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...
Macron condemns ‘racist terrorist attack’ after deadly shooting near Paris
Published: 2:13am, 24 Oct 2026Updated: 4:34am, 24 Oct 2026 A gunman firing from a car killed one person and wounded five – including a...
Gunmen kill 7 at Jordan church, king vows retaliation
Published: 1:17am, 24 Oct 2026Updated: 9:52am, 24 Oct 2026 Gunmen killed at least seven people and wounded dozens at a church in southern Jordan...
Melania Trump brokers ceasefire in Russian-occupied Ukraine city, White House says
Published: 12:26am, 24 Oct 2026Updated: 6:08am, 24 Oct 2026 Ukraine’s top negotiator involved in a humanitarian mission led by US first lady Melania Trump...