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Saturday, October 3, 2026
SinoDaily Oct 03, 2026 (AFP)

China slams US 'lie' over Starbucks stores in Xinjiang

China's foreign ministry accused a US congressional committee on Saturday of "fabricating claims" after its chairman called on Starbucks to shutter two newly opened cafes in Xinjiang over alleged rights abuses.

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SinoDaily Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
Novartis in $575 mn deal with China's Abogen for RNA drugs

Swiss pharma giant Novartis has signed a deal to jointly develop RNA drugs with the Chinese lab Abogen Biosciences, including a po...

SinoDaily Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
US arrests man over alleged smuggling of $300 million worth of computer servers to China

US authorities have arrested a man accused of smuggling more than $300 million worth of computer servers to China, the Department ...

SinoDaily Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
CORRECTED: Detailed plan led to Hong Kong model murder, court hears

The ex-husband and in-laws of a Hong Kong influencer and model crafted an elaborate plan that ended with her murder in 2023, prose...

PolicyDaily Oct 03, 2026 (AFP)
Israel targets top Hamas leader in deadly Gaza strike on anniversary

Israel said on Saturday that it attempted to kill Hamas's top leader in the Gaza Strip in an airstrike on an apartment that local ...

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OilGasDaily Houthis say Saudi Arabia launches dozens of strikes on Yemen capital IEA: 325 million barrels of oil from strategic reserves released Webb survey of extreme debris discs sorts planetary collisions by impact energy
RussoDaily Moldova summons Russia envoy over drone, missile incursions More on army, less on schools: What we know about Russia's 2027 budget Russian drone hits Kyiv nuclear institute grounds, reactor undamaged
PolicyDaily Flames, smoke at Aramco facility south of Saudi capital: AFP Gaza health officials say Israeli strike kills 5 Loud explosions heard in Yemen capital
FiscalDaily Asian carmakers besting US rivals at home, China set to strike Iraq says gets US exemption for Iranian flights to and from holy city Asian stocks hit as oil spike fans rate hike bets, eyes on US jobs
RoboDaily US regulator finds Boeing 737 MAX software bug 'not a safety concern' Trump expected to name intel chief Clayton as AI czar: reports Amazon vows $1 bn for data center towns, decries 'myths'
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SkyNightly HotSat-3 reaches orbit to give SatVu daily thermal imaging coverage CHARA Array survey finds stars dim toward their edges more than models predict Volatile element fingerprints suggest Earth and Mars were built by different processes
NanoDaily Geomagnetic field explains east-west bias in muon telescope thunderstorm detections Researchers Achieve Continuous Frequency Tuning of X-ray Light Using Modified Laser Technique Taiwan chip industry sees revenue soaring 40% in 2026 despite headwinds
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SinoDaily MILITARY Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
Taiwan receives its first US-made F-16V fighter jets

Taiwan received its first F-16V fighter jets made by the United States on Friday, as the island democracy upgrades its military capabilities to deter a potential Chinese attack.

SinoDaily CHINA Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
US miner KoBold bets on AI to gain edge in DR Congo mineral hunt

Geologists from US mining company KoBold Metals are pushing deep into the Congolese bush, hoping a cutting-edge army of "explorers" directed by AI will help give them an edge in th...

SinoDaily CHINA Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
Nepal's grim DNA puzzle to identify flood dead

Clutching a photograph of his missing son, Rajesh Ram is pinning his hopes on DNA testing -- like thousands of others desperately seeking relatives swept away by Nepal's catastroph...

SinoDaily CHINA Sep 30, 2026 (AFP)
US pushes against overproduction with eye on China at G20 meeting

The United States is pushing for action against excess industrial capacity that drives prices down unfairly, Washington's top trade envoy said Wednesday on the sidelines of a G20 m...

PolicyDaily MILITARY Oct 03, 2026 (AFP)
Houthis say struck oil facility near Riyadh, as Saudis hit Sanaa

Yemen's Houthis claimed an attack on an oil facility near the Saudi capital on Saturday, where an AFP journalist saw flames and smoke, and accused the Gulf kingdom of striking Sana...

BatteryDaily MILITARY Oct 03, 2026 (AFP)
AI needs safety layers like nuclear plants: ex-OpenAI engineer

Another former OpenAI employee has added his voice to a chorus of frantic calls to make AI safe, saying the industry must mimic the aviation or nuclear power sectors with their lay...

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Four lunar orbiters could stop BeiDou constellation drift during autonomous navigation
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Austria sees record number of heat-related deaths in June and July
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Surrey researchers want satellite data written into energy and data centre planning rules
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Slow freezing in Enceladus vents explains chemically varied ice grains seen by Cassini
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Sea levels to rise in California as coastal wave surges up west coast
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Drone strikes on dormitory, shelter kill 10 in Sudan's El-Obeid
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Most equities rise after oil price plunge, US data in focus
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Balloon-borne Sunrise-III finds thread-like magnetic structures above the quiet Sun
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World's tallest wind turbine in Germany reaches full height
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Two US-made F-16V fighter jets land in Taiwan: AFP journalist
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Effective Altruism: the philosophy behind Silicon Valley's AI fears
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Varda flies W-8 and W-9 capsules on a single rideshare launch
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ICEYE and Nokia to build nationally owned LEO broadband systems for governments
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Asian tech firms stand out on mixed day for stocks
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PolicyDaily Oct 03, 2026 (AFP)
North Korea fires ballistic missile after Seoul's apology demand

North Korea fired a ballistic missile, Seoul's military said Saturday, days after demanding an apology for a b...

PolicyDaily Oct 03, 2026 (AFP)
Oil tankers attacked in Hormuz strait: UK maritime agency

Two oil tankers have been struck by "unidentified projectiles" in the Strait of Hormuz region, a British marit...

PolicyDaily Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
Lula, Bolsonaro trade blows in final scramble for votes in Brazil

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and rival Flavio Bolsonaro are pulling no punches in a last-ditch effort t...

PolicyDaily Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
Battle in Yemen's Taiz kills scores of combatants: sources to AFP

Yemen's Houthis and Saudi-backed forces fought over an area near a waterway crucial to global energy flows, ki...