Building renovation corruption complaints spike 1.5 times after Tai Po fire: ICAC
Published: 9:54pm, 16 Jun 2026Updated: 10:31pm, 16 Jun 2026 Hong Kong’s graft buster has received more than 1.5 times as many corruption complaints concerning...
New Study Reveals Hidden Sources Of Lead In Manila’s Air
The end of leaded gasoline was hailed as a major public health victory, but researchers warn that lead pollution remains a persistent threat in...
Philippines vows to block structures at Scarborough Shoal amid fears of Chinese expansion
A floating Chinese platform at Scarborough Shoal has revived fears in the Philippines that Beijing could be taking another incremental step towards turning one...
EU bows to Trump pressure on tariffs but warns of future chaos
The European Parliament approved on Tuesday cutting duties on many US goods imports to fulfil the European Union’s side of a trade deal struck...
How Israel’s exit from US aid signals wider decline in Washington’s alliances
Israel’s efforts to phase out American military aid signal the decline of US alliances under the demands of Washington’s “America first” position, according to...
Trump Calls on Putin to Reach Deal With Ukraine After Zelenskyy Meeting
GENEVA—U.S. President Donald Trump kicked off his G7 summit meetings on June 16 in the French spa town of Évian-les-Bains, joining a roundtable discussion...
China’s AI outpaces global rivals but trails in trust, survey shows
Published: 8:41pm, 16 Jun 2026Updated: 8:56pm, 16 Jun 2026 Many people believe Chinese artificial intelligence models are leading the global tech race – even...
Is Europe declining faster than Qing China? A Chinese-French debate
Is the economic decline of Europe worse than the last decades of the Qing dynasty? That’s a question posed by Luis Vassy, director of...
Najib’s 1MDB plunder made Attila the Hun ‘look like a choirboy’: Malaysian judge
The judge who convicted former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak over the 1MDB scandal said the plunder of the sovereign wealth fund was so...