7 killed in Kenya tourist helicopter crash
Published: 10:15pm, 19 Aug 2026Updated: 10:49pm, 19 Aug 2026 A helicopter carrying six tourists and a pilot crashed on Wednesday in Kenya’s Samburu county,...
Bangladesh’s energy crisis opens door for India to mend ties
Published: 10:08pm, 19 Aug 2026Updated: 10:09pm, 19 Aug 2026 Bangladesh’s request for additional diesel from India has turned a growing power crisis into a...
Money and ‘a lot of noise’: how the US’ critical-minerals industry is vying with China’s
Patriot Critical Minerals of the US plans to dig into a long-abandoned mining site in the sparsely populated state of Nevada to extract tungsten,...
China’s J-36 fighter jet designers report danger of military AI hallucinations
Published: 10:00pm, 19 Aug 2026Updated: 11:35pm, 19 Aug 2026 Large language models are expert in intelligence work, able to quickly mine key data and...
China blocks firms from aiding EU’s JD.com probe as regulatory clash deepens
Beijing has banned Chinese entities from assisting with a European Union investigation into e-commerce giant JD.com under the bloc’s foreign subsidies regulation (FSR). A...
Singapore plans tax, visa incentives to boost fund industry
Singapore will introduce tax exemptions on profits earned by fund managers and make it easier for investment professionals to obtain visas as it seeks...
Hong Kong unveils its first dedicated psychiatric facility for under-18s
Hong Kong’s main psychiatric hospital has unveiled the city’s first facility exclusively dedicated to child and adolescent patients, as part of a wider redevelopment...
Israel opens criminal probes over killings of Palestinian girl Hind Rajab, aid workers
Israel’s military will open internal investigations over its troops’ killings in Gaza of five-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab in January 2024 and 15 emergency...
US, South Korea Trim Military Exercises After Trump Orders Scale-Back
South Korea and the United States have shortened their annual Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS) military exercise and agreed to reduce some field training after...