Can China’s next 5-year plan restore consumption confidence?
As China drafts its 15th five-year plan – the next entry in a line of expansive blueprints that have set the tone for the...
Malawi’s ex-president Mutharika returns to power in crushing election victory
Malawi’s ex-president Peter Mutharika was re-elected to head the impoverished southern African country with nearly 57 per cent of the votes, the election authority...
What China seeks to achieve with the Global Governance Initiative
Eighty years ago, the people of the world won a great victory in the war against fascism. In its wake, the United Nations was...
Trump envoy Witkoff expects Gaza ‘breakthrough’ in coming days
US envoy Steve Witkoff said Wednesday he expected a breakthrough related to Gaza in the coming days, saying President Donald Trump had presented a...
Von der Leyen softens tone as EU seeks China’s help on Ukraine war, climate
Despite frictions on trade and geopolitics that hang over their bilateral ties, leaders from the European Union and China vowed to work together to...
Thai PM Anutin Charnvirakul to dissolve parliament by end of January
Published: 1:30am, 25 Sep 2025Updated: 2:44am, 25 Sep 2025 Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Wednesday that he planned to dissolve parliament by...
UK scientists slow Huntington’s disease for first time
UK researchers said Wednesday they had slowed the progression of the fatal neural condition Huntington’s disease for the first time with a groundbreaking new...
India and China vie for Global South leadership at UN gatherings
Published: 1:11am, 25 Sep 2025Updated: 1:14am, 25 Sep 2025 India and China, recently seen moving towards rapprochement after years of strained ties, held separate...
Chinese architect and Peking Univesity professor Yu Kongjian dies in plane crash
Published: 12:15am, 25 Sep 2025Updated: 1:19am, 25 Sep 2025 Chinese architect and Peking University professor Yu Kongjian died in a plane crash late on...