Iran formally allows women to ride motorcycles, in historic shift
Women in Iran can now formally obtain a licence to ride a motorcycle, local media reported on Wednesday, ending years of legal ambiguity surrounding...
China’s chip champion Moore Threads sees beyond silicon with push into AI coding
Moore Threads – one of China’s domestic artificial intelligence chip champions – has entered the intensifying race for AI coding tools with the launch...
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific to increase profit-sharing bonus after strong recovery
The chief executive of Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways has told staff that the airline expects to pay a higher profit-sharing bonus for 2025...
Malaysian waters see return of oil transfer by ‘dark fleet’ of tankers
In the dead of night, officers from Malaysia’s maritime agency boarded two tankers that were transferring millions of barrels of oil in the waters...
China signals strong demand for soybean imports in 2026 rural blueprint
China will “deeply participate” in agricultural trade and expand imports of products in short domestic supply, a senior official said on Wednesday, signalling strong...
When context is everything, AI models still struggle in the real world: Tencent
Leading US and Chinese artificial intelligence models are frustrating to use in real-world settings because they struggle to learn from context, Tencent Holdings said...
Hong Kong murder suspect arrested after 37 years on run to be extradited
A 62-year-old man who fled Hong Kong after a brutal murder on a Sai Kung beach nearly 37 years ago has been arrested in...
Wang Huning urges cross-strait peace and exchanges in talks with Taiwan’s KMT
Wang Huning, mainland China’s top official on Taiwan affairs, told the vice-chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT), the island’s main opposition party, that Beijing sought...
US ‘pressure’ a major challenge to CK Hutchison’s arbitration against Panama: experts
Pressure from the United States remains a major challenge in CK Hutchison Holdings’ arbitration against Panama and it may take years to resolve the...