SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Singapore authorities added further charges on Thursday against three men remanded in a case that is part of a wider police investigation into server fraud that may contain AI chips, court documents showed. The men were charged with committing fraud against Dell and Super Micro by falsely representing where the servers they bought …
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By Jessie Pang and James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai finished testifying in court on Thursday in a landmark national security trial where he stands accused of colluding with foreign forces and sedition. Thursday marked day 144 of the trial against Lai and his 52nd day …
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By Jessie Pang and Anson Law HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s top court on Thursday dismissed a bid to overturn the 2022 conviction and sentence of jailed pro-democracy activist Tam Tak-chi under a colonial-era sedition law. Tam, a former member of the now-disbanded People Power party and also radio host DJ known as “Fast …
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LONDON (Reuters) – A Chinese student was found guilty by a London court on Wednesday of drugging and raping 10 women in Britain and China, with British detectives saying they suspected that as many as 50 other women might have been attacked by him. Zhenhao Zou, 28, who lived in south London, used online platforms …
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By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. on Wednesday announced indictments against a slew of alleged Chinese hackers, sanctioned a Chinese tech company and offered a $10 million bounty over what Washington called a years-long spy campaign that stole information from victims across America and around the world. Federal officials accused 10 people of collaborating …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – A fire that broke out at a nuclear power plant in southern Taiwan was put out and posed no safety concern, the Taiwan Power Company said on Thursday. The company said in a statement that the fire at the Maanshan nuclear power plant in southern Pingtung county was some 50 metres away …
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Thursday that high tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration would make investments in the United States difficult. Japanese companies need to generate the funds for U.S. investments, so “high tariffs would make it difficult to invest in the U.S.,” Ishiba told parliament. Almost …
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TOKYO (Reuters) -An explosion at Chuo Spring’s plant in Aichi Prefecture in central Japan killed one person and injured two, a fire department official said on Thursday. The official said the blast involved a dust collector inside the Fujioka plant, which supplies auto parts to Toyota Motor <7203.T>. A similar accident occurred at the same …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s consumer inflation softened in February for the first time in four months, government data showed on Thursday, providing at least some relief to policymakers looking to further ease monetary policy. The consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.0% from a year earlier, slower than a gain of 2.2% in the previous …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Japan, South Korea and other countries want to partner with the United States in a “gigantic” natural gas pipeline in Alaska, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, claiming they would invest “trillions of dollars each.” Trump said in an address to the U.S. Congress that the pipeline would be one of the …
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