Can Malaysia’s PAS deliver the votes in Negeri Sembilan despite Johor wipeout?
Published: 9:35pm, 16 Jul 2026Updated: 9:45pm, 16 Jul 2026 Malaysia’s largest Islamist party was wiped out in Johor’s state election last weekend, but PAS...
Chinese foreign vice-minister Ma Zhaoxu set for US visit in ‘temperature test’ for Xi
Published: 9:27pm, 16 Jul 2026Updated: 9:35pm, 16 Jul 2026 Chinese foreign vice-minister Ma Zhaoxu is expected to head to the United States next week...
Hong Kong builders issue smoking ban blueprint ahead of Friday adoption
Published: 8:59pm, 16 Jul 2026Updated: 9:46pm, 16 Jul 2026 Hong Kong’s construction sector has rolled out a unified blueprint to enforce a strict, site-wide...
US Imposes 25 Percent Tariff on Some Brazilian Imports Over Negotiation Impasse
The United States has imposed a 25 percent tariff on some Brazilian imports for its unfair trade practices and policies in bilateral trade, the...
UK court jails young hackers for massive London transport cyberattack
A UK court on Thursday jailed two young men for a 2024 cyberattack on London’s public transport operator that exposed the details of millions...
US coastguard cutters have a South China Sea mission. Will it make a difference?
A US decision to redeploy half a dozen small coastguard ships from the Middle East to the South China Sea is unlikely to alter...
Silence isn’t golden for a world looking to Kevin Warsh’s Fed
Since being sworn in as US Federal Reserve chairman on May 22, Kevin Warsh has struck a distinctly hawkish tone. At his first press...
Does Beijing own Batanes? Why Chinese scholars’ claim is a warning shot to Manila
Chinese scholars have drawn fierce pushback from Manila by claiming Beijing should have sovereignty over the Batanes Islands, while analysts said the academic assertions...
House China Committee Presses for Rule Barring Federal Research Ties to Blacklisted Entities
The federal government has no single rule barring recipients of taxpayer-funded research from working with entities on U.S. national security blacklists, despite investigations involving...