Israel offers ‘limited’ Rafah reopening on Sunday after nearly 2-year Gaza border shutdown
Israel said Friday that it will reopen the pedestrian border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt in both directions over the weekend, marking...
33 arrested over HK$150 million fraud involving Hong Kong tech grant schemes
Hong Kong’s anti-corruption agency has arrested 33 people on suspicion of defrauding two government technology funding schemes of more than HK$150 million (US$19.2 million)....
China says Philippines is stoking tensions with large-scale Scarborough Shoal drill
China has accused the Philippines of “deliberately stoking maritime tensions” following reports Manila had warned it would stage military exercises across a large area...
Ant Group’s open-source push aims to move robots from lab demos to real-world work
Chinese fintech giant Ant Group has open-sourced its first artificial intelligence models for robotics, as it steps up efforts to build machine intelligence capable...
Japan and South Korea upgrade defence pact to counter China and North Korea
Japanese Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and his South Korean counterpart Ahn Gyu Back decided on Friday to step up personnel exchanges between their forces...
Tianxia 2.0: how China can help shape the next world order
Several signals from this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos revealed a fundamental transformation in international politics. The forum laid bare the conclusion of...
Why India should tackle pollution more urgently than tariffs
Remarks by a prominent economist about India’s air quality have raised a debate on whether New Delhi should prioritise tackling pollution over tariff talks,...
Trump picks former Federal Reserve official Kevin Warsh to chair US central bank
US President Donald Trump announced on Friday his decision to appoint former Federal Reserve official Kevin Warsh as the next head of the US...
As UK PM Starmer leaves China, what did he achieve – and what next for Sino-British ties?
China and the United Kingdom are expected to sign more business deals as the British delegation, which comprises 54 companies, heads to Shanghai from...