Contested subsectors double in Hong Kong’s Election Committee poll

Contested subsectors double in Hong Kong’s Election Committee poll

SCMP •

The number of contested subsectors in Hong Kong’s powerful Election Committee has doubled compared with 2021, in a move observers said reflected Beijing’s push to foster healthy competition within the pro-establishment camp and strengthen the legitimacy of the body responsible for selecting the city’s next leader. The two-week nomination period ended on Tuesday, with 1,115 hopefuls signing up to r...

Ivorian DJ digs forgotten tracks, on the hunt for great classics

Ivorian DJ digs forgotten tracks, on the hunt for great classics

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Cédric Kouamé travels across Ivory Coast to collect old vinyl records before restoring them. The Ivorian DJ hopes to bring national attention to his passion through an official centre dedicated to the country's historical archives, as FRANCE 24's team on the ground reports.

Midterms 2026: The farmers calling for more migrant workers

Midterms 2026: The farmers calling for more migrant workers

France 24 •

As the US midterms approach, immigration is once again dominating the country’s political discourse and Arizona’s largely agricultural Yuma County, just miles from the Mexican border, is no exception. But here, farmers like John Boelts are calling for more legal migrants, warning that without the labour they provide essential crops may go to waste or never be planted at all. France 24’s Sam Ball a...

China’s hybrid car exports to EU surge by more than 200% as import cap looms

China’s hybrid car exports to EU surge by more than 200% as import cap looms

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China’s hybrid car exports to the European Union tripled in September from a year earlier, with shipments expected to remain elevated before an import cap agreed during recent trade talks takes effect. The country shipped nearly 100,000 hybrid cars to the bloc last month, up 18.9 per cent from August and 204.2 per cent from a year earlier, customs data showed on Tuesday. The surge outpaced a 142.7...

Chinese scientists find neurons may act as minicomputers that help decision-making

Chinese scientists find neurons may act as minicomputers that help decision-making

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Chinese scientists have found evidence that individual neurons can act like powerful minicomputers that enable flexible behaviour such as making decisions. Scientists do not have a complete understanding of how our brains adapt to changing contexts to respond appropriately to sensory information. But by studying mice, the team obtained the first experimental evidence that dendrites – branchlike st...

Battery giant CATL posts surprise profit slowdown, mainland China shares tumble over 10%

Battery giant CATL posts surprise profit slowdown, mainland China shares tumble over 10%

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Chinese battery giant Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited (CATL) extended its stock price rout after recording a surprise slowdown in third-quarter net profits, as analysts warned the company could be hit by slowing demand from China’s electric car industry next year. The world’s largest electric vehicle (EV) battery maker saw its shares continue to tumble by over 10 per cent in Shenzhen and 8...

Chinese battery giant CATL hit by profit slowdown as EV headwind fears grow

Chinese battery giant CATL hit by profit slowdown as EV headwind fears grow

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Chinese battery giant Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited (CATL) has recorded a surprise slowdown in third-quarter net profits, as analysts warned the company could be hit by slowing demand from China’s electric car industry next year. The world’s largest electric vehicle battery maker posted a net profit of 21.25 billion yuan (US$3.18 billion) for the July-September period, up 14.54 per cent ...

65-year old swimmer killed in shark attack off South African coast; 2 beaches shut

65-year old swimmer killed in shark attack off South African coast; 2 beaches shut

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Tragedy struck at Orient Beach in KuGompo City when 65-year-old open-water swimmer Janine Lochrenberg was fatally attacked by a shark. Despite the desperate efforts of fellow swimmers who rushed to assist her, she suffered life-threatening injuries to her arm and thigh, ultimately succumbing to her wounds. In response, local authorities promptly closed the beach and launched an investigation, as r...

Michigan heckler the son of Republican adviser paid for ‘influencer marketing’ against El-Sayed

Michigan heckler the son of Republican adviser paid for ‘influencer marketing’ against El-Sayed

The Guardian •

Timmy Teepell’s firm paid $250,000 by America Next, which has been trying to gin up ‘organic’ opposition to El-SayedMan who heckled El-Sayed is former Josh Hawley aide, records showThe man who attempted to ambush Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed with a question about his supposed allegiance to the Muslim Brotherhood – which El-Sayed parlayed into a viral clip for his campaign – is the so...

Hancock’s claim about protecting care homes shown by Covid inquiry to be ‘cruel lie’, victims’ families say – UK politics live

Hancock’s claim about protecting care homes shown by Covid inquiry to be ‘cruel lie’, victims’ families say – UK politics live

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Heather Hallett, chair of the Covid inquiry, has just published the report from the inquiry’s module 6, looking at what happened in care homesBadenoch says Britain needs tax cuts.We need to get out of the way of job creators who make our country richer. We need to encourage risk taking, wealth creation, enterprise.Britain’s tax burden has never been higher. You are taxed on the heating in your hom...

Exiled critic of Rwandan President Kagame found beheaded in Uganda

Exiled critic of Rwandan President Kagame found beheaded in Uganda

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Robert Kabera, a former Rwandan soldier living in Uganda, where he had become a vocal critic of his government back home, was found decapitated near Kampala. Rwandan authorities have been accused of assassinating opponents of President Paul Kagame. FRANCE 24's Aurore Bayoud reports from Kigali, Rwanda.

US bans use of China’s DeepSeek AI tools by government agencies

US bans use of China’s DeepSeek AI tools by government agencies

The Guardian •

Use of tools ‘may result in the transfer of sensitive data to (China)’, defense department saysThe US government on Monday ordered its agencies to stop using artificial intelligence (AI) tools from Chinese startup DeepSeek, as the countries race for dominance in the fast-moving sector.A notice from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the ban on products developed by DeepSeek – and ...

Italy poised to approve tougher security measures in response to protests – Europe live

Italy poised to approve tougher security measures in response to protests – Europe live

The Guardian •

Italy’s deputy prime minister said police will be able to detain under-18s for 12 hours, even if they have not committed a crimeNordic correspondentAs well as Steve Witkoff, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy will also meet the Norwegian prime minister, Jonas Gahr Støre and the Finnish president Alexander Stubb and Norway’s new King Haakon during his visit to Oslo. Continue reading...