Amid threats to free trade, China and France must rise above differences
The dust had barely settled on the recent EU ambassadors’ conference in Brussels when the European Union had to respond to US President Donald...
Buyers quick off mark as Hong Kong car plates ‘S’ and ‘88’ go for millions
Published: 8:24pm, 16 Feb 2025Updated: 9:09pm, 16 Feb 2025 Two car number plates, one bearing the single letter “S” and the other the digits...
China’s $1 Billion Self-Driving Unicorn Collapses, Xiaomi’s Investment Fails
A single piece of shocking news—700 people lost their jobs. Zongmu Technology, once a star company in autonomous driving, was valued at more than...
Chinese scientists make rare, ultra-hard, pure ‘super diamond’ in the lab
Chinese scientists have come up with a way to create a high-quality “super diamond” in the laboratory with a hardness far exceeding natural diamonds....
Navalny supporters risk reprisals with memorial events
A year after Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died behind bars, his supporters held memorial events on Sunday, with hundreds risking reprisals by visiting...
Rwanda-backed rebels reach major east DR Congo city
Rwanda-backed rebels reached the centre of east Congo’s second largest city, Bukavu, on Sunday morning and took control of the South Kivu province administrative...
Will China fill gap left by the US at G20 foreign ministers’ meeting in South Africa?
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s plan to skip the Group of 20 foreign ministers’ talks in Johannesburg next week could leave room for...
China twin sisters and brothers hold joint engagement ceremony, captivate millions online
A pair of twin sisters and a pair of twin brothers in China held an engagement ceremony on the same day, captivating millions of...
4 from Jamaica arrested in Hong Kong with 1kg of cocaine in their bodies
Published: 5:58pm, 16 Feb 2025Updated: 6:03pm, 16 Feb 2025 Four travellers from Jamaica, including a father and son, have been stopped at Hong Kong...