China says Wells Fargo exec banned from leaving country due to ‘criminal case’
Published: 4:51pm, 21 Jul 2025Updated: 5:12pm, 21 Jul 2025 China has confirmed that it barred a senior Wells Fargo executive from leaving the country,...
Malaysia’s top court to hear Anwar’s immunity bid in sexual harassment case
Published: 4:17pm, 21 Jul 2025Updated: 4:45pm, 21 Jul 2025 Malaysia’s highest court said on Monday that it would consider Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s application...
Sacked HSBC analyst sues bank for alleged racial discrimination
Published: 4:06pm, 21 Jul 2025Updated: 4:23pm, 21 Jul 2025 A former HSBC employee in Hong Kong has sued the bank for alleged racial discrimination,...
Chinese open-source AI models occupy top spots among global developers: ranking
China is home to the world’s top artificial intelligence (AI) models that are open-sourced, according to an American benchmarking platform created by researchers from...
Deepfake deluge: Seoul palace flood video spotlights AI risk in South Korea
A hyperrealistic, AI-generated video depicting Seoul’s historic Gyeongbokgung Palace submerged under floodwaters has fuelled fresh alarm over the power of artificial intelligence to fabricate...
China-Singapore team’s nanovaccine suppresses cancer recurrence and spread
A joint China-Singapore research team is using nanoparticle technology to create a cancer vaccine that has produced promising results in animal tests – reducing...
Hong Kong counts cost of Typhoon Wipha: losses of ‘up to HK$2 billion’ on Sunday
Published: 3:49pm, 21 Jul 2025Updated: 7:43pm, 21 Jul 2025 Typhoon Wipha may have caused financial losses of up to HK$2 billion (US$255 million) on...
Chinese bond ETFs top US$50 billion in assets managed
Chinese investors are snapping up exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that track bonds, betting on their lower costs and diversified exposure to profit from an environment...
New railway lines put Guinea and Algeria on track to send iron ore to China
China is poised to begin receiving iron ore shipments from Guinea and Algeria this year, as Chinese firms complete the railway lines and ports...