How Taiwan is preparing for a PLA sea blockade in its biggest war games
Taiwan will begin its annual war games on Wednesday, testing for the first time its ability to counter a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) maritime...
Cuban spy-base allegations, new Trump tariffs: 7 Latin America relations reads
We have selected seven of the most interesting and important news stories covering Latin American relations from the past few weeks. If you would...
US-Saudi nuclear doubt, Boko Haram’s AI terrorism: 7 global relations reads
Published: 10:00pm, 4 Aug 2026Updated: 10:14pm, 4 Aug 2026 We have selected seven of the most interesting and important news stories covering global relations...
Lucky escape for boy, 7, after wheel comes off KMB double-decker bus in Hong Kong
Published: 9:55pm, 4 Aug 2026Updated: 11:09pm, 4 Aug 2026 A seven-year-old boy escaped with minor injuries on Tuesday after a rear wheel came off...
Taiwanese President Calls for United International Response to China’s Ethnic Unity Law
TAIPEI, Taiwan—Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te is urging countries to be united against what he called China’s “malicious” law on ethnic unity. Lai sounded the...
Beauty queen Grace Chan files police report after son splashed at cinema over row
Published: 9:34pm, 4 Aug 2026Updated: 9:37pm, 4 Aug 2026 Hong Kong police are searching for a woman who allegedly splashed a “cream-like” liquid on...
French, UK vessels save 157 migrants from burning boat in Channel
French and British vessels saved 157 migrants after their boat caught fire while trying to cross the Channel on Tuesday, authorities in both countries...
Boy, 7, dies in Hong Kong’s first fatal paediatric flu case of 2026
Hong Kong recorded the first fatal paediatric case of influenza this year after a seven-year-old boy died on Tuesday, nine days after displaying symptoms....
Is tech the main battleground as EU and US drift apart? One Chinese prediction says so
Clashes between the United States and European Union are becoming the “new normal” with competition over tech regulations at the “core”, according to an...