Trump scraps livestream for Fort Hood shooter’s execution by firing squad
Published: 10:50pm, 15 Oct 2026Updated: 11:45pm, 15 Oct 2026 US President Donald Trump on Thursday cancelled plans to livestream the execution of Fort Hood...
China is a beacon of global embryo research, says scientist on return from US to lead lab
Leading life scientist Wu Jun, who recently left the United States to return to his homeland, believes many of the world’s top embryo researchers...
Blast simulation, university probes, robotics fine, AI spies: 7 US-China relations reads
We have selected seven of the most interesting and important news stories covering US-China relations from the past few weeks. If you would like...
Hong Kong loses record 40 kindergartens as birth rate drops, women wait to have kids
Published: 9:12pm, 15 Oct 2026Updated: 9:14pm, 15 Oct 2026 Hong Kong suffered a record net loss of 40 kindergartens this year amid a shrinking...
DeepSeek offers user refunds after suffering another major outage
Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek apologised and promised compensation to users after its services suffered a nearly five-hour outage on Thursday. DeepSeek will issue...
Canada, Singapore reaffirm China trade ties amid global push for self-sufficiency
Canada and Singapore are among the countries that remain committed to strengthening trade ties with China, despite growing global fragmentation and a push by...
Young Americans are key for the US to better understand China
Peter TC Chang is a research associate at the Malaysia-China Friendship Association and a former deputy director in the Institute of China Studies at University...
Laos private jet bust reveals how Mekong meth slips past borders
A private jet hired from Malaysia – seemingly destined for the Philippines – but stopped on the tarmac by Laos’ drug police who found...
China-led team hits 83% success rate anticipating earthquakes in ‘seismo-ripples’ study
A China-led international team has reported a new pre-earthquake phenomenon that has shown strong predictive potential for major earthquakes since 2022 with minimal failures....