Hong Kong college sues finance head, director and firm over alleged HK$25m fraud
Hong Kong Chu Hai College has sued its finance head, along with a company and its director, for allegedly embezzling over HK$25 million (US$3.19...
Texas Education Leaders Face Pushback Over Proposed K–12 Reading List
A more rigorous curriculum proposed for Texas public schools would have kindergartners read “The Cat in the Hat” aloud, sixth graders study the Gettysburg...
Is Trump calling the shots on Israel, or just pretending to?
Scepticism is rife about US President Donald Trump’s claims to have reprimanded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu over recent military escalations with Lebanese...
China woman finds late brother’s ‘favourite sisters’ online photo album, feels his love again
A Chinese woman who went to great lengths to access her late brother’s blog has discovered his deep love for her 14 years after...
Is that a Chinese antenna at Scarborough Shoal? The Philippines thinks so
The Philippines has accused China of building an artificial structure at the hotly contested Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. Citing aerial monitoring,...
Pentagon blacklists China tech giants as US competition expands
The Pentagon added tech giants Alibaba and Baidu and carmaker BYD to a blacklist of Chinese companies with military ties amid widening competition between...
SoftBank’s PayPay to buy T&D Holdings' life insurer for $840m
The Japanese digital payments platform is acquiring a 70.2% stake in T&D Holdings’ life insurance unit, marking its push into life insurance as it...
As Putin courts Southeast Asia, does ‘Russia need Asean more’?
A summit between Russia and Asean next week promises to ease Southeast Asia’s energy crisis and Moscow’s diplomatic isolation – but not all of...
With a global AI data shortage looming, China boosts its own supply
China is moving to leverage data as a core strategic asset, aiming to build industry-specific data sets to power its next-generation artificial intelligence models,...