Japanese researchers unmask hidden bias against female politicians
Voters are less likely to support female politicians when they are wearing face masks, while there was no such effect for their male counterparts,...
55% plunge in new hires as Hong Kong graduates face gloomiest job outlook in 5 years
University graduates in Hong Kong are facing the gloomiest employment market since 2021, with the number of available jobs plunging by 55 per cent...
Trade war, global instability push de-dollarisation into China’s academic mainstream
Interest in de-dollarisation has spiked in Chinese academic and policy circles, as Beijing grows increasingly wary of the United States’ potential to weaponise its...
Fundraising hauls show RNC vastly outpacing Democrats ahead of midterm elections
The Republican National Committee has vastly outpaced Democrats in the crush for cash ahead of the midterm elections, holding a nearly US$100 million advantage...
K-pop Demon Hunters song Golden earns first K-pop Grammy
The 68th annual Grammy Awards are taking place on Sunday at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, and spirits were high from the jump...
Lawrence Lau on why China must ‘work smarter’ and how it can invent from scratch
Lawrence J. Lau is a Hong Kong economist specialising in economic development and East Asian economies. He was a professor of economics at Stanford...
US-China rivalry: great powers that don’t make things won’t be great for long
As global trade fragments and tariffs return, economic power is increasingly defined not by financial scale alone, but by productive strength. At the World...
US winter weather leads to heavy snow, cancelled flights and, in Florida, falling iguanas
A huge swathe of the United States from the Gulf coast into New England was mired in extra-cold temperatures on Sunday after a bomb...
Trump hopeful of Iran deal after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warns of regional war
US President Donald Trump on Sunday said he was hopeful of agreeing a deal with Iran after the country’s supreme leader warned that any...