China and US in AI revolution race as tech rivals battle for global supremacy
At a New York City ballroom late last month, a crowd of hi-tech luminaries gathered at an honours ceremony. The biggest draw for the...
Ke Tao, China’s remote sensing expert who was ‘devoted’ to national defence, dies at 48
China’s top remote sensing expert Ke Tao died from an illness on Wednesday at the age of 48, according to an obituary from Wuhan...
3 convicted in Hong Kong’s largest football match-fixing scandal in years
Published: 9:48pm, 8 May 2026Updated: 9:51pm, 8 May 2026 A Hong Kong court has convicted two footballers and a betting agent of bribing fellow...
Chinese EV maker Leapmotor taps Stellantis’ Spanish plant for EU production
Leapmotor, one of China’s strongest-performing electric vehicle (EV) makers this year, has taken a major step towards building cars locally for European customers after...
China’s shipping firms brace for a new ‘era of chaos’ as Iran war drags on
China’s shipping giants are bracing for a harsh new reality of persistent global volatility, as the closure of the Strait of Hormuz shifts from...
Pentagon releases new files on UFOs, praises Trump’s ‘transparency’ push
The Pentagon has begun releasing new files on UFOs, saying members of the public can draw their own conclusions on “unidentified anomalous phenomena” (UAP)....
DeepSeek to soon close first external fundraising in US$50b valuation: sources
Published: 9:06pm, 8 May 2026Updated: 9:17pm, 8 May 2026 Chinese artificial intelligence high-flier DeepSeek is expected to close its first external financing round soon,...
Why Iran’s ambassador to China thinks the US can’t turn Beijing against it
Published: 9:00pm, 8 May 2026Updated: 9:39pm, 8 May 2026 Iran does not believe the United States has the leverage to turn Beijing against Tehran,...
How Nvidia’s Corning pact shines light on China’s dominant role in global fibre supply
Chipmaking giant Nvidia’s deepening partnership with US fibre optics maker Corning to replace copper links in next-generation rack-scale artificial intelligence systems is shining a...