Cancer claims arm of US ‘Bionic Barbie’ as funeral for lost limb brings new-found confidence
A woman from the United States known as Bionic Barbie, who lost her right arm to a rare disease, has held a funeral for...
Syria’s president visits Saudi Arabia in likely signal to Iran
Syria’s interim president made his first trip abroad on Sunday, travelling to Saudi Arabia in a move likely trying to signal Damascus’ shift away...
In Japan, a Muslim community’s ‘straightforward request’ to bury its dead stirs hostility
A wave of social media hostility is thwarting a simple request from a Muslim community in Japan: the right to bury their dead according...
US businesses hoard to prepare for Trump’s tariffs
From an ice-cream parlour in California to a medical supply business in North Carolina to a T-shirt vendor outside Detroit, US businesses are bracing...
Why DeepSeek caught so many in the West by surprise
To those of us who follow Western media, the typical reporting about China tends to centre around its label as a competitor and rival,...
Made in Morocco: how China’s EV battery makers are powering past Western tariffs
An electric vehicle (EV) battery parts maker has become the latest Chinese company to begin production in Morocco to target lucrative European and North...
5 years after it was banned, China’s Shein returns to India
Reliance Retail has launched an app in India to sell fashionwear from China’s Shein under a licensing deal, almost five years since Shein’s app...
Sudan market attack kills 54, wounds more than 150
An attack on an open market in the Sudanese city of Omdurman by a paramilitary group killed 54 people and wounded at least 158,...
Singapore actor’s love scam story puts shifting Philippine fraud networks in focus
The case of a Singaporean actor who fell victim to a love scam has reignited concerns over the persistence of such fraud operations in...