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China and Hong Kong condemn ‘bullying’ following deal struck amid US pressure.China is scrutinising a deal struck by a Hong Kong company to sell ports at the Panama Canal to a United States financial firm. Beijing directed multiple agencies on Tuesday to examine the transaction, according to Bloomberg News. The deal was earlier hailed by President Donald Trump, who has accused China of seeking to control the strategic waterway. Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison said earlier this month that it had agreed to sell most of its global ports business worth $22.8bn, including assets near the Panama Canal, to a group…

Russia significantly stepped up its sabotage campaign over the past two years as it sought to pressure Europe and the United States to curb their support for Ukraine, according to a new study released on Tuesday.The report, by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, is one of the first that try to quantify the scale of Moscow’s covert campaign that targeted undersea cables, warehouses and railways. It found that Russian attacks in Europe quadrupled from 2022 to 2023 and then tripled again from 2023 to 2024.“This is an important tool that the Russians are using in coordination with their…

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By Grant Brisbee, Andy McCullough and Stephen J. NesbittEvery week,​ we​ ask a selected group of our baseball​ writers​ — local and national — to rank the teams from first to worst. Here are the collective results.It’s been 139 days since the New York Yankees fumbled Game 5 of the World Series and the Los Angeles Dodgers were crowned champions. Offseason transactions transformed the look of several contenders. The Dodgers loaded up for a title defense. The Yankees lost a superstar and an ace. The Mets spent big in free agency. The Red Sox ponied up, too. And the Diamondbacks gave…

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MALAYSIA’S MOST CONGESTED CITY In January, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim officially launched construction of Penang’s Mutiara LRT Line. This nearly 30km line, with 21 stations, is expected to begin service in December 2031. Penang is a car-centric city with a well-developed road network but is paralysed by congestion. The annual TomTom traffic index ranked Penang’s capital, George Town, the most congested city in Malaysia in 2024, with an average driving time of 27 minutes per 10km, equivalent to a speed of about 22 kmh. Its existing bus network of 47 routes, served by a fleet of about 350 buses,…

The guards wore name tags that read “Hitler” and “Demon” and covered their faces with ski masks. The Americans in the Venezuelan prison were confined to cement cells, beaten, pepper-sprayed and subjected to what one prisoner called “psychological torture.”Three months into their capture, the Americans were so filled with anger that they rebelled. They banged cell walls and kicked doors, they said, as other prisoners joined in, hundreds of them screaming for freedom until the concrete began to crack.“Are you with me, my Venezuelans?” one of the prisoners, Gregory David Werber, yelled, a fellow inmate recalled.“We are with you, gringo!”…

President Donald Trump has signed more than 80 executive orders since returning to the White House in January — prompting more than 100 lawsuits against his administration. While Democratic lawmakers have accused the Trump administration of launching a “constitutional crisis” within the U.S. as a result of these orders, the White House has claimed that “low-level” judges have issued unconstitutional injunctions barring Trump from implementing his agenda and that it will appeal adverse rulings. “You cannot have a low-level district court judge filing an injunction to usurp the executive authority of the President of the United States,” White House press secretary Karoline…

Strickland Metals has kicked off a ground gravity survey across its massive 7.5-kilometre intrusion-related gold system at the company’s 108,900-ounce Dusk ‘til Dawn gold camp, which is part of its wider 257,000-ounce Yandal project in Western Australia’s northeastern Goldfields.The company has engaged Atlas Geophysics to conduct the gravity survey across Dusk ‘til Dawn’s ground. The survey will allow for improved modelling of the intrusive gold system and help Strickland pinpoint drill holes for an upcoming eight-hole diamond drill program.Strickland Metals revealed earlier this month it has identified a significant intrusion-related gold system at the camp from a combination of geochemical,…

Cancer researchers examining the use of artificial intelligence to detect early signs of breast cancer. Pediatricians tracking the long-term health of children born to mothers infected with the coronavirus during pregnancy. Scientists searching for links between diabetes and dementia.All these projects at Columbia University were paid for with federal research grants that were abruptly terminated following the Trump administration’s decision to cut $400 million in funding to Columbia over concerns regarding the treatment of Jewish students.Dozens of medical and scientific studies are ending, or at risk of ending, leaving researchers scrambling to find alternative funding. In some cases, researchers have…