Taiwanese woman denied bail in Hong Kong over 2019 money-laundering case
Published: 8:29pm, 7 Mar 2025Updated: 8:30pm, 7 Mar 2025 A Hong Kong court has remanded a Taiwanese woman in custody over an alleged money...
France’s ex-spy chief gets 4 years’ jail in influence-peddling trial
Published: 8:14pm, 7 Mar 2025Updated: 8:16pm, 7 Mar 2025 A Paris court on Friday sentenced the former head of France’s domestic intelligence agency to...
Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Shutting Down Federal Agency
President Donald Trump has ordered the shutdown of the U.S. African Development Foundation. A U.S. judge on March 6 blocked President Donald Trump’s administration...
Judge Gives Trump Administration Days to Pay USAID Contractors After Foreign Aid Freeze
The administration said potential delays were due to complicated payment systems that require multiple steps. A federal judge has given the Trump administration until...
Trump Calls for ‘Scalpel’ Over ‘Hatchet’ in Federal Job Cuts
The president insisted that his push for a leaner bureaucracy remains intact but he does not want capable and needed federal workers to be...
China’s Machine Tools 50 Years Behind West; A 1.4 Billion Nation Bested by 200-Person Japanese Shops
Recent discussions online suggest that China’s machine tool industry lags 50 years behind Europe, the United States, and Japan. While this claim may seem...
Was Manus another DeepSeek moment? Chinese AI agent faces doubts after rapid rise to fame
General-purpose artificial intelligence (AI) agent Manus, which was developed by a Chinese team, faces doubts about its technological capabilities, as very few people were...
Mongolia still expects new Russia-China gas pipeline to go ahead
Published: 7:45pm, 7 Mar 2025Updated: 8:00pm, 7 Mar 2025 Mongolia still expects the Power of Siberia 2 project – a major new gas pipeline...
US Soldiers Arrested in Connection With Scheme to Sell Military Information to Buyers in China
Two active-duty U.S. Army soldiers and a former soldier were arrested on Thursday in connection with an alleged scheme to sell military information to...