Hong Kong charity expands public health efforts across belt and road countries
Published: 7:00am, 25 Oct 2025Updated: 7:32am, 25 Oct 2025 Hong Kong-based charity GX Foundation is broadening its public health initiatives in belt and road...
US senators call on Trump to show support for Jimmy Lai in meeting with Xi
Published: 6:51am, 25 Oct 2025Updated: 7:35am, 25 Oct 2025 A bipartisan group of 38 US senators is urging President Donald Trump to use his...
The STEM crisis in China’s universities: how outdated courses are wasting talent
At a conference in December, Wang Xingxing – the robotics guru who founded China’s industry-leading Unitree Robotics – had a sharp critique. Advertisement “China...
US sanctions Colombia president over drugs, amid escalating row with Trump
The United States on Friday announced sanctions on Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro, who Washington has accused of failing to curb illicit drug trafficking, alongside...
How innovation can be the beating heart of Hong Kong’s education dream
All eight publicly subsidised universities in Hong Kong have secured a place among the world’s top 350 institutions, according to the 2026 World University...
Canadians pull Reagan anti-tariff ad after furious Trump scraps trade talks
A Canadian province said on Friday that it would pull an anti-tariff ad featuring former US president Ronald Reagan that prompted current leader Donald...
UK migrant sex offender freed from jail by mistake instead of being deported
Britain’s justice minister on Friday said he was “appalled” after an Ethiopian asylum seeker and convicted sex offender whose crimes sparked protests was released...
Anonymous Trump ‘friend’ donates US$130 million to pay troops during shutdown
The Pentagon said it received an anonymous US$130 million donation to pay the military during the US government shutdown, a move the Trump administration...
Trump deploys world’s largest aircraft carrier amid soaring Venezuela tensions
Published: 1:43am, 25 Oct 2025Updated: 3:12am, 25 Oct 2025 US President Donald Trump dramatically escalated a US military build-up in the Caribbean on Friday...