Xi’s message to Trump sets tone for geopolitical rematch between powerful leaders
Published: 10:00pm, 7 Nov 2024Updated: 10:54pm, 7 Nov 2024 Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulated Donald Trump on his sweeping victory in the US presidential...
Ant International drives AI in cross-border payments to boost global expansion
Ant International, the overseas arm of Chinese financial technology giant Ant Group, is deploying artificial intelligence (AI) to improve cross-border payments for small- and...
UK counsellor dismissed for gender-critical views awarded US$90,000 after winning claim
Published: 9:52pm, 7 Nov 2024Updated: 10:20pm, 7 Nov 2024 A counsellor who was constructively dismissed by a rape crisis centre over her gender-critical views...
Tech war: China’s top chip foundry SMIC posts record revenue despite US sanction warning
Published: 9:44pm, 7 Nov 2024Updated: 12:04am, 8 Nov 2024 China’s top chip foundry, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC), on Thursday posted record quarterly revenue...
China and Malaysia should ‘firmly support each other’, Xi Jinping tells Anwar Ibrahim
Published: 9:43pm, 7 Nov 2024Updated: 11:45pm, 7 Nov 2024 China and Malaysia should “enhance political trust and firmly support each other’s core interests and...
US inflation ‘inevitable’ under new China trade war despite Trump’s vow to tame prices
President-elect Donald Trump won the US election partly on campaign pledges to tame inflation – a sore spot for voters over the past three...
India’s Hindus defy warnings, bathe in holy river defiled by waste: ‘you will fall sick’
Sweeping aside thick toxic scum, thousands of Hindu devotees ignored court warnings on Thursday against bathing in the sacred but sewage-filled Yamuna river, a...
Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki Erupts for 2nd Time in Week
MAUMERE, Indonesia—Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki unleashed towering columns of ash into the air on Thursday, in an even larger eruption than the one...
Teacher and nurse among 14 arrested in Hong Kong over illegal street racing
Published: 9:04pm, 7 Nov 2024Updated: 10:41pm, 7 Nov 2024 A primary school teacher, a nurse and a professional driver were among 14 men arrested...