Pax Sinica vs Pax Silica: how China-US mineral war is taking shape
If 2026 were a chess match, critical minerals would be the opening gambit, and both China and the United States are going all out....
Bangladesh faces daunting post-election challenges in economy, garment sector
The biggest challenges that the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has to tackle following its recent victory in the general election are the country’s sluggish...
China scrambles fighters to confront US warplanes based in South Korea
US and Chinese fighter jets have engaged in a rare stand-off over the Yellow Sea, according to media reports in South Korea. This comes...
Foreign Investment Drops 78%, China’s Factories Collapse, Robot Arms Pile Up, Bosch Closes Plants
On February 14, blogger Xiao Yang posted a video saying, “When foreign investment pulls out and uproots the entire supply chain, private companies fall...
Police probe suspected poisoning of 4 dogs, with 2 more canines missing
Hong Kong police are investigating the suspected poisoning of four dogs on farms in the northern New Territories, with an animal welfare group saying...
Law firm asks court to block access to files seized in ‘crash-for-cash’ probe
A law firm has asked a Hong Kong court to bar police from inspecting privileged documents seized during a raid earlier this month as...
Water prisons, torture: UN urges crackdown on brutal Southeast Asia scam centres
The UN human rights agency on Friday called on governments to clamp down on scam centres, which have mushroomed in Southeast Asia and where...
Hong Kong’s jobless rate edges up by 0.1 percentage point to 3.9% over past 3 months
Hong Kong’s jobless rate edged up by 0.1 percentage point over the past three months to 3.9 per cent after holding steady in the...
MAHA Proponents React to Trump’s Executive Order on Glyphosate
Invoking the Defense Production Act, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Feb. 18, propelling the domestic production of elemental phosphorus and glyphosate-based...