Hong Kong shelves cross-border levy plan, marks second policy U-turn in a day
Hong Kong’s treasury minister has said authorities will shelve a proposed levy on private cars crossing the border into mainland China, citing feedback from...
US Urges Beijing to Stop Holding Down a ‘Substantially Undervalued’ Yuan
The U.S. Treasury is pressing China to allow the yuan to strengthen, arguing the currency is “substantially undervalued” and should move higher in line...
Has China’s PL-17 missile, likely Pacific game-changer, finally been seen up close?
The first close-up image of the Chinese PL-17 long-range missile – one of the most mysterious weapons in the PLA Air Force’s arsenal –...
Trump Picks Kevin Warsh as New Federal Reserve Chair
President Donald Trump said on Jan. 30 that former Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh will be the next head of the U.S. central bank....
Israel offers ‘limited’ Rafah reopening on Sunday after nearly 2-year Gaza border shutdown
Israel said Friday that it will reopen the pedestrian border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt in both directions over the weekend, marking...
33 arrested over HK$150 million fraud involving Hong Kong tech grant schemes
Hong Kong’s anti-corruption agency has arrested 33 people on suspicion of defrauding two government technology funding schemes of more than HK$150 million (US$19.2 million)....
China says Philippines is stoking tensions with large-scale Scarborough Shoal drill
China has accused the Philippines of “deliberately stoking maritime tensions” following reports Manila had warned it would stage military exercises across a large area...
Ant Group’s open-source push aims to move robots from lab demos to real-world work
Chinese fintech giant Ant Group has open-sourced its first artificial intelligence models for robotics, as it steps up efforts to build machine intelligence capable...
Japan and South Korea upgrade defence pact to counter China and North Korea
Japanese Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and his South Korean counterpart Ahn Gyu Back decided on Friday to step up personnel exchanges between their forces...