Explainer: Hong Kong’s national security crackdown – month 75

In September, Hong Kong saw the sentencing of three Tiananmen vigil activists, another conviction for prominent activist Joshua Wong, and the conviction of two young…

Where’s Blade gone?

US backs major offensive as Yemen slides back toward all-out war

Yemen is spiraling back toward full-scale war after its Saudi-backed government launched a major offensive on Sunday to retake territory captured by the Iran-backed group…

America’s collapse just hit Japan

China slams US ‘lie’ over Starbucks stores in Xinjiang

China’s foreign ministry accused a US congressional committee on Saturday of “fabricating claims” after its chairman called on Starbucks to shutter two newly opened cafes…

They finally admit they’re losing

Trump’s desperate bribe just got smaller

They don’t deny doing it

They just used an emergency axe

Flydubai attack feeds Netanyahu’s ‘protector’ line as polls near

The apparent attempted hijacking of a Flydubai flight carrying 170 mostly Israeli passengers was another reminder to Israelis of the constant threat of terror and…

China launches anti-dumping probe into EU chemical imports ahead of trade talks

China’s commerce ministry launched an anti-dumping investigation into imports of a widely used production chemical from the European Union on Saturday, less than a week…

Big Oil fears the evidence of its deliberate climate lies

No one knows how the US Supreme Court will rule in Suncor v. Boulder, the case that will kick off the court’s fall term next week and will…

Cambodia’s Japan security aid is a hedge, not a pivot from China

In February 2026, weeks after Cambodia’s National Assembly approved a draft law to ratify the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS),…

New F-16s buy Taiwan time and space against China’s air coercion

Taiwan’s new American-made F-16V Block 70 jets deliver much-needed breathing room against daily Chinese gray-zone coercion, yet surging Chinese stealth numbers and cratered runway risks…

Elon Musk now begging for a bailout

Consumer watchdog receives 286 complaints over sudden closure of Hong Kong yoga chain

Hong Kong’s consumer watchdog has received 286 complaints over the abrupt closure of yoga chain Hotstone Yoga, which shut its doors on Thursday. The Consumer…

Kushner furious report got out

Trump just got a terrible jobs report

India’s missile shield invites a false sense of security

In July, India tested two new interceptors meant to destroy missiles at ranges up to 5,000 kilometers, the latest step toward one of the few…

They can’t survive this economy