India Rejecting BRICS Currency, Aims To Promote US Dollar
Vinod Dsouza
January 3, 2025

BRICS member India remains skeptical of a common BRICS currency citing risks of alienating global trade ties with the US. Leading import and export businesses in India and those stationed in the US want to keep the US dollar intact. Indian businesses are now cautious in embracing a common currency as it risks disrupting the normal flow of commerce.

The evolving framework of the BRICS alliance is moving towards the formation of a new common currency for trade. It challenges the global economic system but the push towards a common currency is usually made by China and Russia. Indian businesses are concerned that a common BRICS currency gives power to China and make its economy influential.

JAKARTA — In a controversial speech, Indonesia’s new president argued oil palm plantations are like forests, calling for their expansion by stating, ‘oil palms are trees … they’ve got leaves.’”

Environmental activists and experts have criticized President Prabowo Subianto’s remarks made at a national development conference held in Jakarta on Dec. 30. They say this narrative downplays the scientific evidence about the role of oil palm plantations in driving deforestation, biodiversity loss and carbon emissions.

“Saying that palm oil is a forest crop is so bad because it seems like we don’t understand the difference between forests and plantations,” said Herry Purnomo, a senior scientist at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and a professor at the Bogor Institute of Agriculture (IPB). “Cassava and grass also absorb carbon dioxide. All crops that have green leaves absorb carbon dioxide.”

Herry told Mongabay that Prabowo’s statements came across as an attempt to defend Indonesia’s palm oil industry, the world’s biggest, from criticisms over its environmental impacts, particularly from foreign countries like members of the European Union.

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The United States traditionally limited technology transfers to China because of copyright concerns: This year, President Biden imposed an 100 percent tariff on Chinese electric vehicles. The US government recently prepared restrictions on the import of AI technology into China (Beijing responded with an antitrust investigation into the US chip giant Nvidia), and Washington has been talking about “decoupling” from China for the last several years. In 2022, the US Department of Defense even released a 74-page report on “securing” the supply chain for materials used in military hardware. Chinese graphite is already subject to a 25 percent tariff in the US. (Last Wednesday, a North American trade association of active anode material producers asserted that such a tariff was “far too low” and asked the US government to levy a 920 percent tariff on Chinese graphite imports, a move that would double the cost of an electric vehicle Stateside.) Why would China help the United States build a supply chain that subverts its own interests and diminishes market share for Chinese companies?

By banning the export of these minerals, the Chinese government is showing that it has leverage over critical parts of the supply chain for electronics. “We see it in the industry as a shot across the bow,” Michael R. Hollomon II, the commercial director at US Strategic Metals, a mining and processing firm focused on green transition materials, told me. He noted that the Chinese have enacted similar bans of critical minerals in the past, including a ban last year of specific gallium and germanium products. “The Chinese government have put their money where their mouth is.”

Markets have reacted to the news of the most recent reductions: The price of antimony surged 40 percent on news of China’s most recent export curbs. It was something that worried Gary Evans, the CEO of US Antimony Corporation, the only domestic processor of antimony. Evans, speaking on Fox Business, worried that high prices would cause businesses to be priced out of the market.

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Phase 2 of e-invoicing hits snags

By BENJAMIN LEE
Friday, 03 Jan 2025

PETALING JAYA: The Phase 2 rollout of Malaysia’s e-invoicing system on Jan 1 has presented challenges, with technical issues, unclear directives and logistical constraints complicating the transition for businesses.

This phase targets companies with an annual turnover of between RM25mil and RM100mil.

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Russian forces advanced by 3,985 square kilometres (1,539 square miles) in Ukraine in 2024, seven times more than in 2023, according to an AFP analysis of data from the US-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

Much of the Russian gains came in the autumn, as they took 610 square kilometres in October and 725 square kilometres in November. Those two months saw the Russians conquer the most territory since March 2022, in the early weeks of the conflict.

The Russian advance slowed in December, coming to 465 square kilometres in the first 30 days of the month.

However it is already nearly four times bigger than in the same month of the previous year and two and a half times more than in December 2022.

Advancements in generative AI have made it easier to create malware and sophisticated email scams. (Source photos by Nikkei)

KENSUKE WATANABE, Nikkei staff writer
January 3, 2025 01:25 JST
TOKYO -- Japan and the U.S. will partner on research into cyberattacks that exploit artificial intelligence, Nikkei has learned, looking to combine advanced American technology with Tokyo's data on incidents outside English-speaking countries.

Towards the end of last year, OpenAI shipped its o1 reasoning model to broad availability, prompting a technical employee to allude that the ChatGPT maker had achieved the coveted AGI benchmark. "In my opinion, we have already achieved AGI, and it’s even clearer with O1," the employee added. "We have not achieved 'better than any human at any task,' but what we have is “better than most humans at most tasks.”

