Asia’s oil buyers face US$100-per-barrel risk as Houthis threaten Saudi blockade
Asia’s oil buyers are facing the risk of a second maritime chokepoint being disrupted after Iran-aligned Houthi militants threatened to impose a naval blockade...
Suspect in German mass shooting kills himself in jail
A man suspected of fatally shooting six child welfare workers at a shelter for mothers in Stade in northern Germany last month died by...
UK’s Burnham eyes lower energy bills in first move as PM
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said on Tuesday he would cut taxes on electricity bills, the first of several early moves to signal his...
Taiwan opens door to Starlink – but now it must wait to see if Elon Musk is ready to enter
Published: 9:00pm, 21 Jul 2026Updated: 10:10pm, 21 Jul 2026 Taiwan has cleared the way for overseas satellite internet providers such as Starlink to operate...
Philippines taps combat veteran to lead armed forces amid regional tensions
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr has appointed army chief Lieutenant General Antonio G. Nafarrete as the next head of the armed forces, placing a...
Zhipu shares surge 37% as firm builds giant data centre powered by Chinese chips
Published: 8:42pm, 21 Jul 2026Updated: 8:56pm, 21 Jul 2026 Shares of Chinese AI giant Z.ai soared 37 per cent in Hong Kong on Tuesday...
Europe’s incoherent ‘China threat’ posture is a threat to itself
The China threat has landed in Brussels. A new European Union position paper accuses Beijing of amplifying security threats, posing “a critical long-term strategic...
Chinese AI agent outperforms Anthropic’s Claude Code in autonomous research
A Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) system has topped an international ranking for autonomous scientific research, pulling ahead of Anthropic’s Claude Code and other top...
Internet personality ‘Mr Ho’ jailed for 2 months over stabbing wife several times
An elderly Hong Kong man known on the internet as “Mr Ho” has been jailed for two months for stabbing his much younger wife...