In France, prosecutors probe secret filming of women with smart glasses
Published: 11:57am, 23 Sep 2026Updated: 12:00pm, 23 Sep 2026 Paris prosecutors said Tuesday they had opened several probes after receiving complaints concerning women filmed...
How does Xi Jinping’s ‘special plane’ compare with Air Force One?
Ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington this week, attention is already turning to the aircraft that will carry him and how...
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Malaysia’s Anwar faces political reckoning in Melaka as state calls for poll
Published: 10:30am, 23 Sep 2026Updated: 10:54am, 23 Sep 2026 Melaka on Wednesday officially called for a state election – the latest test for Malaysian...
Displacing Russia, China scores aircraft sales in Kazakhstan
China is making inroads in supplying equipment to Central Asian armed forces, and one nation where it is making significant progress is Kazakhstan. While...
Most Singaporeans ready to let AI agents shop for them with more safeguards: study
Singaporeans are among the most open to allowing an artificial intelligence agent to shop for them, but they also want the strictest guard rails,...
Rising US scrutiny on clinical trials could threaten China’s biotech advantage: analysts
China’s edge in fast, cost-effective early clinical trials has propelled its emergence as a global biopharmaceutical powerhouse, but there is a risk that the...
Why small quakes in Malaysia’s Sabah could be sounding seismic alarms
A series of small earthquakes beneath Keningau, an inland district of Sabah in Malaysian Borneo, is drawing attention to a part of the state...
Artworks reveal Chinese rulers and Cixi loved role-playing long before modern cosplay
The Qing dynasty’s Empress Dowager Cixi is renowned as a cosplay enthusiast, leaving behind photographs and paintings of herself embodying the Buddhist Goddess of...