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Chinese desalination plant cuts 60% energy by turning brine to industrial salt

Technology may help to solve the global problem of discharging concentrated by-products of drinking water production into the sea.

Technicians inspect filters during a trial run at Tangshan Sanyou Blue Ocean Technology's brine pre-treatment facility. Photo: Science and Technology Daily

Big Tech

How China’s factories leap straight into agentic AI and take it global

A visitor walks by a billboard for AI at the PT Expo, a major information and communications technology event, in Beijing last month. Photo: Getty Images

Banking & Finance

AI threatens Hong Kong retirement paths yet most lack financial plan: survey

Workers and office staff in Hong Kong’s Central district during the lunchtime rush. Photo: Karma Lo
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As AI and the Iran war loom, China’s energy technocrats are on the fast track

The energy careers of senior Communist Party cadres have given them technical expertise, foresight and management skills.

A wind-photovoltaic power project in Yuantou Town, northern China’s Hebei province. Photo: Xinhua

World

Trump’s China-savvy spokeswoman, Hong Kong trail emergencies: 5 weekend reads

From a museum replica sparking US-China collaboration to Malaysian doctors shunning Borneo, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend.

Trump described Katie Zacharia as a “loyal and brilliant supporter”. Photo: Handout

Big Tech

China’s CXMT makes progress in chip design pursued by Samsung, SK Hynix

Memory chip giant says its proprietary transistor design could increase storage density and improve efficiency.

A CXMT chip is displayed at the 2026 World Manufacturing Convention in Hefei, Anhui province. Photo: Xinhua
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Hong Kong’s ‘AI city brain’ could undergo testing next typhoon season: Eric Chan

City’s No 2 official says system to provide ‘full picture of Hong Kong’, connecting traffic, flood monitoring, drainage and weather data.

Belcher Bay promenade in Kennedy Town during Super Typhoon Noul in July. Photo: Karma Lo

Lifestyle

What drives 4 Shaw Prize laureates in pursuit of scientific discovery

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Four of this year’s Shaw Prize laureates: (from left) Ken’ichi Nomoto, Stanford Woosley, Camillo De Lellis and Emmanuel Candes.

Banking & Finance

Beijing moves to steady A-share market after sharp tech sell-off

CSRC chair Wu Qing convenes meeting with listed firms and financial institutions after a sharp third-quarter market decline.

A large screen displays stock exchange and economic data in Shanghai. Photo: EPA

People

How shadow banking feeds Myanmar while starving its military

Myanmar’s exiles and migrants rely on informal currency swaps to fund their families while starving the military regime.

Myanmar nationals and supporters protest outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, in 2022. Photo: EPA

Transport

More than 5,000 travellers use revamped Huanggang crossing in first 2 hours

Checkpoint opens after six-year redevelopment, with security chief Chris Tang saying early numbers have been 60 per cent higher than expected.

Travellers using the new crossing. Photo: Karma Lo

Business

Laopu Gold expands Hong Kong footprint with full-floor lease in Central: sources

Mainland Chinese jeweller set to move into One Exchange Square to support its global expansion plans.

Shoppers check out a Laopu Gold branch. Photo: May Tse

United States & Canada

Trump, Rubio weigh firing US ambassador to Greece: official

Decision on Kimberly Guilfoyle expected as State Department’s inspector general looks into reported questionable conduct.

US ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle at the prime minister’s office in Athens on Wednesday. Photo; Reuters

East Asia

Days after AI missile test, North Korea fires more projectiles

South Korea’s military confirmed Monday’s launch, which followed its own hypersonic missile test earlier this month.

North Korea said the missile it launched on October 3, pictured here, was capable of "changing its flight orbit at a low altitude" and included AI technology. Photo: KCNA/KNS/dpa

Middle East

At least 139 migrants dead, dozens missing after boat capsizes off Djibouti

UN agency says vessel carrying 305 mostly Ethiopian passengers sank on a dangerous Red Sea route to Yemen.

Part of the capsized migrant vessel off Djibouti. Photo: International Organization for Migration via Reuters

Formula One (F1)

Drive and survive: metal plates, mental scars not enough to derail teen’s F1 dream

Seira Kojima will be back in her seat in Malaysia next month after overcoming physical and mental hurdles following terrifying crash.

Seira Kojima in her racing kart preparing for last month’s FIA Karting Arrive and Drive Asia-Pacific Championship in Macau. Photo: Elson Li

Southeast Asia

Shares in Malaysia’s Genting tumble by most in 28 years

The gaming giant, which is grappling with mounting debt and falling profitability, announced fundraising plans through a rights issue.

People ride dodgems at an indoor amusement park in Genting Highlands resort, Malaysia, in 2019. Photo: AFP

Diplomacy

Putin aide looks to boost Russian shipbuilding ties with China during visit

Nikolai Patrushev said to have discussed potential for Chinese shipbuilders becoming tech partners and suppliers for new Russian facilities.

Russian presidential aide Nikolai Patrushev (centre) visits Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding, one of China’s largest shipyards, in Shanghai on Thursday. Photo: Weibo/大风评点

Middle East

Saudi Arabia’s main airport hit by new Houthi strike day after deadly attack

Riyadh’s international airport targeted again as strikes expose vulnerabilities in Saudi defence capabilities.

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Smoke and flames rise from Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport after an attack on October 8, 2026. Photo: Social media via Reuters
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‘It’s not possible to contain China,’ former top US diplomat Kurt Campbell says

Veteran US diplomat says containing China is impossible, but urges Washington to shore up its regional partnerships.

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