MALAYSIA
After Guan Eng criticises Najib solidarity gathering, Zahid says DAP leader’s time has gone

By Anis Zalani
Thursday, 02 Jan 2025 11:31 AM MYT
PUTRAJAYA, Jan 2 — Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi today dismissed DAP chairman Lim Guan Eng’s criticism of a planned solidarity gathering for convicted ex-prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.


Zahid said he considered Lim’s remarks to be the latter’s personal view, and not representative of the “current leadership” of DAP.


“In my view, his (Lim’s) era has passed, and it would be better to place trust in DAP’s current leadership without stirring conflict with any allies,” Zahid said at the new year gathering at his Rural and Regional Development Ministry.

Zahid, who is also the deputy prime minister, said he consequently saw no need to address Lim’s claim that the solidarity gathering would undermine the national unity government.

China Hits Dozens of U.S. Companies With Trade Controls
The move was the latest escalation in the back and forth between Beijing and Washington over products considered vital to national security.

By Alexandra Stevenson
Reporting from Hong Kong
Jan. 2, 2025
Updated 2:26 p.m. ET
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China on Thursday singled out dozens of companies from the United States, including Raytheon, Boeing and Lockheed Martin, in a series of punitive trade measures that could ratchet up tensions between the two superpowers.

With weeks to go before President-elect Donald J. Trump takes the office with a promise to impose new tariffs and sanctions on China, Beijing is once again showing it is ready to strike back.

China’s Ministry of Commerce said it added 28 companies to an export control list to “safeguard national security and interests.” It also banned the export of so-called dual-use items, which have both civilian and military applications, to those companies. And it placed 10 companies on what it calls an “unreliable entities list” related to the sale of arms to Taiwan, preventing them from doing any business in China and prohibiting their executives from entering or living in the country.

Huawei's new flagship smartphones use South Korean memory chips, not Chinese ones
South China Morning Post
Thu, December 26, 2024 at 5:30 PM GMT+8

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Huawei Technologies' latest series of flagship smartphones contains memory chips made by South Korean semiconductor supplier SK Hynix, according to research firm TechInsights, as Chinese-made options remain limited amid a US-led export ban on advanced chipmaking equipment to the mainland.

In a teardown report published last week, analysts at the Canadian firm said they found SK Hynix's 12-gigabyte low-power mobile DRAM and 512GB NAND inside a Huawei Mate 70 Pro handset. The higher-end Mate 70 Pro Plus featured the same NAND and a 16GB DRAM from SK Hynix.

SK Hynix manufactured these mobile DRAM devices using 14-nanometre technology and advanced extreme ultraviolet lithography, according to TechInsights senior analyst Jeongdong Choe. NAND is a type of memory used for flash storage, while DRAM, short for dynamic random-access memories, is commonly used in smartphones and computers.

Thursday, 02 Jan 2025 12:45 PM MYT
PUTRAJAYA: Vehicle owners have six months to settle three traffic summonses at a special flat rate of RM150, or they will not be able to renew licences and road taxes.

Transport Minister Anthony Loke said this flat rate will begin on Friday (Jan 3) and will cover three traffic offences.


These offences are exceeding the speed limit, not complying with traffic light rules, notice 114 (requiring the offender to be questioned), and notice 115 (saman tampal) and these summonses usually cost RM300.

“We have given the special rate for six months so that those who did not pay their summonses could do it immediately.


If they do not pay their summonses, they cannot renew their driving licences,” he said at a press conference after launching the Road Transport Department’s (JPJ) new office in Putrajaya on Thursday (Jan 2).

“The payment period begins on Friday (Jan 3) until June 30,” he added.

Loke said the payments can only be made through the JPJ counter, JPJ kiosks, mobile counters, and the myJPJ application.

Payments cannot be made through other channels, including MyEG or Pos Malaysia.

MANILA: A submarine drone suspected to be from China was recovered in waters off the central Philippines, police said on Thursday (Jan 2), warning of "potential national security implications".

Three fishermen found the drone on Monday around 9km off the coast of San Pascual in Masbate province, a police report said.

The Philippines and China have for years clashed over maritime rights in the South China Sea as well as possession of reefs and islets.

China claims almost the entire sea, brushing off rival claims from other countries and an international ruling that its assertion has no legal basis.

The yellow drone marked "HY-119" was found floating at sea before being turned over to authorities, regional police director Andre Dizon told AFP.

It was about 2m long and torpedo-shaped with fins.

"Based on our open-source research in the internet ... HY-119 refers to a Chinese underwater navigation and communication system," Dizon said.

"It has an antenna and an eye that can be used for viewing. Based on our research, this can be used for monitoring and reconnaissance."

Dizon said the drone was not armed, but the police report listed "potential national security implications" as one significance of its recovery.

It was turned over by police to the Philippine Navy on Tuesday, Dizon added.

The Philippine Navy and the Chinese embassy in Manila have yet to respond to AFP's request for comment.

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China has achieved a breakthrough in satellite-to-ground laser communications that could pave the way for 6G and other applications including remote sensing with ultra-high resolution and next generation satellite positioning technology.

