Chinese Community Monument in Panama Removed Amid US–CCP Tensions
A monument to commemorate the local Chinese community’s contributions to Panama in the 19th century was removed on Dec. 27, 2025. Local Panama authorities ordered...
Portugal’s 11 presidential candidates debate migration, instability
A record number of 11 candidates in Portugal’s coming presidential election kicked off their campaigns on Sunday. The official two-week campaign period preceding the...
Asia to see mixed activity in 2026: banks
Amid a trade slowdown, IPOs, the issuance of convertible bonds, and cross-border M&A, including in the Middle East, are set to continue. Read More
India ‘spreads its bets’ to beat Trump’s 50% tariff as exports rise
When India reached a free-trade agreement with New Zealand in a record time of nine months towards the end of last year, the speedy...
How Hong Kong can work with Hainan to ease entry to China’s market
Previously, I put forward the argument that Hong Kong’s relevance in China’s opening up lies less in guarding its gateway role and more in...
Nobel Prize jurist Thomas Mikael Oliveberg joins top medical school in southern China
After working in Europe for 35 years, Mikael Oliveberg, a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS) and a judge of the...
Korean professors fined for taking tests for students to inflate scores, prevent budget cuts
Four teaching staff at a university in South Korea have been fined for taking exams for students to boost test scores in an attempt...
2 bodies found as Indonesia extends search for missing Spanish father, 3 children
Indonesian rescuers recovered a second body on Sunday in the ongoing search for a Spanish soccer coach and two of his children who went...
‘Stop subverting Venezuelan regime’: China urges US to immediately release captured Maduro
China has raised concerns about the United States’ capture and removal of the Venezuelan leader from the country by force and called on Washington...