India, Germany Pledge Deeper Trade and Security Ties
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz met on Jan. 12 in the western Indian state of Gujarat, pledging to deepen...
Trump Signals He Will Likely Keep ExxonMobil Out of Venezuela
President Donald Trump said on Jan. 11 that he is inclined to keep ExxonMobil out of Venezuela after its CEO expressed doubts about investing...
Japan firms seen ‘stockpiling’ rare earths as Tokyo looks to G7 in face of China controls
Fears of China choking off exports of critical minerals to Japan amid a deepening political dispute have set off industry alarms and prompted Tokyo...
China’s fight against corruption is a battle we can’t afford to lose, Xi Jinping warns
Chinese President Xi Jinping has said there must be no room for corrupt elements to hide as he warned that the problem was a...
Jimmy Lai trial: Hong Kong lawyers for publisher, activists seek reduced jail time
Lawyers for a former newspaper publisher and two activists have called for less than 10 years’ imprisonment for their roles in attempts to instigate...
Malaysia, Indonesia Block Musk’s Grok Amid Explicit Content Scrutiny
Malaysia and Indonesia have announced a decision to block access to Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, amid scrutiny over...
Taiwan targets Beijing-linked infiltration with push for stricter punishment
Taiwan’s legislature is weighing amendments to an anti-infiltration law that would impose a minimum one-year prison term on Beijing-linked influence and infiltration activities, while...
DeepSeek founder’s High-Flyer ranks among China’s top hedge-fund firms in 2025
High-Flyer Quant, co-owned by DeepSeek founder and CEO Liang Wenfeng, recorded a return of 56.6 per cent last year to rank second among China’s...
Europe’s real threat is its own inner ‘demon’, not Russia: former Chinese envoy
Europe made a “misjudgment” in categorising Russia as its top security threat and instead the continent’s real danger lay in Europeans’ inner “demon”, according...