Advocacy group urges Hong Kong to let residents tap pension savings for homes
Published: 5:28pm, 2 Sep 2026Updated: 6:04pm, 2 Sep 2026 A Hong Kong advocacy group has urged the government to let residents use a portion...
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Denmark sends conscripts to Greenland, signalling aim to boost Arctic defences
For the first time in recent history, Danish conscripts have been deployed to Greenland, as Denmark moves to bolster its presence in the Arctic...
Xi makes world tour ahead of White House summit
Chinese President Xi Jinping touched down in Egypt on Tuesday, the second stop in a potentially busy month of travel that will probably conclude...
BYD, Leapmotor buck EV market slowdown as pressure piles up on small rivals
Top performers BYD and Leapmotor clawed their way up higher in terms of sales last month, even as China’s electric vehicle (EV) market was...
China cracks down on AI ‘slop’, clearing out clutter from WeChat, RedNote, Douyin
China is cracking down on artificial intelligence-generated “slop” – low-grade, mass-produced synthetic content cluttering social media and news feeds – as part of a...
US universities curb international student internships following federal warning
International students in the United States are facing new hurdles when it comes to internships and off-campus work after several major universities paused or...
Former care home warden guilty of raping intellectually disabled female resident
Published: 4:48pm, 2 Sep 2026Updated: 5:04pm, 2 Sep 2026 A former assistant warden at a care home run by Hong Kong’s largest NGO for...
Indian Navy receives multipurpose and diving support vessels
The Indian Navy has taken delivery of INS Samarthak (pennant number ‘A10’), the first of two multipurpose vessels designed to support indigenous naval weapons...
How the SCO chips away at US power without an alliance system
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) was born 25 years ago as a modest mechanism for managing borders between China, Russia and four Central Asian...