Chinese women, both ex-abuse victims, live as platonic partners amid rising trend
Two Chinese women in their fifties who suffered from domestic abuse have been living together for 13 years as friends in a new form...
Japan’s Osaka Expo misses visitor target at halfway mark
Halfway through its six-month run on an artificial island built atop a former landfill off the coast of Japan’s second city, the Osaka World...
‘We want transparency’: pilots warn against blaming crew in Air India crash
An initial probe into last month’s deadly Air India crash has raised alarm among pilot groups, who warn that preliminary findings hinting at human...
China draws green energy from infamous ‘sea of death’
Published: 4:58pm, 14 Jul 2025Updated: 7:35pm, 14 Jul 2025 Chinese construction crews have completed encircling the Tarim Basin – one of the most forbidding...
Tech war: China approves Synopsys’ acquisition of Ansys after US lifts EDA ban
Published: 4:52pm, 14 Jul 2025Updated: 6:30pm, 14 Jul 2025 China’s antitrust regulator on Monday approved American chip design software giant Synopsys’ US$35 billion acquisition...
Global sovereign wealth funds increasing allocations to Chinese assets: Invesco
Global sovereign wealth funds are increasing their allocations to Chinese assets, betting on the country’s prowess in digital technologies, renewable energy and advanced manufacturing...
Malaysia’s judicial crisis deepens with leaked memo from classified meeting
Malaysia’s judicial crisis deepened over the weekend after a leaked memo revealed serious allegations against Federal Court Judge Terrirudin Salleh, ahead of a lawyers’...
Alibaba delivers 80 million orders in 1 day amid price war
Alibaba Group Holding tied its own record of 80 million on-demand deliveries on Saturday, the e-commerce giant reported on Monday, as it wages an...
Lavrov in North Korea: a sign Russia urgently needs more of Kim’s troops?
Russia’s appeals to North Korea for military manpower have taken on new urgency with Sergey Lavrov’s weekend trip to the country. Advertisement The Russian...