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On the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region in 2007, a celebratory special by state media included a brief history of the late Deng Xiaoping’s observations. “I...
Few places in the small African kingdom of eSwatini have a more feared reputation than the Matsapha Correctional Centre, a high-security sprawl of concrete and rust outside the capital, Mbabane. “It’s...
We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would l...
US forces on Thursday struck another alleged drug trafficking boat in the Caribbean, killing three people, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said, bringing the death toll from Washington’s controversial ant...
US President Donald Trump on Thursday called critical minerals a key priority as he hosted the leaders of five Central Asian nations at the White House, emphasising his administration’s efforts to exp...
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman pushed back at the idea that the company would seek federal guarantees to reduce the risk of its artificial intelligence infrastructure spending spree, one day after a top execut...
A representative of a pharmaceutical company fainted on Thursday during a White House announcement on slashing the cost of weight-loss drugs, forcing US President Donald Trump to suspend the event. As...
Explosions were heard near the army-controlled Sudanese capital, Khartoum, on Friday, according to witnesses, just a day after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) claimed they agreed to a huma...
Tesla shareholders on Thursday overwhelmingly endorsed a massive pay package for CEO Elon Musk that could reach US$1 trillion. The pay package - crafted to ensure Musk’s continued service to Tesla as ...
Economist Paul Samuelson famously quipped that stock markets accurately predicted nine of the last five recessions. The same could be said of financial economists. So-called leading indicators like ma...
China has backed a landmark rainforest protection fund launched by Brazil at the Cop30 climate summit on Thursday but is not expected to announce any financial contribution during the event, Brazil’s ...
A former Justice Department employee who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during US President Donald Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington was found not guilty of assault on Thursday in the l...
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva kicked off the Cop30 climate summit on Thursday, urging leaders to turn promises into action while highlighting his country’s work within the Brics group ...
A jury in Virginia on Thursday awarded US$10 million to a former teacher who was shot by a six-year-old student and later accused an ex-administrator in a lawsuit of ignoring repeated warnings that th...
A Ukrainian court sentenced a Russian soldier on Thursday to life in prison after finding him guilty of killing a Ukrainian prisoner of war, the first time Ukraine has jailed a suspect on such charges...
A US federal appeal court on Thursday said Donald Trump deserves another chance to show his New York state hush money criminal case belonged in federal court, providing a fresh opportunity for the US ...
Nancy Pelosi, the first woman to serve as the powerful speaker of the US House of Representatives, said on Thursday that she would not run for re-election to Congress in 2026, ending the four-decade c...
In recent months, the European Union has been more Trumpian on China, renouncing part of its free-trade DNA in favour of increasingly protectionist policies. Just like its role model in Washington, th...
Poland and Romania are deploying a new weapons system to defend against Russian drones, following a spate of incursions into Nato airspace in recent months that exposed the alliance’s vulnerabilities ...
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) will add the yuan to the settlement currencies available to airlines and aviation suppliers through the industry association’s clearing house, a move...