Job fears in changing world make AI a hot subject at China’s vocational schools
Five years after graduating from a vocational school in the southern Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen, Chen Hao found himself working as a salesman...
Syria’s US$216 billion rebuild offers a Hormuz alternative
For years, Syria was a wound the world watched fester: a country carved up by war, sanctioned into isolation and reduced to a byword...
Ukraine insists Japan’s pacifist rules permit Patriot missile help
Ukraine hopes to gain support from Japan as it looks to produce Patriot air defence systems under US licence, citing the expertise of Mitsubishi...
Shenzhen rail and air services cancelled as southern China braces for Typhoon Noul
Published: 1:20pm, 25 Jul 2026Updated: 1:32pm, 25 Jul 2026 Trains were stopped, schools were halted and residents were evacuated in southern China as Typhoon...
Japan courts India, Malaysia to escape US-China AI duopoly
Published: 12:57pm, 25 Jul 2026Updated: 1:07pm, 25 Jul 2026 Japan has been establishing dialogue frameworks for artificial intelligence with like-minded countries and Global South...
More than 30 restaurants pull out of dog-friendly scheme, 70 warnings issued
Published: 12:47pm, 25 Jul 2026Updated: 4:00pm, 25 Jul 2026 More than 30 restaurants have withdrawn from Hong Kong’s new dog-friendly dining scheme, while officers...
‘Show must go on,’ Trump tells scaled-back press gala 3 months after assassination attempt
Published: 12:14pm, 25 Jul 2026Updated: 12:30pm, 25 Jul 2026 US President Donald Trump told the White House press corps at its annual gala dinner...
Xinjiang growing as tourist destination for Hongkongers amid travel sector push
Hong Kong student Angel Lau Yin-kwan, 16, has wanted to visit China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region for some time, to learn more about the...
Trump Speaks at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner at Waldorf Astoria at 8:55 p.m. ET on July 24. …