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Action by social media company comes after Facebook parent company Meta shut down 9,000 accounts tied to political spam network

China leads research in 19 of 23 technologies set as priorities by the AUKUS defence partnership of Australia, Britain and the U.S., including hypersonics, electronic warfare and undersea drones, highlighting the need for Western allies to pool research results, an Australian security think-tank says.

Gianni Mion said issue with Morandi Bridge was raised in 2010, eight years before tragedy in which 43 died

Less than 4% of China’s research outputs from universities have been translated into industrial innovation capabilities — much lower than in most industrial countries.

The U.S. should lead a coalition of nations and global talent for innovation that is open, democratically governed, and equitable.

China has a "stunning lead" over the West in most critical and emerging technologies, a security thinktank has found after tracking defence, space, energy and biotechnology.

China leads the world in 37 out of 44 critical technologies, according to a report by an Australian think tank.

“Western democracies are losing the global technological competition,” an Australian think tank found, with China’s lead “sometimes stunning.”

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute says China is beating the US in 37 of 44 technologies which are likely to propel innovation, growth and military power in coming decades, including artificial intelligence, robotics, biotechnology, advanced manufacturing, and quantum technology.

Posts amplify content about sexual assault and misconduct allegations in Parliament House to undermine trust in political system, researchers say

A visiting general who could soon become America's most senior military officer believes the US and allies such as Australia will need to use "everything in the cupboard" to avoid a conflict over Taiwan.