Local Chinese government stimulus pushes big spenders to dig in while dining out
A local government in China’s provincial economic powerhouse of Zhejiang has announced plans to subsidise the restaurant meals of high-value consumers, in a move...
‘Make them stop’: Cambodian exiles in Japan face intimidation tactics back home
It begins with a knock at the door in Phnom Penh: police officers asking about a son, sister or cousin living thousands of miles...
Epstein victims compiling their own list of sex abusers: ‘We know the names’
Victims of notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein said on Wednesday they were compiling a confidential list of his associates who abused underage girls. Advertisement...
How an SCO development bank could shift the global financial order
At the 25th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Tianjin this week, Chinese President Xi Jinping urged member states to accelerate the creation of an...
China flexes deterrence muscle with new missile line-up in military parade
China put its growing deterrence power on show in Beijing on Wednesday with a slew of new nuclear missiles for the People’s Liberation Army...
Harvard scores big win over Trump as judge overturns billions in funding cuts
A federal judge in Boston on Wednesday ordered the reversal of the Trump administration’s cuts to more than US$2.6 billion in funding for research...
Lisbon’s landmark streetcar derails, killing 15 people
Published: 5:01am, 4 Sep 2025Updated: 5:09am, 4 Sep 2025 An electric streetcar that is one of Lisbon’s landmarks and a big draw for tourists...
US sanctions China’s Guangzhou Tengyue Chemical for alleged fentanyl trafficking
The United States on Wednesday sanctioned a Chinese chemical company that it alleges is manufacturing and coordinating shipments of illicit opioids, such as fentanyl,...
Trump suggests US troops could go into New Orleans, a blue city in a red state
US President Donald Trump suggested Wednesday that New Orleans could be his next target for deploying the National Guard to fight crime, potentially expanding...