Workers laid off by Doge recalled by Trump administration as job cuts backfire
Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk’s cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work. Advertisement The General Services...
China is now Southeast Asia’s leading partner as US influence wanes, report says
With China’s economic clout still its “strongest card” in Southeast Asia, Beijing is continuing to gain prominence in all corners of the region as...
Chinese tech firms rush to list in Hong Kong and go global
From semiconductors to artificial intelligence and robotics, more mainland Chinese technology firms plan to list in Hong Kong, which would serve as their launch...
Asia-Pacific leads boom in crypto transactions amid regulatory hurdles: report
Published: 8:46pm, 24 Sep 2025Updated: 9:34pm, 24 Sep 2025 The Asia-Pacific region has become the world’s fastest-growing hub for cryptocurrency transactions, with on-chain activity...
In setting China up as an adversary, the EU is tilting at windmills
In the classic Spanish novel Don Quixote, the knight insisted on attacking windmills he had mistaken for giants, and ended up unhorsed. In real...
China’s Guangdong province appears to escape worst from Super Typhoon Ragasa
Published: 8:10pm, 24 Sep 2025Updated: 8:57pm, 24 Sep 2025 Major cities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong appeared to have escaped largely intact...
Hong Kong airport braces for Ragasa backlog of 140,000 affected passengers
Published: 7:56pm, 24 Sep 2025Updated: 7:59pm, 24 Sep 2025 Eager travellers, undeterred by the Airport Authority’s announcement that outbound flights would not resume until...
Italy sends navy ship to protect Gaza-bound flotilla after drone attack
Italy’s Defence Minister Guido Crosetto sent a navy frigate to assist a Gaza-bound flotilla on Wednesday, after organisers said several of their boats had...
Alibaba integrates Nvidia’s AI robotics tools on cloud platform
Alibaba Group Holding and Nvidia on Wednesday unveiled a collaboration that will see the US semiconductor giant’s suite of “physical” artificial intelligence tools integrated...