Alibaba releases record-setting next-generation Qwen3 model to cut costs by 90%
Alibaba Group Holding on Friday open-sourced its latest artificial intelligence model, built on the new Qwen3-Next architecture, which is 10 times more powerful but...
Hong Kong aiming to become top art trading hub to rival New York: source
Published: 10:30am, 12 Sep 2025Updated: 10:37am, 12 Sep 2025 Hong Kong’s leader aims to elevate the city into a “world-class high-end art trading hub”...
Templewater and Oman Investment Authority launch $200m clean energy fund
The fund is aiming to catalyse Oman’s energy transformation and economic diversification under Oman Vision 2040; alternative asset manager Templewater, which has offices in...
Templewater and Oman Investment Authority agree $200m clean energy fund
September 12, 2025 Hong Kong-headquartered Templewater, a pan-Asia alternative asset manager, and Future Fund Oman (FFO), an Oman Investment Authority (OIA) fund, have launched...
Why Beijing’s new plan to bolster its South China Sea claims has Manila worried
China’s designation of a national nature reserve in the contested Scarborough Shoal – and its punitive measures for unauthorised entry – have prompted strong...
Amap, Alibaba’s answer to Google Maps, sees millions test new ranking service
More than 40 million Amap users logged on to test its artificial intelligence-powered ranking service, as Alibaba Group Holding’s answer to Google Maps started...
Nepal’s Gen Z protesters back ex-chief justice Karki for interim leadership
Published: 9:43am, 12 Sep 2025Updated: 9:56am, 12 Sep 2025 Nepal’s Gen Z protesters have endorsed former chief justice Sushila Karki to lead an interim...
Sobering trend: nearly half of young Japanese never drink alcohol, survey shows
Nearly 44 per cent of Japanese in their twenties never drink alcohol and another 16 per cent do so less than once a month,...
China-led SCO is a critical salve for the ailments of the global order
Eighty years after World War II ended, the multilateral system is faltering. The United Nations, once the symbol of post-war peace and cooperation, is...