Hong Kong has set course to join the ‘yacht club of Asia’. Can it find a way?
On a recent weekend, the members-only Lantau Yacht Club in Hong Kong hosted a high-profile boat show, with Rolls-Royce limousines, luxury Jacob & Co...
Warning or routine? Timing of Russian jet fly-past into Japan raises questions
A near-incursion of Russian fighter jets into Japanese airspace last week was a bid by Moscow to intimidate Tokyo amid strengthening ties with Washington,...
European private equity firm Ardian eyes fresh growth at new Hong Kong office
Paris-based private equity (PE) firm Ardian has opened a 4,000 sq ft office in Hong Kong’s main business district, with an eye on growing...
This Halloween, the scariest thing in Washington is Trump
In some neighbourhoods of heavily Democratic Washington, Halloween displays with a decidedly political tone have long been a tradition. Advertisement Nine months into Republican...
AI models from US and China flatter users too much, study finds
Leading artificial intelligence models from the United States and China are “highly sycophantic”, and their excessive flattery may make users less likely to repair...
Israel confirms identities of latest Gaza hostage bodies returned by Hamas
Israel said Thursday that it had identified the remains of hostages Amiram Kuper and Sahar Baruch, whose bodies were returned by Hamas earlier in...
US judge blasts ‘political game’ over shutdown pause on food aid
A federal judge in Boston signalled she may rule that the Trump administration is likely to have violated US law in suspending food-aid benefits...
Xi and Trump’s high-stakes meeting in South Korea: everything you need to know
1. Trump hails ‘great success’ as Xi talks raise hopes of easing US-China tensions China and the United States have reached a truce on...
The quiet US-China tech contest for the future
Power shifts begin in places most people never see – on assembly lines making batteries and robots, along transmission lines feeding data centre clusters,...