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...
The next tech war? Why biotech may become a new US-China battleground
The wide-ranging geopolitical rivalry between Beijing and Washington could soon expand into biotechnology, raising the prospect of fresh tensions even as American pharmaceutical firms...
Hong Kong media groups sign Kazakhstan deals to deepen journalism, business ties
Published: 6:59pm, 2 Jun 2026Updated: 12:05am, 3 Jun 2026 Two Hong Kong media organisations have joined forces with one of Kazakhstan’s largest state-owned conglomerates...
Hong Kong pair convicted of murder and HK$3.6 million ransom blackmail plot
Two Hongkongers have been found guilty of murdering a man after a financial dispute and then blackmailing his wife for a HK$3.6 million (US$459,331)...
Cambodia starts UN-backed process to settle maritime dispute with Thailand
Cambodia said on Tuesday it had launched a compulsory conciliation process under international law aimed at resolving a long-running maritime boundary dispute with Thailand...
Malaysia’s Umno banks on Johor state election to lure Malay votes in stronghold
Published: 5:00pm, 2 Jun 2026Updated: 5:12pm, 2 Jun 2026 For decades, Umno was the party that defined power in Malaysia. Now, after years of...