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China’s Central Bank Fuels Gold’s Record Surge with 11-Month Buying Streak
China’s central bank drives gold past $4,000/oz with 11-month buying streak. Amid U.S. shutdown and inflation fears, gold surges as investors seek stability and safe-haven returns.
US targets Chinese companies over drone components used by Hamas, Houthis
This Yom Kippur, Chabad Shanghai emissaries reflect on absence of inherent antisemitism in China
Breakthrough from Or Yehuda: Hair injection technology conquers China
Russia and China fail to delay UN nuclear sanctions on Iran
A resolution intended to delay the UN from imposing nuclear "snapback" sanctions on Iran failed after being voted on at the United Nations Security Council.
China Eastern Airlines unveils 29-hour route billed as the longest direct flight
Operating as flights MU746 and MU745, the twice weekly service will span roughly 19,700 kilometers with a two hour Auckland stop, surpassing the 15,300 kilometer Singapore–New York record.
Australia to invest $25b to upgrade Henderson shipyard as AUKUS nuclear submarine maintenance hub
The Henderson site will support allied submarine patrols, create 10,000 jobs, and expand Australia’s strategic role in the Indo-Pacific under AUKUS.
This new Chinese car looks like a Tesla but costs NIS 60,000 less
Walla & Ma'ariv Car Supplement: HT leads Aion's push in Israel. Looks like a Model Y, but bigger, better equipped, cheaper. First drive impressions inside.
Chinese Embassy in Israel warns MK after Taiwan visit: ‘He will fall and be shattered to pieces’
Toporovsky, who chairs the Israel–Taiwan Parliamentary Friendship Group, visited Taiwan with MKs Michal Shir-Segman, Debbie Biton, Eli Dallal, Yael Ron Ben-Moshe, and Shalom Danino.
Chinese COVID whistleblower sentenced to 4 more years in jail, group says
Zhang Zhan, the Chinese journalist who exposed early COVID-19 conditions in Wuhan, has been sentenced to four more years in prison for her reporting, Reporters Without Borders says.
China Eastern Airlines to introduce world's longest direct flight
The world’s longest non-stop flight is by Singapore Airlines, linking Changi, Singapore, with JFK, New York. It covers 15,300 km in about 18.5 hours, making it the ultimate ultra-long-haul journey.
Trump seeks to reclaim Taliban-conquered air base in Afghanistan
Trump has cited Bagram’s proximity to China as one of the main motivations behind this proposed move, stating that the location is “about an hour away from where China is developing nuclear weapons."
UN Security Council decides not to lift Iran sanctions, but still time to agree delay
The resolution accused Tehran of failing to abide by a 2015 deal with world powers that aimed to prevent it from developing a nuclear weapon.
Trump intelligence advisers met with Taiwanese official, sources say
The meeting with Alexander Yui, Taiwan's de facto US ambassador, was described by two sources with knowledge of the matter and amounted to one of the higher-level Taiwan-US contacts to date.
US politicians call for treasury to freeze assets of CCP-linked mogul tied to anti-Israel protests
Lawmakers want the Treasury to review the assets of Neville Singham and affiliated groups tied to the CCP and disruptive anti-Israel demonstrations.