Leaving family hardest part of Lai Ka-ying’s space mission, sister says
Published: 6:43pm, 25 May 2026Updated: 9:11pm, 25 May 2026 Leaving her family behind is the toughest part for Hong Kong’s first astronaut as she...
Taiwanese Foreign Minister Says Island’s President Prepared for Phone Call With Trump
Taiwanese Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung said it would be a positive step if U.S. President Donald Trump spoke with Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te, but...
Trump’s overseas application for US green card rule unnerves Asian workers
Published: 6:34pm, 25 May 2026Updated: 7:08pm, 25 May 2026 A new US immigration policy could force many green card applicants to leave the country...
Pope calls for ‘disarming’ of AI, technology should be ‘human friendly’
Pope Leo called for the “disarming” of artificial intelligence in his long-awaited manifesto on the rapidly developing technology on Monday, and warned of “new...
College Students Working to Promote Civil Discourse Rather Than Heated Debate
OSHKOSH, Wis.—At first blush, the gathering in Room 212 of the Reeve Memorial Union on the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh campus looks like...
UAE deports Pakistani Shiites: jobs lost and savings frozen amid Iran war
In a cluster of villages in Pakistan’s largely rural Chakwal district, more than 100 Shiite Muslims have returned from the United Arab Emirates without...
China to give every humanoid robot a digital ID in push to boost industry standards
China is looking to give every humanoid manufactured in the country a digital identity, as it seeks promote growth in the rapidly growing sector...
Search in flooded cave for 7 gold-mining villagers in Laos enters sixth day
The desperate search for seven villagers in Laos prospecting for gold who became trapped deep inside a flooded cave entered a sixth day on...
China lifts peacekeeping budget share amid warnings bodies like UN may be sidelined
China was the second-largest financial contributor to the UN peacekeeping mission after the US last year, with its share rising “substantially” as geopolitical tensions...