What a 2-month trade-truce extension between China and the US reveals as rifts persist
An extension of the US-China trade truce, agreed upon at an unscheduled meeting between the two countries’ top economic officials, underscores a willingness to...
Hong Kong authorities won’t appeal court halt to 12,000-flat project on golf course
Published: 6:16pm, 24 Sep 2026Updated: 6:21pm, 24 Sep 2026 Plans to build 12,000 public flats on part of Hong Kong’s oldest golf course have...
House Committee Chairs Ask Treasury, IRS to Probe Tax-Exempt Network Tied to Shanghai-Based US Millionaire
Two House committee chairmen asked the Treasury Department and the IRS on Sept. 23 to investigate a web of tax-exempt organizations they say are...
8 killed in Russian strikes on Ukraine, maternity clinic damaged
Russian drone and missile strikes on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and its northeast killed eight people on Thursday in attacks that included a maternity hospital...
US regulators back multi-cancer blood test – but Hong Kong doctors remain cautious
Efforts to detect multiple cancers through a single blood draw are gathering momentum after US regulators endorsed the technology for the first time, although...
What can Asia, Global South learn from India’s new digital payment fee?
For millions of Indians, buying a cup of chai or groceries from roadside vendors has come to mean reaching for their phones rather than...
Summits for all diplomatic seasons: how the US has set the stage for Xi Jinping
Published: 5:52pm, 24 Sep 2026Updated: 5:54pm, 24 Sep 2026 Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to the US is his first to the country since...
K-DEX 2026 Connects Strategic Dialogue with Procurement and Defense Industry Cooperation
SEOUL, Republic of Korea — September 2026 — K-DEX 2026 is expanding the scope of its international program ahead of its December debut, combining...
Alibaba unveils ‘pragmatic’ AI road map to drive monetisation, infrastructure efficiency
The artificial intelligence road map presented at its flagship Apsara Conference this week showcased a pragmatic pivot by Chinese tech giant Alibaba Group Holding,...