Why is the US uneasy as China’s 5-strong icebreaker fleet arrives in the Arctic?
China’s intensifying interest in the Arctic has aroused concerns in the US, which has been monitoring the progress of five Chinese icebreakers and research...
Apple sues China’s Oppo, ex-engineer over alleged theft of Watch secrets
Apple accused smartphone maker Oppo in a lawsuit of poaching a highly paid member of the Apple Watch team and encouraging him to steal...
Stream to screen: ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ breaks rules in reverse journey
Netflix’s gargantuan hit film KPop Demon Hunters has captured the global zeitgeist this summer, smashing streaming and music chart records. Now it is coming...
Award-winning HIV scientist Shan Liang exits US for Chinese research institute
Published: 11:00am, 23 Aug 2025Updated: 11:24am, 23 Aug 2025 Award-winning HIV scientist Shan Liang, a tenured associate professor at the Washington University School of...
Is it a sports car? A boat? Vessel on Hong Kong waters raises legal concerns
Published: 10:51am, 23 Aug 2025Updated: 11:00am, 23 Aug 2025 Viral footage of what appears to be a sports car gliding across Hong Kong waters...
Prabowo’s silence deepens doubts over Indonesia’s new capital
Nusantara was meant to embody Indonesia’s future: a green, modern capital rising from Borneo’s forests. But amid funding cuts and political indifference, the US$28.6...
Malaysia flexes rare earth muscle as mineral-hungry US seeks non-Chinese sources
Malaysia’s ban on exports of unprocessed rare earth metals this week signals that the Southeast Asian country has a realistic shot – on its...
Hong Kong tops the US as IPO venue for mainland Chinese start-ups
In the first of a two-part series about Hong Kong’s market for initial public offerings, Zhang Shidong and Ao Yulu report that more Chinese...
Meet the man on a mission to revive Malaysia’s indie music spirit
Ahmad Faris was still a teenager when he began chasing the music that once defined Malaysia’s cultural heartbeat. Advertisement Growing up in suburban Kuala...