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- Before SpaceX IPO, investors in China secretly acquired stakesby Justin Elliott and Joshua Kaplan on June 22, 2026
This article was originally published by ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning newsroom. A businessman with ties to Chinese military contractors was among the overseas investors who acquired stakes in SpaceX while it was still a private company. An entity linked to the Qatari royal family also took […]
- Peace or not, the Middle East will now lean more toward Chinaby Bill Emmott on June 22, 2026
The most important question about the US-Israel-Iran war is no longer one of who has lost. It is obvious that everyone has lost but that Iran has lost less badly than the others. Nor is it important to ask how humiliating the peace “memorandum” Iran and the US signed this week is for Donald […]
- India says ties with China normalising as top officials meet in Delhion June 22, 2026
NEW DELHI, June 22 – Indian National Security Adviser Ajit Doval spoke with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday on the sidelines of a BRICS National Security Advisers’ meeting in New Delhi, India’s foreign ministry said.
- Fire at training centre in India’s Lucknow kills at least 15on June 22, 2026
- Iranian foreign minister declares ‘major progress’ in peace talksby Jake Johnson on June 22, 2026
Iran’s top diplomat said late Sunday that peace negotiations in Switzerland have produced “major progress” despite US President Donald Trump’s belligerent military threats and Israel’s continued assault on Lebanon, both of which have risked derailing the high-stakes talks. Abbas […]
- China moves against US rare earth, defence firms in ‘calibrated’ response to Pentagon blackliston June 22, 2026
Move signals continued competition between the two superpowers despite stabilising ties.
- Bangladesh deploys army ahead of anniversary of ousted Hasina’s partyon June 22, 2026
The move comes just a week after the military was withdrawn from nationwide duties on June 15.
- Filipino bishop faces legal challenge over anti-mining barricadesby [email protected] on June 22, 2026
Bishop Jose Elmer Mangalinao of Bayombong says he visited the village out of pastoral concerns
- Fire at training centre in India’s Lucknow kills at least eight, police sayon June 22, 2026
NEW DELHI, June 22 – At least eight people were killed in a fire at an animation training centre in Lucknow city in northern India on Monday, authorities said.
- Keir Starmer latest casualty in Britain’s premiership carouselby Nicholas Dickinson on June 22, 2026
Keir Starmer has resigned as leader of the Labour party, and so in time as the UK’s prime minister. In the end, despite his numerous assurances that he would fight on, after Andy Burnham’s resounding win in the Makerfield byelection, the pressure on Starmer became too great to withstand. It […]
- Three Filipino students killed in school shooting linked to bullyingby [email protected] on June 22, 2026
About 76 percent of Filipino students report having experienced some form of bullying at school, data shows
- Indonesia announces US$1.48 billion stimulus, mostly for food handoutson June 22, 2026
- Over 70,000 to join martyred Vietnamese priest’s beatificationby [email protected] on June 22, 2026
Father Francis Xavier Truong Buu Diep refused to leave parish Church amid violence during First Indochina War
- Dutch chip tech firm Nearfield raises $380m series Dby Minh Le on June 22, 2026
The funding values the company at $1.6 billion.
- How Johor’s political stand-off could leave RTS Link passengers strandedon June 22, 2026
A spat between federal and state politicians may complicate Johor’s plans to build a city transit system.
- China launches probe after media reports of contaminated diaperson June 22, 2026
- Myanmar army killed over 700 civilians in six months: UNon June 22, 2026
The UN said air strikes remained the single largest cause of destruction and suffering.
- Chinese authorities launch probe into alleged presence of formamide in baby diaperson June 22, 2026
A media report claimed that tests on several mainstream infant diaper products had detected traces of the substance.
- Mapping the firms dominating Japan’s health sectorby Aya Lin on June 22, 2026
Mapping Japan’s health sector: Key players, top investors, and funding insights in one report.
- Sturgeon once extinct in the wild returns to China’s Yangtze Riveron June 22, 2026
It is the first time natural reproduction of the Yangtze sturgeon is documented in a wild setting.
- EU courts Brazil as strategic partner in global race for critical mineralson June 22, 2026
RIO DE JANEIRO, June 22 – The European Union is turning to Brazil as a strategic partner in its push to diversify its critical mineral supplies, offering a deal that it says will be beneficial to Brazil’s development goals, EU Commissioner for International Partnerships Jozef Sikela told Reuters on […]
- Malaysia’s anti-graft agency launches probe into elephants’ transfer to Japan zooon June 22, 2026
In March, three elephants – Dara, Amoi and Kelat – were relocated from Taiping Zoo in Perak to Tennoji Zoo in Osaka under a 25-year conservation and research agreement between the two institutions.
- China in hot pursuit of a wave-skimming hypersonic edgeby Gabriel Honrada on June 22, 2026
China’s pursuit of a sea-skimming hypersonic missile could redefine naval warfare in the Pacific — but only if it can overcome the immense technical and operational barriers standing in its way. This month, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported that the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) […]
- Timor-Leste declares week of mourning for ex-president Guterreson June 22, 2026
Francisco “Lu-Olo” Guterres’ body is expected to arrive back in Timor-Leste’s capital on June 23.
- India monsoon revives after two-week stall, heads into central belton June 22, 2026
The monsoon delivers about 70 per cent of the country’s annual rain.
- ComfortDelGro launches free driverless rides in Punggolby Naomi Li Gan on June 22, 2026
ComfortDelGro said the Punggol launch builds on a two-year pilot launched with Pony.ai in Guangzhou
- Malaysia to cut price of diesel nationwide from July on June 22, 2026
- Singapore AI inspection startup H3 Zoom raises $3.6mby Diya Lal on June 22, 2026
The round was led by JRE Ventures, with participation from SGInnovate and M7 Holdings.
- Indonesia to use AI in $15b free meals schemeby Aiko Gao Ishida on June 22, 2026
The meals program targets 83 million children and pregnant women.
- Why Gaza’s genocide death toll is deliberately undercountedby Ralph Nader on June 22, 2026
The mainstream media has no problem guesstimating the deaths (500,000) from the Assad dictatorship’s civil war in Syria, nor the estimated deaths in the wars in Ukraine, Sudan or Iran. Somehow, media editors do not let their investigative reporters assess the extent of Israel’s mass murder […]
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