China manufacturing, AI pose an ‘existential threat’ to US in robotics sector
China’s manufacturing prowess poses an “existential threat” to the United States in the field of robotics, a research firm has warned, as Chinese artificial...
Trump, eager to reach Ukraine ceasefire ‘fast’, says talks in Russia ‘going OK’
Published: 9:00pm, 13 Mar 2025Updated: 9:14pm, 13 Mar 2025 Russian President Vladimir Putin’s top foreign policy aide said on Thursday that he had told...
Huawei named by Belgian authorities in brewing European Parliament bribery scandal
More than 100 Belgian police officers raided offices implicated in a lobbying scandal in the European Parliament on Thursday, with local media naming the...
Trump threatens tariffs on European wine and spirits in escalating trade war
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he would put a 200 per cent wine tariff on all wines and other alcoholic products...
Appeasing Russia and forcing Ukraine into a peace deal will breed chaos
In 1938, British prime minister Neville Chamberlain returned from Munich brandishing a signed document from Hitler and declaring a “peace for our time”. Less...
South Korea Charges Air Force Pilots With Criminal Negligence in Accidental Bombing of Village
SEOUL—South Korean military investigators charged two Air Force pilots on Thursday with criminal negligence over an accidental bombing of a village last week during...
Senior official in China’s port city Tianjin placed under investigation in corruption probe
The Communist Party’s personnel chief in the northern Chinese port of Tianjin is facing a corruption investigation, the country’s top anti-graft agency said on...
Will China’s ‘death tax’ cometh soon or late? Lawmakers have wealth redistribution in mind
The possibility that China could levy controversial estate and gift taxes on the public has returned to the limelight, illuminated by a motion that...
Hong Kong’s M+ museum to show Pablo Picasso’s works through Asian lens
Published: 7:58pm, 13 Mar 2025Updated: 8:00pm, 13 Mar 2025 Hong Kong’s M+ museum will showcase Pablo Picasso’s works through a contemporary Asian lens, alongside...