Spanish, Brazilian flotilla activists released after detention in Israel
Israel deported two activists on Sunday after being detained near Greece for slightly over a week for leading an aid flotilla attempting to break...
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Why Trump’s war on Iran may be ‘accelerating end of US hegemony’ and damaging Stargate
US President Donald Trump’s US$500 billion Stargate AI project is being undermined by the war with Iran, a conflict that is accelerating the decline...
Shenzhen nuclear power plant glitch posed no safety risk, Hong Kong authorities say
Published: 5:51pm, 10 May 2026Updated: 5:57pm, 10 May 2026 Hong Kong authorities have stressed that an operational glitch at a nuclear plant in neighbouring...
‘What a mess’: Wang Fuk Court residents flag glitches before online owners’ meeting
Published: 5:40pm, 10 May 2026Updated: 6:12pm, 10 May 2026 Multiple residents of Hong Kong’s fire-ravaged Wang Fuk Court have reported problems with registering for...
Could Spain’s ‘compliment sandwich’ approach to China work for the EU?
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s diplomatic balancing act during his visit to China last month marked a sharp contrast with a European Union grappling...
EVs surge in Bolivia amid fuel shortages, ‘junk gas’ scandal
Tired of petrol shortages and skyrocketing prices, Simón Huanca took matters into his own hands. The 53-year-old Indigenous artisan imported a Chinese electric car...
Can China engineer a price recovery that doesn’t make people feel poorer?
China may finally have a chance to loosen the grip of deflation. Yet, the more important question is whether it can do so without...
China’s Comac looking to upgrade C919 flying experience with more cabin luggage capacity
China’s flagship civilian aircraft maker is planning to upgrade the cabin capacity of its C919 narrowbody airliner to improve passenger experience and boost the...
What was Qing dynasty’s imperial yellow jacket, what it symbolised, why it mattered
In ancient China, ordinary people were not allowed to wear yellow as it symbolised the imperial power, apart from one exception: the emperor’s yellow...