Malaysia promises millions of gig workers a safety net, but critics see holes
Published: 8:00am, 1 Dec 2025Updated: 11:58am, 1 Dec 2025 As the clock strikes 8am in Penang, Syamil Azizi slips into his daily grind: picking...
US Military Puts Heat on Venezuela’s Maduro—What to Know
WASHINGTON—A month ago, President Donald Trump stated that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s days in power were numbered. At the time, few believed that the country’s...
Trump Admin Announces New Immigration Restrictions: What to Know
AD Immigration & Border Security President Donald Trump participates in a call with U.S. service members from his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida on Thanksgiving...
Treasury Department Working to ‘Cut Off Federal Benefits to Illegal Aliens’
The Trump administration is working on a plan to stop illegal immigrants from receiving federal benefits. “We are working to cut off federal benefits...
DOGE Says $300 Million in Federal Contracts Terminated in 3 Days
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has announced that, in line with its guidance, multiple federal agencies terminated contracts worth nearly $300 million last...
China’s scandal-hit arms firms drag down regional sales in record-breaking year
Despite a sharp and record-breaking rise in overall global arms sales last year, the combined revenue of the eight Chinese firms listed in the...
China’s Real Estate and Financial Markets Collapse! Banks Dump 70,000 Foreclosed Homes
As 2025 nears its end, state-owned and local banks are stepping up efforts to offload these foreclosed residential and commercial properties in order to...
Ex-PLA colonel Zhou Bo on Taiwan reunification, lessons from the Ukraine war
Zhou Bo is a retired senior colonel in the People’s Liberation Army and a senior fellow at Tsinghua University’s Centre for International Security and...
Sporting passion of Hongkongers is an inspiration
The recent flurry of sporting events has thrown up a number of aspects which I found particularly inspiring. With much of the media focus...