China-Cuba ‘US security threat’, Brazil’s rare earths: Latin America relations reads
Published: 10:00pm, 2 Jun 2026Updated: 12:38am, 3 Jun 2026 We have selected seven of the most interesting and important news stories covering Latin American...
Hong Kong rolls out summer deals, events to mark 50 years of dragon boat races
Published: 9:41pm, 2 Jun 2026Updated: 11:53pm, 2 Jun 2026 The Hong Kong Tourism Board will launch a summer campaign featuring citywide discounts and events...
China-UK ties thaw: Wang Yi urges that they ‘further communicate and align our positions’
China and Britain have pledged to enhance high-level exchanges and deepen cooperation amid a turbulent global landscape, following a meeting of their top diplomats...
China’s Tiger Brokers reports strong results, with no mention of trading crackdown
Tiger Brokers reported a 17.5 per cent year-on-year jump in first-quarter operating profit in an announcement on Tuesday, without any mention of the looming...
Hong Kong tribunal rejects request to postpone Wang Fuk Court owners’ meeting
Published: 8:48pm, 2 Jun 2026Updated: 9:22pm, 2 Jun 2026 The Lands Tribunal has dismissed a government-appointed administrator’s request to postpone an extraordinary general meeting...
Sweden prepares prisons for 13-year-old gang killers
A surge in gang-related shootings and bombings over the last decade, dozens of which were carried out by minors, has set Sweden apart from...
How adversity has guided the path of Chinese civilisation through the ages
Places well-endowed with natural resources don’t usually become great powers or world-conquering empires. If anything, many suffer from the “resource curse”, which corrupts the...
South Korea and Japan eye military logistics pact. Should China be wary?
Published: 8:00pm, 2 Jun 2026Updated: 8:54pm, 2 Jun 2026 If South Korea and Japan sign a military logistics support agreement, their ties with the...
Alibaba elevates tech chief Wu Zeming to elite committee as AI push ramps up
Alibaba Group Holding chief technology officer (CTO) Wu Zeming has joined the company’s elite steering committee, joining co-founders Jack Ma and Joe Tsai in...