Trump’s tariffs leave Thai rice farmers in flux: ‘we won’t survive’
Thai farmer Daeng Donsingha was already worried for her family of nine when rice prices in the world’s second-largest exporter of the staple crashed...
Singapore election: PAP bets big with Deputy PM in Punggol GRC to face Harpreet Singh’s WP team
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Hong Kong’s first astronaut could serve in space missions next year
Published: 10:12am, 23 Apr 2025Updated: 10:58am, 23 Apr 2025 Hong Kong’s first astronaut in China’s space programme could start serving in missions as early...
Trade war could upend Chinese firms’ US gas contracts, plans: S&P Global
Chinese state-backed energy firms and privately controlled gas distributors may have to renegotiate long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) procurement contracts they signed with US...
Grant fraud and other academic offences threaten China’s innovation push, state media says
China should upgrade its punishment for academic misconduct, a chronic problem threatening the nation’s innovation push, according to an opinion piece in People’s Daily,...
Russia’s Putin proposes halting Ukraine invasion at current front lines
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday Ukraine was ready for talks with Russia “in any format” once a ceasefire is set, while the Financial...
Ukraine Accused Three Chinese Companies Of Supplying Artillery And Gunpowder To Russia
Ukraine sanctioned three Chinese companies on Friday, accusing them of supplying artillery and gunpowder to Russia and producing weapons on Russian territory. The sanctions...
Will Malaysia face pressure from US to lean less on China during trade talks?
Malaysia can expect to face pressure to boost agricultural imports from the US and align closer to the world’s largest economy as the Southeast...
China’s troubled energy-storage sector reels from price war, tariff blows
China’s energy-storage industry is facing a challenging outlook this year due to the escalating US-China trade war and weaker government support, prompting one industry...