Modi says close China-India ties crucial for a multipolar Asia and world
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday signalled a further warming of ties with Beijing, urging the two Asian giants to collaborate in shaping...
Spain cancels fibre-optic service contract involving use of Huawei equipment
Published: 11:46pm, 29 Aug 2025Updated: 12:47am, 30 Aug 2025 The Spanish government has intervened at the eleventh hour to cancel a contract that would...
Hong Kong police officer tricked into working at Cambodian scam farm
Hong Kong authorities have contacted a local policeman who managed to flee from a scam farm in Cambodia, with the force planning to dispatch...
US bars Palestinian leader Abbas from UN as allies pledge statehood
Published: 11:25pm, 29 Aug 2025Updated: 7:06am, 30 Aug 2025 The United States said on Friday it will not allow Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas...
US makes it harder for Samsung, Intel to produce chips in China
The United States is making it more difficult for chipmakers Samsung and SK Hynix to produce chips in China by revoking authorisations that allowed...
Why Kim’s military parade presence could signal a China-North Korea realignment
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s coming visit to China – his first in over six years – for a military parade marking the 80th...
HK$200,000 model capturing moment Hong Kong security law passed ‘worth price’
Hong Kong’s legislature has spent HK$200,000 (US$25,640) on a model that captures the moment lawmakers passed the city’s domestic security law, with its president...
Trump uses ‘pocket rescission’ to cut US$5 billion in foreign aid
US President Donald Trump has told House Speaker Mike Johnson that he will not be spending US$4.9 billion in congressionally approved foreign aid, effectively...
US expanding ‘critical minerals’ roster to guide investment, rely less on China
The US government has drafted an expansion of its critical-minerals list to head off what an official said were potential “supply-chain disruptions”, in a...