Chinese firms to incur higher costs for deploying advanced AI chips from US: analysts
Chinese companies are expected to shoulder higher costs for deploying advanced chips from the US, owing to a new 25 per cent tariff imposed...
China and Canada at ‘new starting point’ as Mark Carney breaks ice with state visit
China and Canada are at a “new starting point” and the two countries should deepen cooperation to protect multilateralism and free trade. That was...
Hong Kong employee insurance costs to jump 15% amid surge in day procedures: study
More Hong Kong employees are seeking to have minor day procedures covered under the inpatient services of their group medical insurance, a joint study...
Kremlin warns Ukraine running out of time to accept peace terms as winter crisis deepens
The Kremlin said on Thursday that Ukraine was running out of options to strike a deal to end almost four years of war with...
China’s subsidy change adds to EV makers’ stress as more buyers consider petrol cars
Growth momentum in the mainland car market may shift from battery-powered to petrol-based models this year on account of a revised subsidy policy, exacerbating...
An internally split Europe can never fully engage China and Asia
When contemporary Europe engages with the world, it increasingly presents as two distinct Europes operating within the same institutional framework. This duality – a...
Hong Kong police shoot man wielding meat cleaver in Tuen Mun
Hong Kong police shot and injured a man after he brandished a meat cleaver in Tuen Mun neighbourhood. The incident occurred at around 7pm...
FMT apologises for racial question linking Malaysia’s ‘Chinese Problem’ and Palestine
Free Malaysia Today (FMT) has issued an apology after one of its reporters posed a question during a public lecture that was believed to...
Stalled work to resume as Hong Kong distributes 3,000 fire-tested scaffold nets
Hong Kong’s construction industry body has begun distributing 3,000 rigorously tested scaffolding nets from a 12,000-unit shipment to 11 contractors overseeing 19 renovation sites,...