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...
Hong Kong’s deficit rises to HK$115.9 billion, up 25% in 1 month
Published: 9:47pm, 29 Aug 2025Updated: 10:00pm, 29 Aug 2025 Hong Kong’s deficit rose by almost 25 per cent in one month to HK$115.9 billion...
BYD profits fall as mainland price war swamps EV export surge
China’s electric-vehicle (EV) king BYD reported a 30 per cent drop in profits in the second quarter as surging overseas sales failed to offset...
Ex-VP Harris loses Secret Service detail as Trump reverses Biden extension
US President Donald Trump has cancelled Secret Service protection for former vice-president and 2024 Democratic rival Kamala Harris, a senior White House official said...