France to press ahead with high school phone ban from next month
The French government said on Monday it would press ahead with a ban on mobile phones in high schools from next month, but trade...
Mainland China’s ship activity near Taiwan hits record for third month in a row
Mainland Chinese government vessel sightings around Taiwan have reached record levels for a third straight month, as Beijing expands its law enforcement footprint east...
Trump threatens 50 per cent tariffs on Canadian cars, trucks amid trade row
US tariffs on all cars and trucks, automotive parts and steel would be increased to 50 per cent starting January 1 next year, President...
Meet the Indian food safety officer shaking up Mumbai with viral raids
Tukaram Mundhe is an Indian bureaucrat on a mission. As a state food safety commissioner, the 51-year-old has raided food businesses in the country’s...
Adding Fiber To Silkworms’ Diet Makes Their Silk Stronger
AsianScientist (Aug. 24, 2026) –After eating mulberry leaves for weeks, silkworms excrete thin threads of silk from their salivary glands to create cocoons. Farmers harvest...
China and Jordan call for Strait of Hormuz to get back to normal after US-Iran conflict
Published: 9:48pm, 24 Aug 2026Updated: 10:33pm, 24 Aug 2026 China and Jordan have called for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz to shipping...
4 arrested as Kenya investigates 18 elephant deaths in Amboseli
Police have arrested four suspects in an investigation into the deaths of 18 elephants in Kenya’s Amboseli ecosystem, where authorities also seized assorted substances...
Meet Dai Zheng, the space veteran betting on China’s reusable rocket revolution
Ten years ago, Dai Zheng made a career-defining gamble: he left his secure, prestigious engineering post in China’s state space programme to join an...
EV maker Xpeng set to challenge Tesla in embodied AI after robotics unit raises US$900m
Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Xpeng has secured US$900 million in funding from high-profile investors including Alibaba Group Holding and IDG Capital to spur...