Beijing wanted more from Xi’s state visit to Washington
Xi Jinping’s state visit to Washington in September was steeped in pageantry. The Chinese president received two 21-gun…
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Bogota mayor presses Chinese-led consortium for more metro workers as auditors flag delays
Bogota mayor Carlos Fernando Galan has called on the Chinese-led consortium building the city’s first metro line to…
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Separatists win Quebec election in fresh test for Canada’s Carney
Separatists won provincial elections in Quebec on Monday, with a promise to hold a vote on leaving Canada after US…
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Russia plays down plague reports after lab worker death
Russia on Monday sought to play down reports that a laboratory technician had died of plague, even as US President…
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US search for missing airmen in China gains new attention after Xi-Trump summit
For more than eight decades, the remains of US fighter pilot Morton Sher lay unrecovered in China. A photograph of a…
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France school protests: teenager’s hand blown off after picking up grenade
A 15-year-old lost a hand on Monday picking up a police grenade as students across France demanded better classroom…
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France, Germany call for new weapon allowing ‘immediate cut off’ of China from EU market
In the strongest sign yet of a shifting European Union policy on China, the leaders of France and Germany have demanded…
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Yemen forces drive Houthis from Bab el-Mandeb Strait as Saudi allies pledge troops
Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces staged a lightning advance on Monday to retake the coast around the Bab el-Mandeb…
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Japan, Australia boost economic security ties with finance dialogue
Japan and Australia have agreed to establish an annual finance ministers’ dialogue aimed at deepening cooperation in…
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Mainland Chinese arrivals to Hong Kong surged at start of ‘golden week’ holiday
Mainland Chinese arrivals to Hong Kong surged at the start of the National Day “golden week” holiday before easing…
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AI microdramas are a test case for China’s next big export wave
China’s US$1.2 trillion goods trade surplus last year has focused attention on electric vehicles, batteries, solar…
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Empty classrooms on remote Greek island signal crisis across Europe
Chryssa Ntalaka’s classroom has become an object lesson in subtraction. The sole teacher in the last school on the…
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Why India’s missile deals in Central Asia matter to Russia and China
India has sold its Akash air-defence missile system to Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, giving it a foothold in Central…
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Seoul probe reveals border mine blast caused by North Korea
South Korea said on Monday that a recent border blast that seriously wounded two of its soldiers was caused by mines…
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Why the PLA’s Z-10 attack helicopter is taking a bigger role at sea
Built to hunt tanks and support ground troops, the People’s Liberation Army’s main attack helicopter is increasingly…
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Chinese ‘Coffee Grandma’ learns brewing to save son’s cafe, inspires female independence
An 86-year-old grandmother in China has become a social media sensation for operating a coffee shop for over a decade –…
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China’s finance minister on fiscal policy
This article was translated from Chinese into English using Alibaba’s Qwen3.7-Plus, then checked and tweaked for…
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US defence experts to work inside Taiwan military HQ under reported pact
A reported plan to station US defence personnel inside Taiwan’s military headquarters would take mutual cooperation…
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Why protecting home values is Beijing’s new priority
For decades, China’s property sector was defined by spectacular scale: farmland transformed into suburbs, skylines…
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Southeast Asia starts to rethink its AI data centre boom: ‘at what cost?’
Southeast Asian governments are learning some hard truths about the data centre boom they spent years working to…
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Hong Kong lawmakers say 5-year tax incentive too short to entice major innovative firms
Hong Kong lawmakers have backed the government’s proposed tax incentives for large innovative companies, but many said…
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Chinese doctors shrink lung tumour for baby still in mother’s womb, using needle
Chinese doctors have performed an unprecedented surgery to save an unborn child who developed a fast-growing tumour. A…
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Days after Xi-Trump summit, top Taiwan diplomat opens de facto consulate in the US
Taipei’s top diplomat is in Arizona this week to open a de facto consulate and tour the state’s semiconductor corridor,…
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Malaysia eyes permanent F1 comeback despite travel chaos at Bahrain GP
Malaysia was aflush with Formula One fever this weekend, rekindling talk of permanently bringing the race back to the…
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Kai Tak Hospital starts first phase of operations, treats 350 patients on day 1
Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Hospital launched its first phase of operations, treating about 350 patients at its family medicine…
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If BTS has to serve, why are South Korean sportsmen, artists exempt: ex-lawmaker
A former South Korean lawmaker has called for the abolition of the military exemption system granted to outstanding…
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Wellcome operator DFI Retail seeks buyer for fully leased shopping centre on The Peak
DFI Retail, the food and beverage unit of Hong Kong-headquartered conglomerate Jardine Matheson, is looking to sell its…
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China develops plant to extract hydrogen, fresh water and uranium from the sea
Chinese scientists have built a small, stable co-production plant that uses one system to extract hydrogen and fresh…
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India seeks to be ‘a little bit more involved’ in ending Ukraine war: minister
India is taking a more direct role in efforts to end the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, engaging both sides on…
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Pro-Israel Samoa prime minister apologises for Nazi gesture in leaked video
Samoa’s prime minister apologised on Monday after video surfaced showing him saying “Heil Hitler” and making a Nazi…
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Chinese man, 71, discovers hidden US$63,000 fortune after scavenging for 21 years
An elderly man in central China, who has spent the past 21 years making ends meet as a scavenger, experienced a…
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Malaysians choose family over shopping or holidays, domestic travel data shows
Malaysians delight in visiting family and friends, so much so that these visits made up 44 per cent of domestic travel.…
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FBI chief Kash Patel and country singer Alexis Wilkins announce engagement
FBI Director Kash Patel is engaged to his country singer girlfriend, Alexis Wilkins, the pair announced in a post to X…
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Rigid goals not set in Hong Kong’s 5-year plan to allay fears of planned economy: Tse
Hong Kong refrained from setting overly rigid economic indicators in its first five-year plan to avoid fuelling…
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Malaysia’s Anwar set to unveil crowd-pleasing budget as political pressure rises
Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim is expected to roll out a populist budget on Friday aimed at placating voter concerns over the…
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Zheng Yongnian on China-US realism and battling for the upper hand before the next summit
Zheng Yongnian is a political scientist in China and a government adviser. His academic work is mainly about…
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