Japan’s next leader? LDP showdown pits Abe protégé against reformist scion
As Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party begins the process of selecting a new leader – and by extension, the country’s next prime minister –...
Moldova’s pro-EU party tops polls in elections hit by Russian meddling claims
Moldova’s ruling pro-EU party on Sunday topped parliamentary elections, according to almost complete results for a vote overshadowed by accusations of Russian interference in...
China’s EV king BYD expects international sales to top 20% this year
Chinese electric-vehicle (EV) king BYD expects exports to make up about 20 per cent of its global sales this year, spurred by improved logistics...
‘Literary anarchist’ Yan Lianke on Chinese writers, the Nobel prize and censorship
Chinese novelist Yan Lianke is considered a strong contender to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Yan uses magical and absurd imagery to depict...
Why Asia has huge stakes in US-Mexico-Canada trade deal review
As the United States begins its public consultation process for a 2026 review of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), Asian economies should pay close attention....
Ex-British MP George Galloway ‘questioned on China’ by UK counterterror police
Published: 5:24am, 29 Sep 2025Updated: 6:58am, 29 Sep 2025 Former British member of parliament George Galloway has said he was held by counterterror police...
Republicans urge Democrats to agree short-term bill to keep US government open
Ahead of a meeting between lawmakers and US President Donald Trump, the Republican leaders of Congress sought on Sunday to blame Democrats for an...
Trump says he will tell US military leaders ‘we love them’ at Quantico meeting
US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he would tell a gathering of US generals and admirals in Quantico, Virginia that they were...
US citizen released by Afghanistan’s Taliban after visit by envoy
Afghanistan’s Taliban government released an American citizen from detention on Sunday, a week after freeing an elderly British couple. Advertisement In a statement the...