China’s AI compute surge heavily reliant on US chips, offshore cloud access: report
China’s access to artificial intelligence computing power will double next year, but US-designed chips will account for about 65 per cent of that capacity,...
Big dreams, growing pains in Indonesia: Prabowo’s turbulent 2 years in power
When 35-year-old Bekasi resident Ika Kartika voted for Prabowo Subianto in Indonesia’s 2024 presidential election, she hoped the former general would restore a “Suharto-like”...
US-China strategic competition to keep escalating as world watches on, Rudd says
Published: 6:29am, 24 Oct 2026Updated: 6:51am, 24 Oct 2026 Kevin Rudd, president of the Asia Society and a former Australian prime minister, described US-China...
US, allies and China vie for influence through Pacific security deals
Published: 6:27am, 24 Oct 2026Updated: 6:29am, 24 Oct 2026 Strategic competition between China and the US and its allies is intensifying across the Pacific...
What will China’s fifth plenum mean for the root-and-branch corruption drive?
Plenary sessions of the Central Committee, the upper echelon of China’s ruling Communist Party, are major events on the country’s political calendar. In the...
Why raising Asia’s fertility rate starts with giving people time to date
Published: 5:30am, 24 Oct 2026Updated: 7:49am, 24 Oct 2026 In late September, Singapore’s Reddit community erupted over the government’s new dating platform, FirstDate. Curious...
Kenya reports second Ebola death, a close relative of first patient
Kenya’s health ministry announced the country’s second Ebola death on Friday, saying a 65-year-old woman who was a close relative of the first patient...
Zelensky hopes Beijing can use ‘influence’ over Moscow to help stop Ukraine war
Published: 4:51am, 24 Oct 2026Updated: 5:31am, 24 Oct 2026 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday that Beijing has “influence” over Moscow it should...
Trump to cut some Canada tariffs to help Maine lawmaker’s re-election bid
Published: 4:04am, 24 Oct 2026Updated: 5:00am, 24 Oct 2026 The Trump administration is expanding tariff exemptions to more Canadian products, a move that may...