Calls grow for India to lure tech talent home as US tightens job curbs
Published: 7:57pm, 19 Oct 2026Updated: 8:02pm, 19 Oct 2026 After completing a master’s degree in data science at Pace University in New York in...
Chinese ambassador denies threatening Philippines after saying a war may prove easy to win
Published: 7:43pm, 19 Oct 2026Updated: 8:01pm, 19 Oct 2026 Beijing’s ambassador to the Philippines Jing Quan has denied making threats after he was summoned...
Typhoon Champi Triggers Emergency Declarations for Guam, Northern Mariana Islands
Waves hit the coastline as children play at a beach ahead of the arrival of the forecasted Super Typhoon Bavi in Guam, Northern Mariana...
Japan’s mega-quake that never was, and the danger of false alarms
Published: 7:28pm, 19 Oct 2026Updated: 7:38pm, 19 Oct 2026 Kanako Hosomura was working in a clothing store in Yokohama when an alert on her...
5 hikers fall ill as hot weather grips Hong Kong on public holiday
Five hikers fell ill in separate incidents across Hong Kong on Monday as hot weather gripped the city on the final day of the...
EQT buys Cleanaway Waste Management for A$9.3bn
October 19, 2026 Private equity giant EQT Infrastructure VI,has agreed to buy 100% of Cleanaway Waste Management for A$9.3 billion ($6.5 billion) or A$3.095...
Elon Musk says he will give SpaceX share to ‘every kid in America’
Tech billionaire Elon Musk said on Monday that he would give every child in the United States a share in his SpaceX rocket company....
Long March shows why the Communist Party needs strong leadership: state media
Published: 6:00pm, 19 Oct 2026Updated: 6:26pm, 19 Oct 2026 A Monday article published by the ruling Communist Party’s mouthpiece argued that a key lesson...
Seeking men’s approval? Chinese tennis star criticised for glamorous photo shoot with trophy
Published: 6:00pm, 19 Oct 2026Updated: 6:20pm, 19 Oct 2026 After Chinese tennis player Zheng Qinwen won the China Open in early October, a series...