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Indonesia to manufacture national car in next 3 years, budget already allocated, president says
U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 17, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | ReutersU.S. President Donald Trump has signaled a shift in support toward Russia’s Vladimir Putin as he looks for a quick end to the war in Ukraine, likely striking fear into Ukrainian officials.Trump held a tense meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on Friday, with the potential supply of U.S. long-range cruise missiles, Tomahawks, on the agenda.Zelenskyy walked away from the meeting not only empty-handed, but apparently upbraided by Trump, who suggested Ukraine should…
ROME/PARIS :European aerospace groups Leonardo, Airbus and Thales have reached a framework deal on a proposed merger of their satellite businesses, two sources familiar with the matter said on Monday.Leonardo is scheduled to hold an extraordinary board meeting on Tuesday to discuss details of the deal, which is subject to board and regulatory approvals, one of the sources said.Leonardo, Thales and Airbus declined to comment.PROPOSED VENTURE AIMS TO COMPETE WITH ELON MUSK Europe’s largest satellite makers have been in talks for more than a year to create a new satellite manufacturing company to compete on a larger scale with rivals…
SHANGHAI, Oct. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The research team led by Dr. Yuejun Chen, founder of UniXell Biotech, published online an article titled “3D-Cultured Human Medium Spiny Neurons Achieve Functional Integration into Huntingtin Disease Mouse Neural Circuits and Improve Motor Deficits” in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, collaborating closely with Xiong Lab at Fudan University, Shanghai. This study presents a method for generating authentic medium spiny neurons (MSNs) and provides comprehensive mechanistic insights that underpin cell-replacement therapy for Huntington’s disease. Huntington’s disease (HD), an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder, has a global prevalence of 5-10 cases per 100,000 people. The condition typically manifests in middle…
A decade after a landmark study proved that feeding peanut products to young babies could prevent development of life-threatening allergies, new research finds the change has made a big difference in the real world. About 60,000 children have avoided developing peanut allergies after guidance first issued in 2015 upended medical practice by recommending introducing the allergen to infants starting as early as 4 months. “That’s a remarkable thing, right?” said Dr. David Hill, an allergist and researcher at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and author of a study published Monday in the medical journal Pediatrics. Hill and colleagues analyzed electronic health…
HONG KONG :Hong Kong’s Security Regulator (SFC) said on Monday that it had reprimanded Swiss bank UBS AG and fined it HK$8 million ($1.03 million) for misclassifying its clients’ professional investor status for more than 12 years.A total of 560 joint accounts booked or managed in Hong Kong by the bank were misclassified, the regulator said.In August 2021, the SFC reprimanded and fined UBS HK$9.8 million for various regulatory breaches, including failures of a similar nature, according to SFC. UBS declined to comment. The Hong Kong securities watchdog has since August stepped up scrutiny over banks’ regulatory breaches, dishing out…
HONG KONG :Hong Kong’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased to 3.9 per cent in July to September, from 3.7 per cent in the previous three-month period, with more distinct rises in the social work and construction sectors, the government said on Monday.”The employment situation in some sectors would continue to face challenges during economic restructuring. The increasing external uncertainties could also weigh on corporate hiring sentiment,” said Chris Sun, the Secretary for Labour and Welfare, adding Hong Kong’s economic expansion is expected to support job growth.
The armed forces will receive new powers to shoot down drones that threaten military bases in the UK, the defence secretary will reveal.John Healey will use a speech on Monday evening to warn of the growing threat posed by unmanned aerial vehicles following an incursion into Polish airspace of 19 Russian drones in September and escalating Russian drone attacks against targets in Ukraine. “Here at home, we continue to defend ourselves daily from threats reaching from the seabed to cyberspace,” he will say at the Lord Mayor of London Defence and Security Lecture, according to excerpts of the speech released…
new video loaded: How Trump Aims to Redefine the MilitaryPresident Trump and his defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, have been reshaping the way the U.S. military works. David Sanger, who covers the White House and national security for The New York Times, explains how Trump has been using the military lately.By David E. Sanger, Melanie Bencosme, Laura Salaberry and Pierre KattarOctober 20, 2025
TOKYO :The Bank of Japan may next week slightly revise up this year’s growth forecast and maintain its view that the economy is on course for a moderate recovery, despite headwinds from U.S. tariffs, said three sources familiar with its thinking.At the next policy meeting on October 29-30, the BOJ will conduct a quarterly review of its growth and price forecasts.Recent data, including the BOJ’s “tankan” business survey released earlier this month, have led to a growing view within the BOJ that the economy is weathering the hit from higher U.S. levies, the sources said.Many in the BOJ see domestic…