Belt and Road paving way for China’s military presence in SE Asia

Last week, eight Chinese-made light attack jets sat on a half-finished runway at Ban Keun, flanked by more than two dozen military support vehicles, offering…

Mind games: AI behaves more like a brain than a database

When people think about what ChatGPT or other large language models are doing behind the scenes, it’s common to reach for the language of computing.…

Revamped Huanggang Port to open next Monday with round-the-clock clearance

Authorities in Hong Kong and Shenzhen have announced that the newly revamped Huanggang border crossing will begin operation next Monday, with an opening ceremony scheduled…

Philippines flags near-doubling of Chinese presence in disputed waters

China’s military and coast guard presence in South China Sea waters claimed by the Philippines nearly doubled last month, Manila said Thursday, the same day…

South Korea’s hypersonic leap runs into North Korea’s nuclear wall

South Korea’s maiden flight test of a domestic hypersonic glide vehicle highlights an accelerating bid to field counterstrike assets capable of bolstering autonomous deterrence against…

EU weighs safeguard tariffs as China refuses hybrid car limits

Beijing has rebuffed a European Union request to voluntarily cap hybrid car exports to the bloc, raising the prospect of new, steep EU tariffs on…

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Po Leung Kuk charity appoints 16 ‘national security tutors’ under gov’t scheme

The Po Leung Kuk, one of Hong Kong’s oldest and largest charities, has appointed 16 staff members to serve as “national security tutors” under a…

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Clockenflap 2026 line-up: Slowdive, Queens of the Stone Age, Hayley Williams, Keshi

Asia’s premier international outdoor music and arts festival Clockenflap has unveiled its initial line-up for this year’s event at the Central Harbourfront Event Space. Paramore…

India’s Central Asia missile sales spark a new Great Game

A flurry of landmark arms deals is reshaping Central Asia’s strategic landscape, as regional states leverage alternative defense suppliers to assert their sovereignty amid Russia’s…

Elderly man arrested for criminal damage after red paint splashed on Kwun Tong lawmakers’ office

An elderly man has been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage after the entrance to the office of two pro-Beijing lawmakers was splashed with red…

Israel votes again but the arithmetic hasn’t changed

TEL AVIV – Every Israeli election of the past decade has been sold as the last chance to save the country, and every one has…

Hong Kong national security police arrest insurance agent and woman over ‘seditious’ social media pages

Hong Kong national security police have arrested an insurance agent and a woman for allegedly operating “seditious” social media pages to stoke hatred against authorities…

India’s rate hike a loud warning shot for Modinomics

It’s not often that events in Mumbai reverberate through global markets. But the Reserve Bank of India’s first interest rate hike in almost four years…

Labour Dept. investigates fatal accident at Tung Chung gov’t housing construction site

Hong Kong’s Labour Department has opened an investigation into a fatal accident in which a construction worker died after falling from a height. Police received…

Indonesia should count the real cost of its mineral incentives

Every year, the Indonesian government forgoes taxes it could collect. Through tax holidays, rate cuts and exemptions, it courts investment while easing the burden on…

Hong Kong police arrest parents of 11-year-old girl filmed carrying dozens of beer cans

Hong Kong police have arrested the parents of an 11-year-old girl who was filmed carrying dozens of beer cans through Tuen Mun while her father…

Bit by bit, the Taliban is losing control of Afghanistan

Five years after seizing Kabul, the Taliban’s strongest argument for international acceptance rests on control. The Taliban governs every provincial capital and faces no conventional…