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- Coming Soon to a Battlefield: Robots That Can Kill
- An Unprecedented Cyberattack Hit US Power Utilities
- Ebola preparations falter in war‑weary South Sudan
- Fukushima: Japan will have to dump radioactive water into Pacific, minister says
- The Shocking Paper Predicting the End of Democracy
- China to make $400B Belt-and-Road investment in Iran, will station 5000 troops there
- Powerful Typhoon Faxai kills three, injures 40 and wreaks havoc on Tokyo transport system
- China will not tolerate attempts to separate Hong Kong from China: state media
- Thread: Why Sunday’s protest in Hong Kong turned violent
