Japan Keeps Men Alone Eligible for the Throne
Parliament calls the law continuity while critics see sex exclusion; importing distant male heirs may preserve the rule by weakening the monarchy.
David Chen
Bureau: Beijing
Moonshot Releases Kimi K3 as an Open Model
AP reports a benchmark leap while booster claims skip independent tests, deployment cost, safety, and the difference between open weights and open training.
AI Selloff Deepens as Oil Reaches $88
AP's market headline hides two shocks: concentrated tech valuations are compressing while war-priced oil raises the economy's operating cost.
Xi Calls for Global AI Rules Amid Chip Curbs
AP records a 29-country founding accord for a named AI body; readers still need complete signatories, charter, voting, audit and enforcement text.
Hong Kong Probe Blames Work and Oversight Failures
The inquiry moves beyond a fire toll into work and inspection failures, but evidence presented is not yet a final finding or remedy.
U.S. Lets Hong Kong Emergency Declaration Lapse
OFAC let one emergency expire while two Hong Kong statutes and some blocked assets endured; normalization is a list of changed authorities, not a reset.
TSMC Packaging Queue Survives Its Spending Surge
DigiTimes says CoWoS remains extremely tight; record spending cannot count as qualified packaging output before tools and shipments arrive.
Chongqing Landslide Kills at Least Eight, Leaves 34 Missing
AP separates eight confirmed deaths from 34 missing people; rescue accounting and slope evidence matter more than a premature final toll.