Malaysia jails ex-babysitter for 1 year over toddler’s death
A former babysitter has been sentenced to one year in jail and fined 15,000 ringgit (US$3,800) by a court in Malaysia for negligence resulting...
Ant smuggling in China, new airport rules in Hong Kong: 5 weekend reads you missed
We have put together stories from our coverage last weekend to help you stay informed about news across Asia and beyond. If you would...
EU’s flagship Africa project under fire over ties to Chinese state-owned firms
To European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, the ribbon of rail snaking from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia across Angola...
DeepSeek 12-hour outage leaves millions cut off, sparks complaints as rivals gain ground
Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek suffered a prolonged outage overnight that extended into early Monday morning, disrupting service for hundreds of millions of users,...
Indonesian killed in Lebanon while on UN peacekeeping mission
The UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said a peacekeeper was killed when a projectile exploded at one of its positions near the southern...
Heavy AI users report mental burnout from ‘babysitting’ models
Heavy users of artificial intelligence have reported being overwhelmed by trying to keep up with and on top of the technology designed to make...
‘Suspicious’ voting procedures at Hong Kong’s Wang Fuk Court estate, resident says
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Beijing sanctions Japanese lawmaker for ‘colluding with Taiwan independence forces’
Beijing has imposed sanctions on Japanese lawmaker Keiji Furuya for allegedly “colluding with the Taiwan independence forces”. “Japanese House of Representatives member Keiji Furuya,...
Taiwan’s Kuomintang leader to visit mainland China to aid ‘peaceful’ relations: Beijing
Cheng Li-wun, chairwoman of Taiwan’s opposition party Kuomintang (KMT), will lead a delegation to mainland China next month at the invitation of Beijing, her...