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China beats SpaceX with world’s first methane-powered rocket launch to orbit (www.scmp.com)

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Fatal floods hit Chinese city of Chongqing as President Xi Jinping warns all country’s main rivers are at risk (www.scmp.com)

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Australia warns of dingo attacks after tourist’s bum bitten (www.scmp.com)

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China gives green light to nuclear reactor that burns thorium – a fuel that could power the country for 20,000 years (www.scmp.com)

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Russia confirms enriched uranium supplies to China (www.scmp.com)

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China’s moon ambitions take shape with construction road map for research station (www.scmp.com)

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Xi Jinping tells defence delegation new policy crucial for stronger army and nation (www.scmp.com)

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‘Greetings from the moon’: China’s lunar rover restarts for next adventure, sends photos (www.scmp.com)

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China’s untapped hydropower could supply 30 per cent of electricity needs (www.scmp.com)

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Hardware Chinese graduate students invent invisibility cloak that can slip past security cameras and recognition AI (www.scmp.com)

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China is developing new nuclear system to power moon base expected to be up and running by 2028 (www.scmp.com)

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World’s second richest man, Bernard Arnault, sells private jet so Twitter can’t track him – and says now, ‘no one can see where I go’ (www.scmp.com)

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‘Only living execution survivor’ describes botched lethal injection in Alabama prison (www.scmp.com)

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Coffee may be better for you than you think (www.scmp.com)

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China’s reusable rocket engine tech ‘at practical stage’ after second test flight (www.scmp.com)

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Chinese space designers eye moon base in volcanic caves for long-term stays after 2035 (www.scmp.com)

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US blasts ‘cynical’ Russia for blocking UN nuclear declaration (www.scmp.com)

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Fears of radiation leak mount near Ukrainian nuclear plant; authorities handing out iodine tablets (www.scmp.com)

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Shock after kimono-clad woman cosplaying as manga character is detained by police (www.scmp.com)

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Russia unveils model of its future space station dubbed ‘ROSS’ (www.scmp.com)

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Japanese rail company asks passengers to roll the dice with its tickets to random destinations (www.scmp.com)

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‘Puncture-proof’ airless tyres edge closer to becoming a reality (www.scmp.com)

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China’s Zhu Rong rover finds evidence there could have been water on Mars more recently than thought (www.scmp.com)

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Japan tour boat sinking may be due to communication system failure (www.scmp.com)

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SpaceX rocket launches first all-private astronaut team in milestone flight to space station (www.scmp.com)

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