Hong Kong budget: everything you need to know from tax breaks to a big bet on AI
We have put together stories from our coverage of Hong Kong’s 2026-27 budget. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please...
US, Thailand lead 30 nations in Southeast Asia’s largest military drill
More than 8,000 personnel from 30 countries are taking part in Cobra Gold, one of the largest and longest running multinational military exercises in...
US drops charges against Chinese scientists for smuggling worms after diplomatic talks
Beijing intervened and helped get charges dropped against three Chinese scientists at the University of Michigan who were accused of helping a colleague smuggle...
Did Philippine gig workers help Jeffrey Epstein clean up his online image?
As Manila scrambles to investigate links between convicted US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and a Philippines-based team he allegedly hired to scrub his criminal...
Xi Jinping meets foreign leaders: tracker 2026
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz became the seventh world leader to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing this year, when the two held discussions...
China’s Huawei joins US giants OpenAI, Google in AI standards alliance
Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies has joined hands with US companies OpenAI and Google, among others, to advance global open-source standards in the rapidly...
Ex-media boss Jimmy Lai wins appeal over fraud conviction
A Hong Kong appellate court has quashed Jimmy Lai Chee-ying’s fraud conviction for operating a consultancy office from his now-defunct tabloid-style newspaper, Apple Daily,...
In Japan, plan to give cash rewards for reporting illegal migrant workers divides opinion
A proposed scheme in Japan offering cash rewards for tip-offs about illegal foreign workers has won support from residents frustrated by what they see...
Nvidia reports record earnings quarter as China’s H200 sales freeze persists
Nvidia has yet to generate any revenue from its H200 chips in China and does not know if any sales will be allowed in...