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Increasing resistance by the US and other governments to Chinese hi-tech companies such as Huawei Technologies and Hikvision is providing opportunities for suppliers from other countries to win business from their lower-cost competitors. In Australia, Chinese security camera makers Hikvision and Dahua have faced increased scrutiny after a report by Australian Broadcasting Corporation cited concerns raised by experts about the potential for these networks to be used for espionage. The two…

Two Australian divers who helped save 12 Thai boys and their soccer coach from a flooded cave have written to the Thai prime minister to ask for the release of a Bahraini footballer with refugee status in Australia, media reported on Saturday.
The case of Hakeem al-Araibi, 25, has drawn international criticism as a Thai court considers an extradition request from Bahrain for him to serve a 10-year sentence related to the Arab spring uprising of 2011. He denies the charges.
He was arrested at a…

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un later this month will be held in Hanoi. There has been speculation the meeting would be in Da Nang.
“My representatives have just left North Korea after a very productive meeting and an agreed upon time and date for the second Summit with Kim Jong-un. It will take place in Hanoi, Vietnam, on February 27 & 28,” Trump said on Twitter. “I look forward to seeing Chairman Kim &…

New tramways and other ‘light rail’ systems could improve journey times in English towns and cities, while also offering a boost to UK manufacturing, the government has suggested.

Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn said his elder sister’s announcement that she is running for prime minister in March elections was “inappropriate” and unconstitutional, likely sinking her candidacy for a populist opposition party.
Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya, 67, shocked the nation when she announced on Friday that she would be the sole prime ministerial candidate for the Thai Raksa Chart party, which is loyal to ousted ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra. But the…

Facebook has said it will appeal a decision by Germany’s main competition authority that serves to restrict its collection and aggregation of personal data.

ANALYSIS: England, Wales and Scotland are experiencing a radical overhaul of the building fire safety regime following the recommendations of the Hackitt Review, but it is unclear when similar action will follow in Northern Ireland.

Alfiraa Dilshat and Rashida Abdughufur were picnicking in the small seaside town of Victor Harbor in late December when Abdughufur got a video call from her mother.
With Abdughufur living in Adelaide, a city in southern Australia, and her mother in the Xinjiang region of China, it was a rare chance for the two to connect. At first, Abdughufur said, she was excited because she hadn’t talked to her mother in a long time. Then came “disaster”. Abdughufur’s mother appeared…

Facebook has blacklisted four more of Myanmar’s ethnic rebel groups, the platform announced Tuesday as it struggles to control rampant hate speech, misinformation and incitement on its platform.
For years the social media giant has been lambasted for its slow and ineffectual response to incendiary posts, particularly against the country’s Rohingya Muslims.
The company has embarked on a huge PR campaign over the last year to prove it is taking action in a country with an estimated 20…

Businesses have been given an opportunity to shape potential changes to EU competition laws relevant to so-called ‘vertical agreements’.