How an SCO development bank could shift the global financial order
At the 25th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Tianjin this week, Chinese President Xi Jinping urged member states to accelerate the creation of an...
China flexes deterrence muscle with new missile line-up in military parade
China put its growing deterrence power on show in Beijing on Wednesday with a slew of new nuclear missiles for the People’s Liberation Army...
Harvard scores big win over Trump as judge overturns billions in funding cuts
A federal judge in Boston on Wednesday ordered the reversal of the Trump administration’s cuts to more than US$2.6 billion in funding for research...
Lisbon’s landmark streetcar derails, killing 15 people
Published: 5:01am, 4 Sep 2025Updated: 5:09am, 4 Sep 2025 An electric streetcar that is one of Lisbon’s landmarks and a big draw for tourists...
US sanctions China’s Guangzhou Tengyue Chemical for alleged fentanyl trafficking
The United States on Wednesday sanctioned a Chinese chemical company that it alleges is manufacturing and coordinating shipments of illicit opioids, such as fentanyl,...
Trump suggests US troops could go into New Orleans, a blue city in a red state
US President Donald Trump suggested Wednesday that New Orleans could be his next target for deploying the National Guard to fight crime, potentially expanding...
Western leaders parse China military parade displaying national pride
US and European leaders reacted with veneration, concern and stiffened resolve on Wednesday to China’s epic military parade marking the 80th anniversary of the...
Washington should lower temperature on Taiwan attack threat, US report says
As the US Congress works to finish its annual defence authorisation bill, with new measures aimed at countering China’s influence, a report released Wednesday...
Trump offers more US troops to Poland’s nationalist president
US President Donald Trump hosted new Polish President Karol Nawrocki on Wednesday at the White House with a military flyover and an offer to...