Trump Open to Meeting With Kim Jong Un During Asia Trip
President Donald Trump has said he would be willing to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during his trip to Asia, should...
Catherine Connolly wins Ireland’s presidential election in landslide
Published: 12:23am, 26 Oct 2025Updated: 5:01am, 26 Oct 2025 Left-wing independent Catherine Connolly on Saturday won the race to be Ireland’s new president, comfortably...
Could China ‘militarise’ cryptocurrencies to beat financial sanctions?
Digital currency is emerging as a powerful, disruptive tool in global geopolitics, fundamentally reshaping the financial battlefield in times of conflict, according to a...
Post-Plenum Freefall: China’s Triple Lock
The Taiwan Affairs Office climbed over the Great Firewall to do external propaganda and got roasted; an underground-church pastor was arrested and disappeared; the...
Unexploded ordnance in Gaza wounds children despite ceasefire
The Shorbasi family was sitting in their severely damaged house in Gaza City, enjoying the relative calm of the ceasefire. Then they heard an...
Trump Says He’ll Talk to Xi About Taiwan and Imprisoned Activist Jimmy Lai
President Donald Trump said he plans to raise the issues of Taiwan, imprisoned Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai, and Russia’s war in Ukraine...
Chinese President Xi Jinping puts personal stamp on 5-year plan
Chinese President Xi Jinping put his personal stamp on the national master plan for the next five years, with state media describing the plan’s...
Malaysia’s tigers in crisis due to poachers, habitat loss
For two years, Malaysian conservationists tracked a tiger named “Bulan” as she raised four cubs. Then a fatal traffic accident made her another statistic...
Buckle up on the road: Hong Kong to enforce seat belt rules across the board
Published: 10:01pm, 25 Oct 2025Updated: 10:06pm, 25 Oct 2025 Footage of a police undercover crackdown on minibus commuters in Hong Kong has gone viral...