HK$20 million spent on salaries of M+, Palace Museum executives last year despite West Kowloon art hub’s deficit, figures show

More than HK$20 million in salaries were paid to seven museum executives at West Kowloon Cultural District last year despite the hub’s chronic deficit, the…

Nvidia chips, soybean orders signal thaw before Xi-Trump summit

China has extended a series of olive branches to Washington this month, including a jump in soybean purchases, the release of a detained Chinese pastor…

Against Trump’s will, Iran dragging the US into a long war

The United States has launched a series of strikes on Iran in response to the Iranian targeting of vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. These…

America hits new dangerous phase in Iran

Operation Hard Ball: US showdown with India’s global gangsters

The US decision to indict jailed Indian gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and his alleged North American associate, Satinderjeet Singh (“Goldy Brar”), for allegedly directing the 2023…

Macau to put former pro-democracy lawmaker Au Kam San on trial

A Macau court said Thursday it had completed a preliminary hearing in the city’s first national security case and determined a former pro-democracy lawmaker was…

India-Japan convergence reshaping Indo-Pacific’s power balance

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on July 2 produced a long list of agreements spanning…

Hong Kong records 176 suspected child abuse cases in first 5 months of mandatory reporting mechanism

The Hong Kong government has received 176 reports of suspected child abuse in the first five months of a new mechanism that legally requires those…

JD Vance’s ungodly crusade against GDP is a fool’s errand

“Her belly may be full, but her spirit will be empty.” — Captain Picard Usually, these “GDP is actually good” posts start with a big…

Navalization of economic warfare makes trade routes into military targets

With more than 80% of global trade by volume being transported by sea, maritime shipping lanes are indispensable to the world economy. That fact was…

Cleanup operations underway as death toll from China floods hits 39

The death toll from devastating floods in southern China’s Guangxi region rose to 39 on Thursday, with nine people still missing, state media reported, as…

Hong Kong court denies jailed social worker leave to appeal 2019 rioting conviction

A Hong Kong court has rejected a jailed social worker’s appeal against her rioting conviction linked to the 2019 protests and unrest. The High Court…

Independent bookshop Elmbook to close physical store after Hong Kong Book Fair ban

Elmbook, an independent bookshop that opened in 1997, has announced it will shutter its physical store in Mong Kok after being banned from the Hong…

Drone warfare turning oil from asset to liability

I visited Omsk once, or at least its airport; we were en route from Moscow to Ulan Ade on the Mongolian border, and the Aeroflot flight landed…

Open letter to NATO: the false promise of militarized security

As NATO convenes once again to double down on military spending, arms production and the logic of deterrence through superior firepower — this despite the alliance’s own members…

US-Iran ceasefire collapse all about control of Hormuz

For the second time since the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed, Washington and Tehran have slipped back into direct military confrontation. The United States struck “80 targets in Iran…

German court jails Chinese doctor over ‘Driving School’ rape network

A Berlin court on Wednesday jailed a Chinese doctor for five years for his role in an online sexual abuse network that operated under the…

Australia-Fiji pact a hard Pacific pushback against China

For decades, the South Pacific was largely relegated to the margins of global politics. Today, it has undergone a seismic shift, transforming into the epicenter…

America just bombed global economy

SpaceX scam exposed on live TV