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China espionage probe: Why US lawmakers want Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to testify Firstpost

Three people accused of using artificial intelligence to impersonate corporate executives and lawyers to steal about US$129 million have been indicted on charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, prosecutors said Thursday. Over more than a year and a half, Jacob Soall, 41, Sharon Hazan, 54, and Guy Sheetrit, 42, targeted thousands of companies across the world in their AI scheme, according to the indictment filed in a US District Court in New York. Their victims included hospital...

30 years of China’s premier aviation expo, the Zhuhai air show South China Morning Post

Hong Kong’s Exchange Fund, the war chest used to defend the local currency, reported a 74 per cent tumble in third-quarter earnings amid pervasive market uncertainty, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) said on Friday. Earnings totalled HK$18.6 billion (US$2.4 billion) in the quarter, plunging from HK$70.8 billion a year earlier. For the first nine months of 2026, total earnings reached HK$171.9 billion, down 39.6 per cent from the same period last year. The Exchange Fund’s Hong Kong...