Melania Trump to preside over UN Security Council meeting, White House says
United States first lady Melania Trump is set to chair a meeting of the United Nations Security Council in New York on Monday, the...
Singapore jails Malaysian who posed as policeman and raped domestic helper
A man who raped a foreign domestic worker in the bushes near a Singapore railway station after pretending to be a police officer was...
Hong Kong’s 6.5% stamp duty will not stop luxury homebuyers from mainland China: analysts
The increase in stamp duty on ultra-luxury homes above HK$100 million (US$12.8 million) is unlikely to change buying behaviour, analysts said, as the structural...
US presses Syria to shift from Chinese telecoms systems, cites threat to national security
The United States has warned Syria against relying on Chinese technology in its telecommunications sector, arguing it conflicts with US interests and threatens US...
Former US Air Force fighter pilot accused of secretly training Chinese military
A former fighter pilot in the United States Air Force, once entrusted with flying some of America’s most advanced combat aircraft, has been arrested...
China shifts cadre-appraisal metrics away from pure GDP growth, resetting mindsets
Ahead of China’s annual legislative meetings – typically a window into Beijing’s top-level policy agenda – this is the first entry in a series...
China cannot replace US, Carney’s Conservative rival warns
Canadian Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said China cannot serve as a substitute for the US, rebuking Prime Minister Mark Carney’s recent outreach to the...
At 250, the US should promote its values in Asia, not spectacle
In his farewell address, then US president Ronald Reagan advocated for the United States to do “a better job of getting across that America...
New nuclear control agreement should include US, Russia and China: Rubio
Washington will keep pushing China to join a trilateral nuclear control deal with the US and Russia, but can’t compel it to do so,...