Appeals Court Tosses Trump’s $500 Million Civil Penalty in Business Fraud Case
A New York appeals court has thrown out the half-a-billion-dollar penalty that President Donald Trump received in his business fraud case. The decision on...
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Supreme Court Allows Trump Admin to Revoke DEI-Related NIH Grants
The Supreme Court voted 5–4 on Aug. 21 to allow the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to cancel hundreds of millions of dollars in...
Trump Orders Improvements to Design and User Experience of Government Websites
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Aug. 21 intended to improve and update the design of government websites. In the Thursday order,...
Rare Gray-Haired Xi Visits Tibet, Military No. 2 Absent | China in Focus
The United States is investigating a fentanyl hub in Japan, linked to a Chinese chemical company and a man known only as “Japan Boss.”...
AI scientist Cao Ting leaves Microsoft lab for China’s Tsinghua University
Published: 9:00am, 22 Aug 2025Updated: 9:03am, 22 Aug 2025 Cao Ting, a leading artificial intelligence researcher and former research manager at Microsoft Research Asia...
Married Chinese man dies after hotel sex with lover; his family seeks US$77,000
Published: 9:00am, 22 Aug 2025Updated: 9:40am, 22 Aug 2025 A court in China has ordered a woman to pay 62,000 yuan (US$8,600) in compensation...
Inside Taiwan’s Fight Against Beijing’s Silent Invasion
Some 100 miles off the Chinese coast, the democratic island of Taiwan has existed for decades under a creeping communist shadow. Deeming it a...
Hong Kong water scandal: tougher vetting of tender bidders needed, lawmakers say
Hong Kong lawmakers have called for tougher vetting of bidders for government tenders, accusing authorities of accepting information submitted by companies at face value...
Casino Operator SkyCity Profit Plunges 42 Percent
Auckland hotel and casino operator SkyCity Entertainment Group has reported a 42 percent fall in annual profit to $71.5 million, prompting a trading halt...