G7 summit offers Trump, Modi chance to reset ties after US strikes kill Indian sailors
A possible meeting next week between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump offers a chance to reset ties following a...
Hong Kong cancels amber rainstorm warning for second time
Published: 10:37am, 13 Jun 2026Updated: 4:11pm, 13 Jun 2026 This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please...
Out of the shadows: Huawei’s ‘chip queen’ steps back into the spotlight with scaling law
After seven years working in the shadows, He Tingbo stepped back into the limelight last month. The head of Huawei Technologies’ secretive semiconductor business...
Trump says ‘swift and lethal’ US strike kills leader of Venezuelan prison gang
Published: 9:31am, 13 Jun 2026Updated: 11:01am, 13 Jun 2026 President Donald Trump said late on Friday that a “swift and lethal kinetic” US strike...
Why Japan’s Russia outreach could fuel G7 concern over unity: ‘bad signal’
As Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi heads to the G7 meeting in France next week, she is expected to hear rumblings of discontent over...
When a Chinese auntie met the right uncle
Let me pick up where I left off in a previous column. On sabbatical in China, I was reeling from being pored over by...
Appeals Court Allows Removal of Trump’s Name From Kennedy Center
An appeals court on June 12 refused to block the removal of President Donald Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center in the nation’s capital....
Can 150kg drones carry cement and bricks? Hong Kong is putting them to the test
Hong Kong’s Development Bureau will test whether heavy-duty drones, weighing nearly 150kg (330.6lbs) each, can carry essential items across up to six sites over...
Chinese woman reunites with family 22 years after running away over broken shower gel bottle
A woman in eastern China has been reunited with her birth family 22 years after running away as a child, fearing punishment for breaking...