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China, EU slam proposed US tariffs, reject forced labour allegations
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Kina · 3. lipnja 2026. · Vijesti

The administration of US President Donald Trump has proposed new tariffs of up to 12.5 per cent on imports from China and dozens of other trading partners, using a forced-labour investigation to advance what analysts see as a bid to rebuild its tariff regime after recent court se…

Portugal and Austria defeat Germany for seats on UN Security Council
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Europa · 3. lipnja 2026. · Vijesti

Portugal and Austria defeated Germany for seats on the powerful but deeply divided UN Security Council on Wednesday in a hotly contested race after intense campaigning. The 10 rotating seats on the 15-member Security Council are earmarked for different regions of the world. The a…

Ukraine drone strikes causing ‘panic’ for Kremlin, EU’s Kallas says
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Europa · 3. lipnja 2026. · Vijesti

Ukrainian drone strikes deep inside Russia are causing “panic” for the Kremlin, EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas said on Wednesday, saying Moscow was lashing out at Kyiv with increased attacks. Ukrainian drones hit energy and military sites in St Petersburg on Wednesday as officials g…

MTR Corp boss Jacob Kam elected chairman of Hong Kong’s largest business chamber
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Kina · 3. lipnja 2026. · Vijesti

The non-executive chairman of Hong Kong rail giant the MTR Corporation has been elected as the new head of the city’s largest business chamber for a one-year term. Jacob Kam Chak-pui, 64, took over as chairman of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday following an…

Kenya health minister says US Ebola quarantine centre will proceed despite deadly protests
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Afrika · 3. lipnja 2026. · Vijesti

Kenya’s health minister said on Wednesday that the US-funded quarantine centre would proceed, days after deadly protests erupted over the project. The US-built facility at Kenya’s Laikipia Air Base was due to open last week, according to US officials, to quarantine Americans arri…

Want to save the planet? Stop being so polite to AI chatbots
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Kina · 3. lipnja 2026. · Vijesti

Skipping pleasantries like “please” and “thank you” when talking to chatbots could save enough energy to power the annual needs of 760,000 residents in sub-Saharan Africa, highlighting the massive but often hidden environmental toll of artificial intelligence, according to a new …

Hong Kong launches DeepSeek-based AI model designed to run on domestic chips
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Kina · 3. lipnja 2026. · Vijesti

The Hong Kong Generative AI Research and Development Centre (HKGAI) has officially launched a new DeepSeek-based large language model that can run on domestic chips, as the government-backed lab seeks to commercialise its products and export Chinese AI overseas. The HKGAI-V3 mode…

China plans compute futures in Shanghai as AI computing demand surges
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Kina · 3. lipnja 2026. · Vijesti

China is preparing to launch compute futures in Shanghai, signalling a push to link financial markets to computing power as the global AI boom drives new demand for digital infrastructure. The Shanghai municipal government has released guidelines stating the new financial derivat…

EU and China set for Paris talks this week as trade war fears mount
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Europa · 3. lipnja 2026. · Vijesti

EU trade chief Maros Sefcovic will meet China’s international trade envoy, Li Chenggang, in Paris on Thursday, as the sides look to defuse tensions that have pushed them to the brink of a trade war. The officials will meet on the sidelines of an Organisation for Economic Co-opera…

Citizen group to press for ‘transparency’ in Philippine VP Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Azija · 3. lipnja 2026. · Vijesti

A citizen watchdog has been launched in the Philippines to monitor Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio’s impeachment trial, as turmoil inside the Senate threatens to deepen public doubts over whether the politically explosive proceedings can be handled fairly and constitutionally.…

Indonesia arrests sacked head of free meal scheme
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Azija · 3. lipnja 2026. · Vijesti

Indonesian officials arrested on Wednesday the former head of the country’s free school meals programme, blighted by mass food poisonings and corruption claims, a day after he was fired. The much-hyped billion-dollar feeding scheme was the flagship policy of President Prabowo Sub…

Hong Kong principal fired for swearing at security guards on Singapore school trip
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Kina · 3. lipnja 2026. · Vijesti

A Hong Kong school principal has been fired after he swore at security guards during a student trip to Singapore last month, the institution has announced. The management committee of San Wui Commercial Society Secondary School in Tuen Mun announced on Wednesday the immediate dis…

How Japan and the Philippines are building a maritime security front against China
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Kina · 3. lipnja 2026. · Vijesti

