Chinese AI robot delivers needle-free pig vaccinations with 93% accuracy
In China, robots are being used to inject pigs with vaccines to support intelligent pig farming and meet the production demands of the world’s biggest pork-producing nation .
While eating, a pig may not notice the machine approaching from behind before the robot uses a camera to locate the base of the pig’s tail before delivering a needle-free vaccine injection into its buttock.
Vaccination is a routine task, with breeding pigs requiring multiple injections during their production cycles, traditionally making it a labour-intensive aspect of
Pilot’s arrest spotlights Malaysia’s growing status as regional drug transit hub
A pilot allegedly caught with tens of thousands of Ecstasy pills in Jakarta is the most high-profile case in a recent string of arrests that police and criminologists say points to a growing problem: transnational syndicates are using Malaysia to move drugs and recruit couriers.
The case was followed within days by other arrests involving Malaysians in Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore, suggesting a pattern of criminal organisations exploiting the country’s transport links, porous borders and financially vulnerable recruits.
Experts said the arrests exposed Malaysia’s risk on two fronts
Has China’s missile force got America’s Kadena base in Japan in its sights?
Satellite image of facility that appeared to be the Okinawa airbase seen in state television documentary as PLA officer discussed drills
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Liu Zhen and Gabriel Dominguez
Chinese state television has broadcast rare footage apparently showing the US Air Force’s Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan as a target of the PLA’s missile force.
During an episode of the CCTV documentary Securing Victory on Monday, a satellite image of an airbase was seen
Gunman kills Mexican TikTok influencer during live stream
A gunman killed a social media influencer during a live stream in Mexico’s volatile northwestern state of Sinaloa, authorities said on Wednesday, a public killing that underscored ongoing violence targeting social media personalities in the Latin American nation.
The influencer, Cesar Gastelum, was killed on Tuesday night in the Sinaloa state capital of Culiacan, officials said. Mexican authorities implied the killing of the young man was linked to cartel violence but did not blame any particular group.
A video of the moment of his death, which was viewed by
China launches probe into US cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks
The move comes just a day after Beijing imposed sanctions on a string of US firms and tightened controls over the drone supply chain
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Ji Siqi in Beijing , Ann Cao in Shanghai and Ben Jiang in Beijing
Beijing has launched a cybersecurity review into products sold in China by US technology firm Palo Alto Networks, the Cyberspace Administration of China announced on Thursday
Why was a US Yale graduate hounded out of his job promoting Chinese culture?
In just two months, Yale graduate Edward Kuperman went from being praised by Chinese state media to being bombarded with accusations that he was a spy.
It began with a June 18 article from state news agency Xinhua , in which he was described as an eager 24-year-old sinophile who made the unconventional choice of spurning China’s eastern metropolises and choosing to live in Dunhuang , in the country’s northwestern Gansu province, an oasis town on the ancient Silk Road.
His interest in China started with
China adds US sanctions, drone curbs in trade tit-for-tat
China announced new drone supply chain export controls and counter-sanctions against seven American firms in retaliation for US trade restrictions imposed last week targeting Chinese companies.Sales to United States entities of “drones, their key components and related technologies” will be subject to “strict case-by-case scrutiny”, the Ministry of Commerce said on Wednesday, with the measures taking effect immediately. They amount to a tightening of restrictions first implemented in 2023 and...
Why the UK is doubling down on Asean ties amid European reset
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Observers say the move to engage Asean is less a policy reset than continuity in Britain’s post-Brexit engagement with the bloc
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Britain’s new Labour government is trying to reassure Southeast Asia that its push to rebuild ties with Europe will not come at the region’s expense, analysts have said, after Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband made an Asean meeting in Manila his first overseas stop
Hong Kong urged to boost public housing space and speed up flat allocation
Hong Kong authorities should set targets in the city’s first five-year development plan to increase the average living space for public housing tenants and raise the minimum size of subsidised sale flats as supply grows, a concern group has urged.
The Federation of Public Housing Estates also said on Thursday that the government should make clear it aims to reduce the average waiting time for public rental housing to three years in the long run, rather than setting a time frame as a key performance indicator (KPI) in the five-