UK’s new PM Andy Burnham vows to end years of instability
Andy Burnham became Britain’s seventh prime minister in a decade on Monday, pledging to break with the politics of the past to deliver a...
Teen dies during Spain World Cup celebrations
A teenager died and several people were injured during celebrations of Spain’s victory in the World Cup after a fountain collapsed in western Spain,...
Why Singapore PM Wong moved swiftly on Faishal Ibrahim’s resignation
Published: 8:12pm, 20 Jul 2026Updated: 8:51pm, 20 Jul 2026 Singapore’s acting minister-in-charge of Muslim affairs Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim resigned within a month of the...
Hamas’ lead negotiator in ceasefire talks elected as group’s new chief
Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas announced on Monday that it had elected Khalil al-Hayya, the group’s lead negotiator in indirect ceasefire talks with Israel, as...
Czech legislators ‘testing the waters’ with China visit after years of tension
Published: 8:07pm, 20 Jul 2026Updated: 8:24pm, 20 Jul 2026 A group of Czech lawmakers are visiting China in the first high-level engagement between the...
Taiwan reviews Papua New Guinea LNG imports after economic office’s forced closure
Taiwan is reviewing liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports from Papua New Guinea after the Pacific nation said it would close Taipei’s unofficial representative office....
As EU’s China trade deficit widens, Germany changes tack to join France’s Beijing pushback
Facing Europe’s ever-widening trade deficit with Beijing, Berlin is increasingly singing the same tune as Paris. The two nations displayed a united front at...
EU fines AliExpress US$630 million over illegal products
Published: 7:23pm, 20 Jul 2026Updated: 7:25pm, 20 Jul 2026 The EU on Monday slapped a €550 million (US$630 million) fine on online retailer AliExpress...
‘Systemic leap’: China’s drug innovation push yields bumper crop
Domestically produced novel drugs accounted for more than 80 per cent of market approvals in China in the first half of the year, reflecting...