Japan and the Philippines are deepening defence and maritime cooperation over shared concerns about China, with broad implications that analysts say reach beyond the South China Sea. Following Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr’s state visit to Tokyo last week, the two sid…

Universities in Hong Kong and Kazakhstan deepen ties during Lee’s visit
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Kina · 3. lipnja 2026. · Vijesti

Two universities in Hong Kong have signed partnership agreements with a leading varsity in Kazakhstan, with the city leader saying the moves will help deepen academic collaboration and strengthen social bonds. The Education University of Hong Kong and Polytechnic University signe…

South Korea’s ruling party set for local election gains, exit poll shows
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Sjeverna Koreja · 3. lipnja 2026. · Vijesti

South Korea’s ruling Democratic Party is projected to make sweeping gains in local elections on Wednesday, an exit poll showed, but a close race in the key city of Busan left it unclear whether President Lee Jae-myung’s party could claim a landslide victory. Voting had ‌largely c…

China’s PL-15 missile has downed Rafale jets. Is the PL-16 even more powerful?
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · SAD · 3. lipnja 2026. · Vijesti

China’s latest air-to-air missile, the PL-16, could have a range of more than 300km (186 miles) thanks to a variable-thrust rocket motor, according to an unverified image being circulated online. It comes weeks after the first image emerged of the US Air Force’s new AIM-260 air-t…

Hong Kong principal who swore at Singapore security guards resigns
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Kina · 28. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

A Hong Kong secondary school principal filmed swearing at security guards during a student trip to Singapore has resigned, days after being suspended from the position. Lee Cheuk‑hing tendered his resignation on Thursday as principal of San Wui Commercial Society Secondary School…

3 wounded in blade attack at Swiss railway station
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Globalno · 28. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

An attacker wounded three people with a bladed weapon at a railway station near Zurich on Thursday morning, before being arrested, Swiss police said. “Shortly after 8.30am, a man injured three people with a bladed weapon” at the station in the city of Winterthur, northeast of Zur…

China slams US commander’s ‘dagger’ label for South Korea
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Kina · 28. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

China has criticised the commander of the US Forces Korea (USFK) who has described South Korea as a “dagger” and Japan as a “shield” in countering China’s growing regional influence. It comes as Washington seeks to expand the scope of its South Korea-based command for a greater p…

Germany, Netherlands to set up Nato command centre in Baltics
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Europa · 28. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

Germany and the Netherlands will set up a joint tactical headquarters in the Baltics this year to command forces on Nato’s eastern flank and help deter Russia, Berlin said on Thursday. The joint German-Dutch command centre known as 1GNC will “assume a command role on Nato’s easte…

Mainland Chinese patient first to be moved north under cross-border ambulance scheme
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Kina · 28. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

A mainland Chinese woman injured while travelling in Hong Kong has become the first patient transferred from the city to the mainland under the Hospital Authority’s cross-border ambulance pilot scheme. The patient, who requested to continue her treatment on the mainland, was tran…

Alibaba, Tencent lead pivot from chatbots to embodied AI for robotics
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Kina · 28. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

Chinese tech companies are racing to deploy artificial intelligence models into robots, shifting the battleground for generative AI from digital chatbots to physical autonomous systems. Alibaba Group Holding’s Qwen3.7-Max model, launched last week, features “tool-calling” capabil…

Hong Kong exports surge 43% in April, driven by strong demand for AI electronics
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Kina · 28. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

Hong Kong’s exports rose by nearly 43 per cent year on year in April, driven by strong global demand for artificial intelligence-related electronics, though the government warned that escalating Middle East tensions could cloud the near-term outlook. Provisional figures released …

France becomes first EU country to reimburse anti-obesity drugs
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Europa · 28. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

France ⁠will reimburse the cost of weight-loss drugs prescribed to severely obese patients from mid-June in a first for a European Union country, Health Minister Stephanie Rist said on Thursday. Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy and Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro medications have led a boom ‌in anti-o…

US judge allows Trump to implement mail-in voting executive order
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · SAD · 28. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

A US judge on Thursday declined ⁠to block President Donald ⁠Trump’s executive tightening rules on mail-in ⁠voting in a loss for the Democratic Party, whose lawyers argued that it could disenfranchise millions of voters. The decision comes as Trump’s Republicans are locked in a ti…

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