Chang Guang Satellite Technology Co, which owns Jilin-1, the world’s largest sub-metre commercial remote sensing satellite constellation, said it achieved a 100 gigabit per second ultra-high-speed image data transmission rate in testing last weekend.

The feat – 10 times the speed of its previous record – was accomplished between a truck-mounted ground station and one of the 117 satellites that currently make up the Jilin-1 constellation, the company said.

According to Wang Hanghang, the company’s head of laser communication ground station technology, the development puts Chang Guang Satellite ahead of Elon Musk’s Starlink.

“Musk’s Starlink has revealed its laser inter-satellite communication system but hasn’t deployed laser satellite-to-ground communication yet. We think they might have the technology, but we’ve already started large-scale deployment,” he said.

“We plan to deploy these laser communication units across all satellites in the Jilin-1 constellation to improve their efficiency, with a goal of networking 300 satellites by 2027.”

Wang added that the breakthrough “lays the foundation for the deployment and efficient operation of China’s satellite infrastructure, including navigation, 6G internet, and remote sensing applications”.

China’s Tiangong space station research aims to ‘break technology choke points’
Thousands of experiments to be conducted over the next 10-15 years intended to serve the country’s crewed exploration programme
Zhao Ziwen
Published: 2:00pm, 31 Dec 2024Updated: 3:22pm, 31 Dec 2024
China aims to break space technology choke points with thousands of experiments on the Tiangong space station over the next decade or so as it expands its crewed exploration programme.

The China Manned Space Agency outlined the target on Monday in its first performance review of the Tiangong, adding that 181 experiments and application projects had been conducted, and nearly 2 tonnes of scientific materials delivered, as of December 1.

One of the first panoramic shots of China’s Tiangong space station, taken by a Shenzhou-16 mission astronaut in October. Photo: CMSA
One of the first panoramic shots of China’s Tiangong space station, taken by a Shenzhou-16 mission astronaut in October. Photo: CMSA
“We aim to achieve major breakthroughs in important areas at the basic frontier of international science and achieve systematic knowledge … in applied fundamentals and new technologies,” it said.

“As a national space laboratory, China’s space station will carry out thousands of research projects over the next 10-15 years of operation.”

According to the report, research will focus on meeting demand for near-Earth and cislunar space – which lies between our planet and the moon’s orbit – as well as deep space exploration and orbital services

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court has granted Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir leave to challenge notices issued by the Inland Revenue Board (LHDN) over additional tax arrears exceeding RM5.02mil.

Justice Amarjeet Singh said there are issues that need to be addressed in the judicial review application.

The judge also allowed Mukhriz's request to stay the payment of the tax arrears until the April 16 hearing date.

Lawyer Nizamuddin Abdul Hamid represented Mukhriz, while Senior Federal Counsel Wan Shahida Wan Omar appeared for the respondents.

In his application, Mukhriz named the LHDN director-general or CEO, Finance Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, and the government as the first, second, and third respondents respectively.

He seeks a court order to quash the first respondent's additional tax assessment notice for 2017, 2018, and 2019, amounting to RM5,020,707.18, on the grounds that the action was illegal and unreasonable.

The head of the North American Aerospace Defence Command says Chinese and Russian air co-operation in the Arctic has Norad's "full attention."
Those two countries for the first time staged a joint patrol in the Arctic near the coast of Alaska last July.
U.S. Gen. Gregory Guillot told The Canadian Press in a year interview that it potentially takes decades for two nations’ militaries to reach "full integration" at a level like the U.S. and Canada.
"We see it right now as co-ordinated, meaning that they can safely operate in the same area (but) not near the level of integration that the Canadian Forces and the U.S. Forces have," he said. "As they continue to operate up there more, it certainly has our attention and it’s something we watched very closely."
Norad’s strategic competitors — Russia, China, North Korea and Iran — have had an "unprecedented level of transactional coordination back and forth between them really for the first time," he noted.

Serbia’s Ministry of Defense has announced that the country’s airspace control and protection capabilities have been “significantly improved” with the integration of the Chinese FK-3 air defense missile system.

This advanced system, which is an export variant of China’s HQ-22 surface-to-air missile system, is a major upgrade for the Republic of Serbia’s Air Force and Air Defense.

In a press release published on December 30, the Ministry said that the FK-3 air defense system provides advanced protection for Serbia’s skies.

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Truck ramming kills 10 New Year’s revellers in New Orleans, injures dozens
02 Jan 2025, 12:16 AM

The man, who initially fled after exchanging gunfire with police, “is now deceased,” the FBI said, without giving details.

Authorities say they were investigating the attack as terrorism.(AFP pic)
NEW ORLEANS: A man “hellbent” on “carnage” slammed a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year revellers in New Orleans on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people and injuring more than 35 in an attack authorities said they were investigating as terrorism.

The man, who initially fled after exchanging gunfire with police, “is now deceased,” the FBI said, without giving details.