China aunties teach qigong exercises to fellow passengers at Cairo airport during flight delay
A group of Chinese aunties led an impromptu qigong lesson at Cairo Airport, captivating fellow passengers and earning applause. On January 9, a Chinese...
China should leverage buying power to boost yuan’s use in trade: former PBOC adviser
China should leverage its massive buying power to boost imports settled in yuan and shift towards a more balanced trade structure, to accelerate the...
As more nations block Grok for obscene content, calls for Asean-wide curbs mount
The separate moves by three Southeast Asian countries to block the AI chatbot Grok over sexually explicit deepfake images are “emergency brakes” that analysts...
Hong Kong authorities could vet construction firm directors to tighten oversight
Hong Kong authorities could expand background checks on authorised persons in construction projects to cover company directors, the development chief has said, as the...
Chile’s president-elect picks Pinochet lawyers as ministers of human rights, defence
Chile’s right-wing president-elect Jose Antonio Kast on Tuesday named two ex-lawyers of former dictator Augusto Pinochet to lead the ministries of defence and human...
Trump’s Plane Heads Back to Joint Base Andrews Due to Electrical Issue, White House Says
President Donald Trump’s plane headed back to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Jan. 20 shortly after departing for Davos, Switzerland, where he is...
Japan ex-PM Shinzo Abe’s killer Tetsuya Yamagami sentenced to life in prison
The gunman charged with killing Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe was found guilty and jailed for life on Wednesday, more than three years...
Chinese rivals to Musk’s Starlink wrestle with rocket constraints
Four Chinese groups are racing to build global satellite communications infrastructure to challenge the considerable head start made by US tech billionaire Elon Musk’s...
US forces seize seventh sanctioned oil tanker linked to Venezuela
US military forces boarded and took control of a seventh oil tanker connected with Venezuela on Tuesday, as part of the Trump administration’s broader...