SPECIAL COVERAGE: Impeachment trial of Sara Duterte

Rappler - Sep 21, 2026

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Sep 21, 2026

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Lydia Sham Hui-yu bagged Hong Kong’s first gold medal of the Asian Games on Monday, winning the women’s Changquan final in style at the Aichi Prefectural Martial Arts Hall. The wushu athlete, who was one of the city’s two flag bearers at the opening ceremony in Nagoya, scored 9.713 points to see off the challenge of Macau’s Sou Cho-man, who took silver with 9.710, and Eugenia Diva Widodo of Indonesia, whose 9.706 was good enough for bronze. Sham went into the event having previously won gold in...

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Sep 21, 2026

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Mainland China’s stock exchanges mount charm offensive amid Hong Kong IPO boom

Sep 21, 2026

Mainland China’s stock exchanges mount charm offensive amid Hong Kong IPO boom

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[OPINION] What does ‘two-thirds of all members’ mean? What a difference a word makes!

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South Korea steps up to plug Europe’s jet fuel deficit

Sep 21, 2026

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Europe faces a fourth-quarter jet fuel deficit, even as it turns to far-flung suppliers including South Korea, which is set to boost its jet exports to Europe to a four-year high in September, according to analysts and shipping data. The continent has been importing more jet fuel from nations including Nigeria, the United States and Canada since the outbreak of the Iran war over half a year ago, which hit Middle Eastern supplies and cut off around half of Europe’s jet imports. Europe remains...

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Sep 21, 2026

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Chinese chipmaker Hygon Information Technology is set to release a new chip targeting physical-world applications including robotics, expanding from its current focus on data centres, according to Chinese media reports and company information. The product launch, slated for Tuesday, marks Hygon’s move into a new chip category powering machines that interact directly with their environments, as physical artificial intelligence becomes increasingly important. The new chip, an iteration of the...

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