E1: the illegal settlement at the heart of the UKβs West Bank tradeΒ ban
Israel has been building settlements in the occupied West Bank for decades. But Britainβs new ban on the import of settlement goods comes in a…
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Zelensky tweets the war, producing Ukraineβs own situation report
Sometimes deciding how to frame these weekend updates can be a challenge. There are usually a number of important issues that need discussing each week,…
Read full article ββDeed, not breedβ: Owners and experts push back on stigma against βfighting dogsβ
Rachel Law was making her usual stop at her neighbourhood Starbucks with her three dogs on an August afternoon when officers from the Agriculture, Fisheries…
Read full article βIndonesia and South Korea upgrade their strategic relationship
South Korea and Indonesia this year have been working on elevating their relationship. Both countries are vulnerable to the changing geopolitical currents of our times.…
Read full article βNorthern Metropolis: Hong Kong homes flattened for HK$224 billion high-tech hub
Chan Yuk-tong hoped to spend his remaining years in the row of small, blue-brick houses where he was born and raised, but the 71-year-oldβs Hong…
Read full article βThe Mecca pact and the fine print of power
Perhaps we all neglected to read the footnotes. When Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey unveiled their grand architecture of collective defense in Mecca, the language…
Read full article βA new BRICS is emerging β can it deliver?
The New Delhi Declaration, adopted unanimously at the 18th BRICS Summit on September 12, will be read mostly through a geopolitical lens: Gaza, Security Council…
Read full article βSky Newsβ museum report does Taliban propaganda a service
Sky News published a video this month that opens on a rigged explosive device and a pickaxe under a stark title card, βInside the Talibanβs…
Read full article β9/11 began a US global reign of terror β now itβs come home
On September 11, 2001, the world watched as the WorldΒ TradeΒ Center, the twin towers that represented US global dominance, were struck by hijacked US commercial jetliners…
Read full article βQasem Basir missileβs combat debut escalates Iran war dangers
Iranβs reported combat debut of a new anti-ship ballistic missile marks a potentially consequential shift in the Gulf conflict, where increasingly sophisticated targeting networks could…
Read full article βMacau to hold closed-door trial in first national security case against democrat
Macau will hold its first national security trial behind closed doors next week, a court said on Friday, in a case against a former pro-democracy…
Read full article βAmerica learned all the wrong lessons from 9/11
Twenty-five years on, itβs worth asking not what happened on September 11, 2001, but what Washington decided it meant β and whether those conclusions were…
Read full article βYu Zidi: Chinaβs fearless swimming prodigy, 13, with Olympics in her sights
Yu Zidi made history last year aged 12 when she became the youngest-ever medallist at the swimming world championships. Now a teenager, she headlines Chinaβs…
▶️ Watch →Animal NGO urges Hongkogners to shun govβt-backed equestrian show Cavalluna
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Asia (PETA) has urged Hongkongers to shun a live equestrian theatrical show at the Kai Tak Arena, citing…
Read full article βChinaβs Indonesian nickel boom runs into a limestone wall
Some environmental disasters announce themselves: a spill draws cameras, an apology, a cleanup crew. Most do not. They begin instead as paperwork β a mining…
Read full article ββPeople will be shocked and angryβ: Relatives, friends of jailed Tiananmen activists decry βunjustβ sentences
Relatives of three Tiananmen vigil activists sentenced on Friday for inciting subversion have decried their years-long prison terms as βtotally unjust,β and have said that…
Read full article βAfDβs rise is paralyzing Germanyβs political center
Subscribe nowΒ with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99. Firewall against the AfD is…
Read full article βHong Kong and Indonesia to host inaugural 14-team FIFA ASEAN Cup this month
An inaugural FIFA ASEAN Cup will take place later this month featuring 14 teams with matches played in Indonesia and Hong Kong, organisers said on…
Read full article βDeath toll from cargo ship fire in China rises to 25 β state media
The death toll from a fire that erupted on Thursday on a foreign-flagged cargo ship docked in a Chinese port has risen to 25, including…
▶️ Watch →The chip industryβs future is memory by design
In 1884, an English schoolmaster wrote a short novel about a world with only length and breadth, whose inhabitants could not conceive of a third…
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