Xi, Trump frame phone call in positive terms, but offer few details
Published: 8:05pm, 19 Sep 2025Updated: 2:10am, 20 Sep 2025 Chinese President Xi Jinping and his American counterpart Donald Trump have spoken by phone for...
Alibaba-Meituan battle heats up as rivals clash in in-store dining: report
Alibaba Group Holding’s competition with Meituan is expanding from instant commerce into the bricks-and-mortar market, as the Hangzhou-based tech conglomerate prepares to offer discounted...
China’s plan for a naval ‘Great Wall’ to fend off thousand-drone swarm attack
Chinese naval researchers have detailed plans to construct a multilayered defence architecture designed to protect warships from saturation attacks by up to thousands of...
US sanctions hit job prospects in Xinjiang, local official admits for first time
A senior official with the Xinjiang regional government said US sanctions would lead to reduced job opportunities in the region, in the first official...
‘Going to war’: Philippines’ transport chief slams his ride in overcrowded bus
Published: 7:30pm, 19 Sep 2025Updated: 8:40pm, 19 Sep 2025 The Philippines’ new acting transport secretary has likened his ride in an overcrowded bus in...
Cash-strapped Hong Kong urban renewal body set to reveal proposed payout changes
Published: 7:12pm, 19 Sep 2025Updated: 8:50pm, 19 Sep 2025 Hong Kong’s cash-strapped Urban Renewal Authority (URA) will consult the public next year about its...
Could the EU dust off its trade bazooka to take on China?
At the start of this year, as US President Donald Trump returned to pummel the European Union and China with tariffs and threats, many...
Taliban free UK couple held for months in Afghanistan on undisclosed charges
The Taliban released on Friday a British couple held in Afghanistan for more than seven months on undisclosed charges, an official said, as part...
Hong Kong homebuyers snap up the city’s first sale after rate cuts
Hong Kong’s homebuyers defied a No 3 typhoon signal to snap up apartments during two property sales on Friday, entering the market after commercial...