Chinese weight-loss trend of mixing tea with enemas sends many to hospital
An unconventional weight-loss remedy of drinking a mixture of an external-use constipation medication with tea has…
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Indonesia’s Bali financial hub ‘a matter of survival’: economic tsar
Bali has “aura” and political titan Luhut Pandjaitan wants to channel it to transform Indonesia’s famed resort island…
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Amid Hormuz woes, China tests Central Asian land corridors to bypass maritime chokepoints
Beijing is doubling down on overland trade routes across Central Asia as continued disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz…
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Nvidia, Palantir, Meta warn against ‘premature restrictions’ of open-weight models
A group of American tech giants, including Nvidia, Palantir and Meta, signed a public letter on Friday calling for US…
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FBI head Kash Patel meets China security chief Wang Xiaohong in Beijing on crime crackdown
Washington and Beijing’s top police officials met on Friday in the Chinese capital, the latest meeting by senior level…
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Will Donald Trump’s China squeeze for summit leverage actually work?
Washington’s recent wave of trade, tech and visa restrictions on China appears to be a deliberate push to build…
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Akasa Air, AirBorneo lead small-carrier surge despite high fuel costs
India’s Akasa Air and Malaysia’s AirBorneo are pressing ahead with expansion plans despite soaring jet fuel prices and…
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Fields Medallists highlight new wave of Chinese scientists leading global research
Two Peking University alumni made history by winning the Fields Medal this week, a victory spotlighting a broader wave…
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Huawei’s Ren Zhengfei backs Tau Scaling Law to beat US sanctions
Huawei Technologies founder Ren Zhengfei has thrown his weight behind the Chinese tech giant’s Tau Scaling Law, framing…
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Chinese battery giant CATL posts record quarterly profits amid green energy boom
Chinese battery giant Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Limited (CATL) slightly missed market estimates for…
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Tornado rips roofing from Indonesian construction site, sends workers fleeing
A tornado tore through an industrial site in Batam, Indonesia, ripping roofing from workshop facilities and sending…
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Is China building a new type of attack submarine? Satellite images hint at stealth gains
China may be developing a new class of nuclear-powered attack submarine with improved range and stealth, according to…
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Tencent fires WeChat manager after 7-figure bonus leaks online, sparks uproar
Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings has fired a manager at its WeChat division after details of his multimillion-yuan…
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China and Asean eye closer energy cooperation as fighting flares up again in Middle East
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations and China have called for a lasting settlement to the war in the Middle…
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Why a Chinese political scientist wants the public to take a test on foreign affairs
In an era where short-form videos and viral commentary can dominate public discourse on geopolitics, one Chinese…
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Can Southeast Asia survive more Iran war fuel shocks?
Southeast Asia’s governments have spent months trying to blunt the effects of war-driven energy shocks from the Middle…
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Chinese man helps tourist take photo only to discover stranger is long-lost relative
When a man in China went travelling and helped a Taiwanese tourist take pictures, they chatted casually only to find…
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Malaysia’s refugee registration halt risks ‘ultimate disaster’ for new arrivals
Malaysia has ordered the UN refugee agency to stop registering new refugees while it builds a biometric identification…
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South Korea returns looted Qing dynasty lions to China in cultural diplomacy win
South Korea has returned a pair of Qing dynasty (1644-1911) marble sculptures to China, a symbolic gesture as the two…
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Japan’s overworked defence ministry plans first new bureau since 2007
Japan’s move to establish a new bureau to boost defence cooperation with allies is part of Tokyo’s wider policy to…
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Coke is hit? In India, Iran war can shortage sends Diet Coke prices fizzing
First, the US-Israeli war on Iran sparked a Diet Coke shortage in India by squeezing supplies of aluminium cans,…
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South China Sea: Beijing and Manila trade blame on second day of Scarborough Shoal clashes
Clashes between Chinese and Philippine vessels near the fiercely contested Scarborough Shoal continued for the second…
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Wall Street funds back China’s WuXi AppTec as weight-loss drug orders soar
US global asset managers, including BlackRock, have expanded stakes in mainland Chinese pharmaceutical contractor WuXi…
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South Korea’s SK Group chief ordered to pay ex-wife US$644 million in record divorce case
A South Korean court on Friday ordered SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won to pay his former wife Roh Soh-yeong 944…
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China’s Kimi K3 ‘significantly below’ US rivals in hacking power, study shows
Chinese unicorn Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 model trails far behind top American rivals in its ability to launch…
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Super El Nino: is 2026 an ‘extremely destructive’ prelude? Next year might be worse
From massive typhoons and severe floods to scorching heat, China has been grappling with a barrage of extreme weather…
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Bangladesh president quits, leaving Hasina isolated ahead of return from exile
Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin, a former ally of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, will resign on Friday…
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What is kombucha and why are Chinese youth obsessed with the fermentation health trend?
Young people in China are homemaking kombucha, reviving a 1980s fad from the previous generation after the drink became…
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China’s 15th five-year plan for renewable energy development
China unveiled its 15th five-year plan for renewable energy on Thursday. Below are the key targets outlined in the…
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US summons Malaysian envoy over ban on Israeli citizens
Malaysia’s ambassador to the United States was summoned by the US State Department to explain Kuala Lumpur’s…
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Securities watchdog to channel more medium- and long-term capital into China markets
China’s securities watchdog has pledged to channel more medium- and long-term capital into the country’s stock markets…
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South Korean unions use new labour rules to push envelope on bonus demands
Barely four months into its implementation, South Korea’s new labour-friendly law is coming under growing scrutiny as…
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Vatican and Beijing agree on new China bishop as ordination fills 20-year vacancy
Joseph Chang Yanfeng was ordained bishop of Chifeng in China’s northern Inner Mongolia autonomous region on Wednesday,…
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Hun Manet vows to make Cambodia ‘not worth staying’ for scammers
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet pledged to step up a crackdown on transnational online scam networks, but warned the…
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Is it all economic doom and gloom for the Philippines?
A potent cocktail of domestic and international political headwinds continues to weigh on the Philippines’ economic…
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HSBC agrees to US$2 billion deal to sell Singapore insurance branch to Allianz
HSBC has agreed to sell its Singapore life and health insurance business to Germany’s Allianz for S$2.7 billion…
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