Woman jailed for 22 years over ‘cold-blooded’ manslaughter of starved 5-year-old son

A woman who pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of her son has been jailed for 22 years, with the judge describing her acts of starving…

Railway can transform Persian Gulf politics and global security

The crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, wider tensions in the Red Sea and the oil price spikes these circumstances occassion have made one thing…

US microreactor startup Valar Atomics raises $1B

Valar Atomics, a three-year-old microreactor developer that has a forged a close relationship with the Trump administration, has raised $1 billion in its Series B funding round as investors…

Police launch 3-week crackdown on distracted driving and pedestrian offences amid surge in road deaths

The Hong Kong police are carrying out a large-scale enforcement operation against distracted driving and pedestrian offences amid a surge of fatal road accidents during…

SpaceX crisis just got worse

Hongkongers studying overseas – the next threat to national security?

There are worrying signs that the new nationally secure future will include increasing efforts to discourage – and in due course perhaps to forbid –…

Chinese activist Zhang Xinyan, wanted by Hong Kong gov’t, finally arrives in Canada after Thailand detention

Chinese activist Zhang Xinyan, who is wanted by the Hong Kong government, has finally arrived in Canada after being detained in Thailand ahead of her…

Your money hinges on this deal

Untangling AI’s loop diagrams: the megaphone as market indicator

There is a way to work out which direction markets have been moving without looking at a single price. Watch who is handed the megaphone.…

Bangladesh’s economy stable on the surface, fragile underneath

Bangladesh Bank is beginning to loosen monetary policy from an unusually favorable position on the currency front. Despite persistent inflation and deep strains in the…

Will AI abolish India’s caste system or encode it?

In 2027, India will conduct an exercise of almost unimaginable scale. Hundreds of millions of people will be counted in what the government describes as…

China’s 25-year tax reach will cost it more than it collects

China is now chasing decades of unpaid tax on money its wealthiest citizens moved offshore, in some cases reaching back as far as 25 years.…

The Iran off-ramp Trump keeps driving past

Five months into what historians will likely call the 2026 Iran war, Washington finds itself in a posture it has occupied before, in Vietnam, in…

SpaceX just cracked the AI bubble

2 domestic workers acquitted of illegal dentistry as Hong Kong authorities accused of staging a ‘show’ during arrests

Two Filipina domestic workers have been acquitted of practising illegal dentistry in Hong Kong after the defence raised concerns that authorities staged a “show” during…

Mother charged with abuse after children hospitalised over cannabis candies

A mother of two has been charged with child abuse and remanded in custody after her children took cannabis-infused candies and were hospitalised. Magistrate Philip…

Taiwan probes 17 China-funded firms over high-tech talent poaching

Taiwanese investigators said Wednesday they have raided dozens of locations as part of a probe into 17 Chinese-funded companies suspected of trying to “illegally” poach…

Cathay Pacific’s profit soars 71% to HK$6.2 billion amid Iran war and surcharges for passengers

Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific said Wednesday that net profit surged 71 percent in the first half of the year, as demand from passengers avoiding…

Hong Kong mulls AI facial recognition-enabled drones to police smoking ban at construction sites, 39 fines issued so far

Authorities have issued 39 fines since a smoking ban at construction sites came into effect last month, with the Labour Department saying it is looking…

China is claiming the right to punish its critics anywhere on Earth

On July 1, China brought into force its Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, converting a decade of Xi Jinping’s doctrine of “forging a…