Greece trial begins for rail disaster that killed 57
A criminal trial opened in Greece on Monday over a train collision that killed 57 people, many of them college students, in a disaster...
Not like Venezuela: why Iran is likely to survive US-Israeli strikes
Iran’s leadership is likely to prove resilient despite US-Israeli decapitation tactics, analysts said. Dozens of senior Iranian officials, including the former supreme leader, Ayatollah...
Iran conflict prompts questions about China’s export power amid fractured supply chains
As the Iran war fuels global fears of stagflation, a debate is intensifying over whether the crisis poses an immediate risk to China’s sources...
Alibaba unveils AI agent platform to automate global e-commerce for small businesses
The international commerce unit of Alibaba Group Holding on Monday introduced an enterprise-focused artificial intelligence agent platform to automate complex cross-border e-commerce operations for...
Why China’s AI automation push is a risky social experiment
China is betting artificial intelligence will solve its labour shortage, as policymakers ramp up a nationwide push to deploy AI and robotics across the...
US Stocks Surge, Oil Crashes as Trump Says US, Iran Have Had Productive Talks
U.S. stocks rallied and crude oil prices cratered after President Donald Trump said on March 23 that the United States and Iran had had...
Hong Kong projected to face 4 to 7 typhoons in 2026
Hong Kong will experience between four and seven typhoons from June to October this year, according to the city’s forecaster – a figure that...
‘Deny, delay, degrade’: Taiwan unveils long-range strategy to hold off PLA in strait
Taiwan’s defence ministry has outlined a wartime strategy of using long-range firepower to “slow the advance” of People’s Liberation Army (PLA) forces in the...
UK police investigate attack on Jewish ambulances as hate crime
British police said on Monday they were investigating a suspected arson attack as an antisemitic hate crime, after volunteer ambulances run by a Jewish...