House Panel Urges Apple, Google to Remove Apps That Track ICE Agents
The House Committee on Homeland Security urged Google and Apple to remove apps that let people track federal immigration agents after a rise in...
Oversight Committee Probes Alleged Cover-Up of Massive Minnesota Welfare Fraud
Citing whistleblowers’ allegations that Minnesota officials covered up or ignored massive welfare fraud, a powerful congressional committee is investigating—and demanding responses from the state’s...
From shoes to scholarships: Hongkongers unite for Tai Po fire victims
Published: 12:00pm, 6 Dec 2025Updated: 4:27pm, 6 Dec 2025 From shoes and clothing to food, daily necessities, logistics services and even university sponsorships for...
Is China shifting its policy and accepting North Korea as a nuclear-armed state?
Beijing’s omission of the term “denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula” from a new white paper suggested its “tacit acceptance” of North Korea as a...
One-Punch Man and the human cost of Japan and South Korea’s soft power
When online outrage torpedoed the latest episode of One‑Punch Man, few saw past the animation flaws. But what followed exposed a creative industry buckling...
Australian TikTokker gives widowed US cashier, 88, gift of retirement
A young man from Australia with a huge social media following has given an 88-year-old US supermarket worker the gift of retirement. Ed Bambas...
Xi’s Three Explosions: A Fallen Governor, a Convicted Insider, and a Broken Emergency System
China Insights delivers sharp, data-driven analysis of China’s politics, economy, and society. We connect the dots behind breaking headlines — from Beijing’s power shifts...
A Chinese home-grown business jet is on the way. Will it rival Gulfstream?
China’s top aircraft maker is stepping up efforts to promote its first business jet as it looks to break into a market dominated by...
Meet the Illinois farmer sowing the seeds of the world’s biggest IPOs of 2026
Jeff Rowe grinned with satisfaction when the dashboard of his John Deere combine harvester showed the yield of the first run on his family’s...