Chinese massage parlour offers US$1 service to ‘exceptional’ guests who own iPhone 16, Mercedes
A massage parlor in China is offering a shockingly cheap service, but to qualify for it, clients must be women and own either the...
Japan scrambles to secure US commitment as Trump considers direct China talks
Fearing that US President Donald Trump might bypass Japan and negotiate security matters directly with China, analysts said Tokyo is scrambling to keep Washington...
Syria rebel leader Sharaa declared interim president, consolidating his power
Syria’s de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa was declared president for a transitional phase and the constitution suspended on Wednesday, in moves that tighten his...
China carmakers merit dumping probe and tariffs: Brazil auto industry group
A group representing about 25 American, European, Japanese and South Korean carmakers in Brazil on Wednesday urged the Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva administration...
Chinese algorithm boosts Nvidia GPU performance 800-fold in science computing
A high-performance algorithm that could solve complicated material design problems on consumer GPUs has been developed by Chinese researchers, achieving a groundbreaking 800-fold increase...
Trump’s halt to foreign aid rattles humanitarian groups across Asia and their US partners
Conflict tracking in Myanmar. Investigations of Chinese human trafficking. Refugee healthcare in Thailand. Strengthening independent media in Mongolia. Environmental conservation in Tibet. Advertisement These...
Trump’s health pick RFK Jnr grilled over vaccines and abortion in US Senate
Robert F. Kennedy Jnr came under withering attack from Democratic senators on Wednesday over his history of promoting vaccine misinformation and his sudden embrace...
Ex-US senator Bob Menendez sentenced to 11 years in prison in gold bar bribery case
Former US senator Bob Menendez was sentenced on Wednesday to 11 years in prison over his 2024 conviction for taking bribes including gold bars...
Trump wants Pentagon to prepare facility at Guantanamo to detain 30,000 migrants
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he planned to detain “criminal illegal aliens” at the notorious Guantanamo Bay military prison, used for holding terrorism...