From ‘Taco’ to ‘Nacho’: the new buzzword on Wall Street as Trump preps for China trip
With a fragile US-Iran ceasefire barely holding, the Strait of Hormuz still blockaded, and all eyes on the upcoming Trump-Xi meeting, investors are embracing...
Meet Hiroshi Suzuki, the Japanese envoy showing Britons how to love Britain
Hiroshi Suzuki, Japan’s ambassador to Britain, is becoming a social media sensation as followers embrace his unbridled enthusiasm for everything the country has to...
AI disinformation? Singapore accused in pro-China videos of being ‘ungrateful’
Published: 10:06am, 12 May 2026Updated: 10:11am, 12 May 2026 Chinese-language videos suspected to be AI deepfakes with different narrators berating Singapore for its treatment...
Panda power: Pakistan to tap China debt market with first sale of yuan-priced notes
Pakistan is poised to become the latest partner in a China-centred trading network, known as the Belt and Road Initiative, to sell “panda bonds”....
10 injured in truck-bus crash outside Hong Kong shopping centre
Published: 9:16am, 12 May 2026Updated: 9:25am, 12 May 2026 Ten people have been injured in a crash involving a truck and a bus outside...
‘Are you still hiring?’: K-pop king G-Dragon gifts flats to long-serving staff, sparks online buzz
K-pop superstar G-Dragon’s decision to gift his long-serving staff members flats worth a combined total of hundreds of millions of won (around several hundred...
Acclaimed biologist Xu Xianzhong returns to China after arrests in his US lab
Renowned biologist Xu Xianzhong has returned to China, taking up a full-time position in the southern tech hub of Shenzhen, months after four researchers...
How many ride-hailing permits should Hong Kong allow? It depends on who you ask
Hong Kong taxi trade leaders and Uber have both expressed concerns over a looming quota for ride-hailing vehicles, despite transport authorities vowing to consult...
Japan’s new spy agency receives FBI backing with eyes on China and Russia
Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is pushing through legislation to establish the country’s first centralised intelligence agency since the second world war, driven by...