Ukraine steps up campaign to stop young men fleeing military draft
Ukrainian police say they have carried out hundreds of searches targeting people-smuggling gangs that organise illegal ways out of the country for potential conscripts....
Top Chinese general pledges strict crackdown on military corruption for 2025
A top Chinese general has hailed the progress in the military’s anti-corruption drive over the past year and pledged to deepen the “rectification” of...
Daniel Lurie Sworn in as San Francisco’s 46th Mayor, Pledges to Tackle City’s Pressing Issues
Addressing the drug crisis, homelessness, and revitalizing the downtown area are top priorities for the new mayor ’s administration. SAN FRANCISCO—Daniel Lurie, non-profit founder...
TikTok ban case: US Supreme Court puts focus on national security in oral arguments
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Friday in one of the most significant free-speech cases of the social- media era. The case...
Apple forms Shanghai data-processing venture as AI push in China still in limbo
Apple has formed a new data-processing venture in Shanghai, according to business registry information, as the US tech giant’s bid to bring artificial intelligence...
Regulating online hate speech ‘not censorship’: UN rights chief
The UN rights chief insisted on Friday that regulating hate speech and harmful content online “is not censorship”, days after Meta scrapped its fact-checking...
Indian nurse’s death sentence in Yemen spotlights long-standing migrant workers’ woes
The case of an Indian nurse sentenced to death in Yemen has sparked outrage over her claims of harassment and passport confiscation, placing a...
China’s aviation sector in clear skies of profit after 4 turbulent years
Published: 8:30pm, 10 Jan 2025Updated: 8:32pm, 10 Jan 2025 China’s civil aviation industry has turned a profit for the first time since 2020 –...
How AI giants can help Asian suppliers make a clean energy transition
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the world but also driving up electricity consumption and carbon emissions. Advertisement Last May, Microsoft said its emissions had...