China confirms Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit at end of month
Published: 9:09pm, 19 Aug 2025Updated: 9:51pm, 19 Aug 2025 Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has confirmed that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit...
Bali police arrest woman who smuggled cocaine in a sex toy
A Peruvian woman has been arrested in Indonesia’s Bali after allegedly trying to smuggle cocaine into the resort island using a sex toy and...
Huawei reveals Kirin chip inside 5G smartphones as firm overcomes US sanctions
Huawei Technologies has revealed that the new Pura 80 handsets are powered by its Kirin 9020 system-on-a-chip, marking the first time in about five...
‘Not easy’: how a US firm avoided Trump’s China tariffs by sourcing American
Denis Gagnon had long wanted to establish a manufacturing firm supplied only by American-made parts, a vision shaped by his experience in the international...
Jimmy Lai used false Beijing portrayal to urge West to act, Hong Kong court hears
Former Hong Kong media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying deliberately fabricated a negative image of Beijing to create an excuse for Western interference, prosecutors have...
Switzerland offers Putin ‘immunity’ for Ukraine peace summit
Published: 8:34pm, 19 Aug 2025Updated: 8:35pm, 19 Aug 2025 Switzerland would grant Russian President Vladimir Putin immunity if he came to the country for...
How Beijing and other South China Sea claimants can see eye to eye
Few disputes in Asia are as enduring – and as polarising – as those over the South China Sea. For more than a decade,...
Why India is easing rupee trade rules amid US tariff tensions
Published: 8:26pm, 19 Aug 2025Updated: 8:31pm, 19 Aug 2025 India’s central bank has eased rules for settling international trade in rupees, a move analysts...
China’s Weibo shuts down social media accounts for ‘inciting gender antagonism’
The Chinese social media platform Weibo has shut down several accounts for “inciting gender antagonism” and vowed to continue cracking down on such behaviour....