Philippine religious group challenges Marcos, seeks to shield senator over probe
Published: 9:36pm, 30 Jun 2026Updated: 9:39pm, 30 Jun 2026 Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr faced a stern challenge on Tuesday after the influential Iglesia...
Nvidia to boost its China robotics team amid emergence of physical AI
US chip giant Nvidia is ramping up a talent drive for its robotics team in China, a market whose vendors account for the lion’s...
Venezuela survivors pulled from rubble days after quakes
Published: 9:24pm, 30 Jun 2026Updated: 9:25pm, 30 Jun 2026 Almost a week after two devastating earthquakes struck Venezuela, survivors were still being found alive...
US lawmaker Ro Khanna defends calling witness ‘racist’ in explosive China committee clash
Ro Khanna, the ranking member of the US House Select Committee on China, has defended calling a witness “racist” during testimony last week over...
Does Gojek co-founder’s guilty verdict test Indonesia’s investor climate?
Indonesia’s former education minister Nadiem Makarim, one of the country’s best-known tech founders, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after a Jakarta...
Putin superyacht ‘Graceful’ spotted on radar off Denmark
The Russian luxury yacht Graceful, said to be the personal vessel of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has appeared on radar for the first time...
Hong Kong private sports clubs must pay land premiums or open doors as leases end
Hong Kong’s 15 private sports clubs must either pay one-third of their land premium, ranging from tens to hundreds of millions of dollars, or...
Why the AI future won’t be decided by algorithms and chatbots
Professor Syed Munir Khasru is chairman of the international think tank IPAG Asia-Pacific, Australia, with a presence also in Dhaka, Delhi, Dubai, and Vienna....
Asean hopes to tap Greater Bay Area’s tech skills with closer ties: industry chiefs
Published: 8:14pm, 30 Jun 2026Updated: 8:18pm, 30 Jun 2026 Asean countries are looking to deepen supply chain integration with the Greater Bay Area to...