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SINGAPORE—U.S. cloud-computing companies, dominant globally, are facing intensifying competition from upstart Chinese rivals in Southeast Asia, offering a head-to-head look at how the two geopolitical ...

Judge Cindy K. Chung will be the first Asian American judge to sit on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. President Biden nominated her last year.

The U.S. Senate on Monday night voted to confirm the first Asian American judge to sit on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, which hears appeal cases from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, ...

Cindy K. Chung testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during her confirmation hearing to be a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Sept. 7, 2022. Photo: Diego M.

making her the first Asian American judge to serve on the Philadelphia-based court. Chung won approval in the Senate on a 50-44 vote, marking the second confirmation of a federal appeals court judge ...

Philippines coastguard says crew member temporarily blinded and mission disrupted in South China Sea
The Philippines has accused a Chinese coastguard ship of directing a “military-grade laser light” at one of its vessels, temporarily blinding a crew member and disrupting a mission in the South China Sea.
The Chinese ship shone a green laser light twice towards the boat as it sought to deliberately block a resupply mission, the Philippine coastguard said. It also accused the Chinese vessel of making “dangerous manoeuvres by approaching about 150 yards from the vessel’s starboard quarter”.

Prime minister will do ‘everything it takes’ to keep country safe as Britain conducts security review
UK fighter jets are on standby to shoot down Chinese spy balloons if any are spotted in British air space, the prime minister has said.
Rishi Sunak said Typhoon planes were ready at all times in case the UK came under threat from balloons such as the one US officials said they shot down last week.

The White House’s response came hours after the Chinese Foreign Ministry made the claim. According to spokesperson Wang Wenbin, “Since last year, the U.S.' high-altitude balloons have undergone more ...

Jindalee radar system detects airborne objects from ‘very long range’, while missile from F-35 jet more effective than laser for striking one
Australia’s radar network would be able to spot any spy balloon in its airspace, and a missile fired from a stealth fighter jet would be the most effective way to bring it down, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) says.
The United States has downed since 4 February, including a Chinese spy balloon with a payload the size of three buses.

The claim followed a weekend of aerial theatrics, with Washington and Beijing spotting unidentified flying objects in their airspaces.