‘Maga loyalty test’: Chinese weigh in on Hegseth and Trump’s military meeting
A rare meeting of top US military leaders in Quantico this week sparked heated discussion on the other side of the Pacific, with Chinese...
2 killed in UK synagogue attack on Yom Kippur, suspect shot by police
Published: 6:14pm, 2 Oct 2025Updated: 6:51pm, 2 Oct 2025 Police said on Thursday that four people have been injured after a car was driven...
Chinese AI models deemed a security risk by new US government report
Published: 6:00pm, 2 Oct 2025Updated: 6:01pm, 2 Oct 2025 Chinese models lag behind their American counterparts in performance, cost, security and adoption, despite their...
Chinese man, 60, in spotlight as student, wants to ‘learn for as long as I live’
An energetic 60-year-old man from eastern China with an appetite for confounding age stereotypes has gone viral after becoming a university student and taking...
Will Australia’s defence pact with Papua New Guinea curb China’s Pacific sway?
Papua New Guinea’s cabinet has approved a bilateral defence treaty with near neighbour Australia, paving the way for the nations’ leaders to sign a...
Indonesia races to contain fallout from radiation scare over food exports
Indonesia is racing to contain the fallout from a radioactive contamination scare after traces of caesium-137 were detected in shipments of cloves and frozen...
Israel blocks all Gaza flotilla ships, vows to deport activists
Israel said on Thursday it will deport to Europe pro-Palestinian activists on an aid flotilla headed towards Gaza, as the Israeli navy intercepted vessel...
Is India buckling under US pressure on Russian oil purchase?
India may buy less Russian oil and increase its imports of American crude, while also considering sourcing from blacklisted suppliers such as Iran and...
How China was ready for Super Typhoon Ragasa – and what still needs to be done
Super Typhoon Ragasa may have been the biggest storm of its kind in the world this year, but when it made landfall in mainland...