US, Latin America countries criticise China’s retaliation over Panama Canal
China has detained nearly 70 Panamanian-flagged ships after a Supreme Court ruling on the Panama Canal, US officials say. Published
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Italy extradites alleged Chinese cyber-espionage suspect to US
US prosecutors say 34-year-old Xu Zewei hacked into universities to steal vaccine research during COVID-19 pandemic. Published On 28 Apr
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Taiwan court hands down jail terms in TSMC trade secrets case
Ex-Tokyo Electron employee sentenced to 10 years, with four other defendants getting between 10 months and six years. Published On
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Thai police arrest Indonesian wanted for $10m cyberfraud
The 33-year-old Indonesian taken into custody at luxury resort on island of Phuket after FBI tip-off. By Al Jazeera Staff
Read MoreChina’s DeepSeek unveils latest models a year after upending global tech
Chinese startup says DeepSeek-V4-Pro beats all rival open models for maths and coding. Published On 24 Apr 202624 Apr 2026
Read MoreICC confirms crimes against humanity trial of ex-Philippine leader Duterte
The former president will face trial after the court confirmed charges of crimes against humanity over his ‘war on drugs’.
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How China is gaining from Iran war by showing it is different from US
As Chinese President Xi Jinping called for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz this week, the pragmatic approach Beijing
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No Bones Broken, No Crime Committed: Inside the Taliban’s New Rules on Violence Against Women
A woman sits in a public space in Kabul. Under new Taliban laws, a wife who visits her relatives without
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Strait of Hormuz: How a threat became a playbook
How the Strait of Hormuz became a system of control, shaping power and the global economy. For weeks, a US-Israel
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Six women win 2026 Goldman prize, world’s top environmental award
First all-women cohort of winners hails from Colombia, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, South Korea, the UK and the US. This
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