China’s home prices slide as support measures fail to budge sentiment
A gauge of new home prices in China slid 0.3 per cent in July, adding to the steepest drop in eight months in June...
Dairy and Meat Drive New Zealand Food Prices Up 5 Percent as Cost Pressures Bite
Food prices in New Zealand were five percent higher in July than a year earlier, up from a 4.6 percent increase in June, Stats...
Senators Call for Probe Into Meta After News Report on AI Conversations With Children
Two Republican Senators on Aug. 14 called for a congressional investigation into Meta Platforms, Facebook’s parent company, after a recent news media report revealed...
Alaska Summit: How Trump’s Pressure Campaign on Oil, Banking, and Diplomacy Is Redrawing the Global Chessboard
Commentary When President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Anchorage on Aug. 15, their handshake will make headlines. But the real...
China dam dumps Western chips, second Hong Kong school suspended: 7 highlights
We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our...
Plans for Singapore’s Guam fighter detachment are cancelled
Singapore’s Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) has confirmed that plans for a permanent Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) fighter training detachment stationed at Andersen...
Hong Kong court postpones Jimmy Lai’s trial over heart condition
Published: 12:12pm, 15 Aug 2025Updated: 12:46pm, 15 Aug 2025 Former Hong Kong media owner Jimmy Lai Chee-ying’s national security trial has been adjourned until...
DOE Announces 11 Selections for New Nuclear Reactor Pilot Program
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has identified 11 projects that will receive federal support in advancing “first mover” nuclear energy technologies under the...
‘Under pressure’: can South Korea-Japan summit ease tensions with Trump?
South Korea and Japan could use their coming bilateral summit to project stability to Washington, which was simultaneously imposing high tariffs on its allies...