China’s trade surplus hits US$992 billion with surge of pre-Trump exports
Published: 10:25am, 13 Jan 2025Updated: 10:57am, 13 Jan 2025 Buttressed by robust export figures, China’s trade surplus in 2024 broke records – however, the...
24 Dead as Firefighters Race to Contain Los Angeles Wildfires; High Winds Expected to Return
Firefighters have made progress in containing fires as authorities report 24 dead, 16 missing, and 12,000 structures burned. Firefighters are racing to contain wildfires...
China’s Shandong Aircraft Carrier Shamed: US Warplanes Approach Undetected,Already Gone When Spotted
In 2024, the Chinese navy’s Shandong aircraft carrier group ended up crossing paths with a U.S. carrier group in waters east of Taiwan. The...
ASML-backed Dutch university caught in US-China chip war halts classes after cyberattack
A top Dutch technical university that is a key talent feeder for chip-machine maker ASML Holding has shut down its computer network after a...
Jeju Air wasn’t the first. Black boxes have stopped recording before. Why?
Published: 9:34am, 13 Jan 2025Updated: 9:35am, 13 Jan 2025 Flight data and cockpit voice recorders on the Jeju Air jet that crashed on December...
Cambodia’s China-backed canal on Mekong may threaten ‘fragile ecosystems’
A Chinese-backed canal in Cambodia is likely to put “fragile” ecosystems at risk, researchers in China and Britain have warned, calling for better mitigation...
China hospital lambasted for anti-abortion slogans accusing mums of producing unruly kids
A hospital in China has sparked outrage with anti-abortion slogans which claim women who terminate their pregnancies damage any future family they may have....
In 2014, a US passport was most powerful. Now it’s Singapore’s
A United States passport is not as desirable as it used to be, according to the 2025 Henley Passport Index, first published 19 years...
Trump wants the Panama Canal. Just empty talk, or a real threat for Hong Kong?
Published: 8:30am, 13 Jan 2025Updated: 8:36am, 13 Jan 2025 President-elect Donald Trump’s threat to retake the Panama Canal to safeguard US national security has...