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Leader Kim Jong Un makes nuclear weapons part of his country's constitution, says he will speed up production of nukes to deter what he said were 'US provocations'
The warning came on the heels of a Washington briefing which said Chinese state-linked hackers had stolen 60,000 emails from 10 State Department accounts
The cable could connect American Samoa with Guam, plus Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tuvalu, Fiji, Nauru, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Cook Islands, Wallis and Futuna and Micronesia
Jakarta said the ban, which is effective immediately, is intended to protect its offline merchants and marketplaces
The extension would mark an end to business uncertainty for South Korea’s Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix who have invested billions in their chip fabs in China
New regulations are causing consternation that publishing apps in the world's second largest economy is set to become very difficult
Ten foreigners, including a number from China, have been arrested and charged and luxury real estate, cryptocurrencies and cars seized
The logistics unit’s launch would make it the first to be split off since the Chinese e-commerce giant announced its restructure six months ago
Diplomats from North Asian states discuss holding three-way talks later this year, as China grows wary of warming ties between its neighbours, plus their closer bond to the US
"What kind of move is this?" one Weibo user said, as the Chinese telecom giant's much anticipated product event failed to give any new details on its 'sanctions-defeating' Mate 60 series
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