Will South China Sea’s code of conduct remain elusive as deadline looms?
A long-awaited code of conduct (COC) for the South China Sea risks becoming a toothless agreement, analysts have…
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As US pursues mine deals, Xi warns African resources are not tools for ‘rivalry’
Africa’s resources should not be used as a tool for geopolitical rivalry, Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned, as…
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China and North Korea to open border bridge after unexplained 12-year delay
A bridge between China and North Korea that was completed 12 years ago will finally open on Thursday. The two countries…
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Abby Choi’s ex-mother-in-law urged delay in calling police until ransom from ‘kidnappers’, court hears
The former mother-in-law of slain Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi Tin-fung tried to prevent her family from reporting her…
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C919 set to lead way as Chinese aircraft forecast to secure 5% of world market in 20 years
China’s chief civilian aircraft builder will command 5 per cent of the world’s fleet allocation by 2045 as global…
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China tests a Dune-like iron-harvesting crawler robot in the Taklamakan Desert
Chinese researchers have built a self-propelled crawler robot that harvests iron from sand and have tested the device…
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Asia must guard against repeat of 1997 financial crisis: Philippine central bank chief
Asian countries must remind themselves about what happened during the region’s financial crisis in the late 1990s and…
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Submerged to save Bangkok: rural Thais bear brunt of capital’s flood defences
Stilt houses in villages north of Bangkok are no longer high enough to stay dry as Thai authorities deliberately flood…
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Young Malaysians’ US$1.3bn short-term credit spree sparks warning over bad debt
Malaysians aged 30 and below bought some 5.4 billion ringgit (US$1.32 billion) worth of goods and services on…
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Chinese team finds 11,700 new viruses in world’s biggest seabed metal deposit
Up to 6,000 metres (19,700 feet) beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean between Mexico and Hawaii, billions of…
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Indonesia’s Bali hit by fuel crisis as huge queues form at petrol stations
Motorists have been left queuing for hours at petrol stations across Indonesia’s resort island of Bali in recent days…
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China ‘robot trainers’ fold clothes, wash dishes 200 times a day for up to US$900 a month
Across China, a new breed of freelance “robot trainers” are wearing motion-capture gear to turn everyday household…
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IMF warns higher borrowing costs are straining public finances worldwide
Rising sovereign debt and borrowing costs have prompted a fresh warning from the International Monetary Fund (IMF)…
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Aramco complex hit as Houthis and Saudi coalition trade strikes
An administrative building belonging to Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company Saudi Aramco in the eastern city of…
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2 Taiwanese executives arrested over mainland components in military drones
Two Taiwanese executives have been arrested for allegedly using mainland Chinese-made components in drones supplied to…
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Why younger Japanese now fear Trump’s US more than China
A growing number of Japanese regard the United States as the greatest threat to world peace ahead of traditional rival…
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US fines Bank of America US$1.2 billion, says it violated money laundering, sanctions laws
The US Treasury Department said on Tuesday that it was imposing US$1.2 billion in fines on Bank of America for…
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Public comments flood US government websites over proposed H-1B, OPT fee hikes
Kana Liu, a Chinese Canadian living in the US on a work visa, felt compelled to speak up. Faced with a Department of…
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Trump’s ‘golden age’ push hands top science honours to big tech. Will it work?
The White House’s bid for a US “golden age” of science should put China on alert, Chinese analysts have warned, but…
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Smart economics: tackle climate change and air pollution together
Indonesia continues to battle some of its worst wildfires in years, spreading toxic haze to Malaysia and Singapore.…
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Cornell suspends frat parties after alleged gang rape
Cornell University on Tuesday suspended fraternities’ parties and social events for the remaining academic year…
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Trump press secretary Katie Zacharia says she passed bar exam in China, raising eyebrows
Katie Zacharia, US President Donald Trump’s newly appointed White House press secretary, faces questions about her…
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Tupac Shakur murder: ex-gang leader sentenced to 40 years to life in prison
A former gang leader was sentenced to 40 years to life in prison on Tuesday for orchestrating the 1996 drive-by…
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Six Flags closes US rides after man flung to his death from roller coaster
Six Flags Entertainment Corp said it would temporarily close 10 rides at its theme parks, including the Goliath ride…
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New Trump spokeswoman makes White House debut, takes only 3 questions
New White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia made her briefing room debut on Tuesday by taking remarkably few…
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Is this the best time for US strategists to push for abandoning ambiguity on Taiwan?
For nearly five decades, the United States’ Taiwan policy has centred on strategic ambiguity by not declaring whether…
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Philippines rejects China’s calls for direct contact amid ‘miscalculation’ warnings
The Philippine military has rejected calls to restore direct communication channels with its Chinese counterpart,…
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China is working on a submarine tank that can operate underwater for 2 hours
A Chinese research team has proposed four types of equipment that could rapidly switch between wartime environments,…
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MI5 chief warns Iran is targeting military sites in UK as hostile state threats surge
Iran is trying to hit military sites in the UK and the suspected plot to attack a US-run military airbase in September…
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China sentences 3 more Myanmar crime bosses to death in scam centre crackdown
Courts in China have sentenced three key figures of a notorious Myanmar crime syndicate to death for operating…
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Huawei, once hobbled by US sanctions, passes 100 million Kirin chip milestone
Huawei Technologies has shipped more than 100 million devices powered by its Kirin processors since 2023, when it…
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Could Pakistan’s Chinese-made weapons help protect Saudi Arabia from Houthi attacks?
Chinese-Pakistani fighter jets and a China-made air-defence system reportedly deployed to Saudi Arabia could be brought…
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Plan to live-stream US execution tests Southeast Asia’s content curbs
The US government’s plan to live-stream the execution of a former Army member convicted in a deadly 2009 mass shooting…
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Spanish royals visit Ceuta to back enclave amid border migration strain with Morocco
King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia kicked off their first visit to Ceuta on Tuesday in a show of solidarity with…
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Investigators probe cockpit control movement in fatal cargo plane runway crash
Aviation investigators in Hong Kong are working to determine why a cockpit control on a Boeing cargo freighter moved…
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South Korea shopping centre stabbing leaves 8 injured
A 59-year-old man stabbed at least eight people on Tuesday at a shopping centre in the South Korean city of Incheon,…
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