‘Stop the fawning’: Takaichi divides Japan over high-flattery wooing of Trump
Published: 8:00am, 30 Oct 2025Updated: 9:33am, 30 Oct 2025 When Sanae Takaichi welcomed Donald Trump to Tokyo this week, she did so with a...
Hong Kong follows US in quarter-point rate cut to lower lending cost
Published: 7:00am, 30 Oct 2025Updated: 7:30am, 30 Oct 2025 Hong Kong’s de facto central bank cut the base interest rate for the second time...
Applications for Hong Kong’s expanded medical fee waiver to open on Monday
An expanded medical fee waiver mechanism under public healthcare reforms in Hong Kong will open for applications from patients on Monday, months before the...
Democrats urge Trump not to ease national security restrictions for a trade deal
Democrats in the US House of Representatives and Senate are urging President Donald Trump not to ease national security restrictions on China for a...
Trump says South Korea has approval to build nuclear-powered submarine
The United States will share closely held technology to allow South Korea to build a nuclear-powered submarine, US President Donald Trump said on Thursday...
‘Unforgivable’: Chinese county still living in shadow of wild spending binge
Few areas of China reflect the country’s decades-long economic transformation more vividly than its cities. Rapid development has turned villages into dense urban landscapes...
China’s next power move is as much in the fields as in factories
At last week’s fourth plenary session of the Central Committee of China’s Communist Party in Beijing, food emerged as a clear policy priority. The...
Exit poll suggests centrists win Dutch vote, beating Geert Wilders’ far-right
Published: 5:07am, 30 Oct 2025Updated: 5:22am, 30 Oct 2025 Dutch voters appeared to have shunned far-right leader Geert Wilders in favour of a centrist...
Why Trump must do more if Washington is to win US-China tech race
US President Donald Trump’s administration needs to reverse the destructive policies undercutting America’s ability to compete with China in strategic hi-tech sectors or see...