Doing ‘fantastic job’: Australian PM defends envoy Rudd amid Trump’s dislike
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese endorsed Australia’s ambassador in Washington as doing a “fantastic job”, describing comments by US President Donald Trump that he does...
Nexperia crisis: how US-China tensions disrupt a global chip supply chain
Published: 10:00am, 22 Oct 2025Updated: 10:16am, 22 Oct 2025 The ongoing dispute between China and the Netherlands over chipmaker Nexperia has highlighted how geopolitical...
Hong Kong temperatures fall to 18.4 degrees Celsius, lowest so far this autumn
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Japan Post stops forcing delivery staff to ride bicycles as punishment
Japan Post has scrapped a controversial practice of forcing delivery workers involved in minor accidents to complete their rounds by bicycle – even in...
As Nobel laureates show, the US can’t take tech lead over China for granted
China and the United States are locked in a contest for technological supremacy. While it’s impossible to predict the ultimate winner and loser, this...
‘I watch South Korean dramas’: new Japan PM charmed by K-culture
New Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday sought to downplay concerns that relations with South Korea could be affected under her leadership as...
China’s 30-Year Real Estate Scam: Pushing Generations into the Abyss, All Assets Vanish
On October 16, the blogger “Lan Cao’s Home” posted a video in tears, explaining how, after taking out a loan to purchase a house...
Chinese AI start-up Shengshu unveils Vidu Q2 in challenge to OpenAI’s Sora
Chinese artificial intelligence start-up Shengshu AI on Tuesday rolled out Vidu Q2, a new video-generation model aimed at challenging OpenAI’s Sora, intensifying the global...
Naked China boy running on all fours raises concerns over child welfare and safety
A Chinese boy was spotted running on all fours naked and behaving like a dog, while his parents dismissed government inquiries, claiming it was...