UK minister discusses tech collaboration in Greater Bay Area during Hong Kong visit
UK Indo-Pacific minister Rosie Winterton has visited Hong Kong’s flagship tech hub to discuss plans to expand technological collaboration in the Greater Bay Area,...
China helps dismantle major meth trafficking network in Southeast Asia
Published: 6:20am, 31 Oct 2026Updated: 7:06am, 31 Oct 2026 China has broken up a major transnational drug trafficking network in cooperation with Indonesia and...
Wall Street drops to its worst day since June after tech sell-off deepens
A sell-off for tech stocks got even worse on Friday on worries that Wall Street’s frenzy around artificial intelligence technology sent prices too high....
Is Donald Trump’s ‘Chinamaxxing’ pushing Beijing’s soft power?
In May, Donald Trump touring Beijing’s Temple of Heaven – bathed in golden light as traditional Chinese music played in the background – was...
US Democrats prepare to counter any Trump claim of foreign meddling in midterms
Top Democrats on the US congressional intelligence committees say they are preparing to check and respond to any claim by US President Donald Trump...
The flaw in Australia’s ‘China threat’ thesis
Australia’s preparations for a possible conflict with China reflect “a relatively superficial understanding”, argues prominent economist John Edwards. Europe, Canada, Indonesia, Malaysia and India,...
Russia’s top independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta ‘killed’ by Kremlin pressure
Published: 5:03am, 31 Oct 2026Updated: 5:52am, 31 Oct 2026 Russia’s flagship independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta announced on Friday it was closing, saying it had...
Can Connie Chan become San Francisco’s first Asian-American in Congress?
Published: 3:57am, 31 Oct 2026Updated: 4:02am, 31 Oct 2026 On a recent warm Thursday evening, supporters drift into San Francisco’s United Irish Cultural Centre...
Carney eyes June deal on making Canada the EU’s first associate member
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Friday he expects to conclude negotiations with the European Union in June on an unprecedented partnership that...