Starry Lee secures Hong Kong Legco presidency after 5-vote win over Ronick Chan
Veteran Hong Kong lawmaker Starry Lee Wai-king has been elected president of the Legislative Council, narrowly defeating Ronick Chan Chun-ying by a five-vote margin...
Trump and Colombian President Petro Plan to Meet at White House
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he spoke on the phone with Colombian President Gustavo Petro, calling the conversation a “great honor” and announcing...
China seeks ‘safe and reliable’ AI supply as global tech race heats up
China has vowed to achieve “safe and reliable supply” in key artificial intelligence (AI) technologies by 2027 as the global race for frontier technologies...
US allies Saudi Arabia, UAE risk a split in Middle East over competing visions
Washington’s allies in the Middle East and beyond are facing the prospects of joining rival blocs in alignment with the different visions of Saudi...
Hongkongers shiver as winter monsoon drives temperatures down to 5.9 degrees
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China Steps Up Cyberattacks on Taiwan’s Critical Infrastructure, Testing Wartime Readiness
China has dramatically escalated cyberattacks against Taiwan’s critical infrastructure, launching an average of 2.63 million attacks per day in 2025, according to a new...
A Decade of Repression: How Việt Nam Jailed Dissidents, Journalists, and Rights Defenders
On Dec. 31, 2025, a Vietnamese court convicted and sentenced prominent political dissident Nguyễn Văn Đài to 17 years in prison under Article 117,...
Johnson Invites Trump to Deliver First State of the Union of Second Term on Feb. 24
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday formally invited President Donald Trump to deliver a State of the Union address to Congress. “It is...
Venezuela Commits to Buying American Goods in Oil Deal: Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that Venezuela has committed to buying exclusively American-made products with revenues from a newly created oil agreement with...