanyama could work enough magic while he was on the court ...