Houthis βGate of Tearsβ threat deepens global inflation grief
On Monday (July 20), the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen announced they would impose a βmaritime embargoβ on Saudi Arabia, in what could mark a…
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High Court judge to be reprimanded again for plagiarism as Judiciary flags βsubstantialβ copying
A High Court judge with a history of plagiarism will be reprimanded for yet another incident in which he copied large parts of a partyβs…
Read full article βIranβs Hormuz choice: trust pays, coercion doesnβt
History suggests geography can be a nationβs greatest economic asset or its greatest geopolitical liability. Whenever maritime arteries have been disrupted β whether by war,…
Read full article βAI needs US-China cooperation. Elon Musk can help
Despite his controversies and contradictions, Elon Musk may prove an unlikely force in moderating US-China rivalry and the AI risks it amplifies. In June, following…
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Australia protests Chinaβs βdestabilisingβ missile test
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Wednesday she raised concern over Beijingβs test of a nuclear-capable missile in the South Pacific, calling the launch βdestabilisingβ…
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Scam losses in Asian regions up to $114 bn in 2025: UN
Victims of transnational online scams in East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand lost up to $114.1 billion last year, a UN report said…
Read full article βXiβs national team rides again to save swooning tech stocks
TOKYO β Chinese stocks just had a remarkable week, with stellar news from startup Moonshot AI delivering a DeepSeek-like jolt to a fragile market. Its…
Read full article βAirbus, Kawasaki team up to send Eurodrone sub-hunting
Japanβs Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Airbus Defence and Space (Airbus D&S) to collaborate on long-endurance unmanned aerial…
Read full article βSouth Koreaβs far right is on the rise β with MAGAβs backing
South Korea is often regarded as an example of a young and vibrant democracy. Merely two years ago, mass protests thwarted a self-coup attempted by…
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18-year-old convicted of sedition over βseditious wordsβ after nat. sec police stage toilet stakeout
A Hong Kong court has convicted an 18-year-old man of sedition after he scrawled βseditious wordsβ in a commercial building bathroom on three occasions. Leung…
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Police officers conduct searches on 7th anniversary of 2019 Yuen Long mob attack
Police officers searched people at Yuen Long MTR station on Tuesday evening, seven years since white-clad men stormed the concourse and indiscriminately attacked passers-by and…
▶️ Watch →How Australia resisted PRC economic coercion: lessons for others
The Peopleβs Republic of China has used its statecraft to weaponize its trade with other countries on several occasions in recent years. Such behavior usually…
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British woman who reported rape in Hong Kong gets 6 years jail for blackmail, perverting justice
A British tourist has been jailed for six years for blackmail and perverting the course of justice, after initially reporting a man in 2024 for…
Read full article βWhy the Americans are unlikely to outpace Chinese innovations
When management pundits inΒ the Harvard Business ReviewΒ first asked whether China could innovate, most saw a nation condemned to mere imitation of the West. From βChina…
Read full article βA federal court victory for free speech in and about America
Petty and vindictive. Such was theΒ ban on travel to the United StatesΒ handed out by the State Department on December 23Β last year to five Europeans, one…
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Hong Kong trade office expansion unaffected by UK spy case, commerce chief says
βUnfounded smearsβ about a UK court case that found a Hong Kong trade officer guilty of spying on overseas activists will not affect the governmentβs…
Read full article βHezbollah faces a reckoning as support wanes in Lebanon
Hamas announced this month it would dissolve its government in Gaza to transfer control to a US-backed Palestinian committee. This was one of the mandates…
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78 arrests as Hong Kong police bust underground βmini-casinoβ and racecourse betting syndicate
Police have arrested 78 people during a Hong Kong Island anti-triad operation, targeting an underground βmini-casinoβ in North Point and a gang organising illegal racehorse…
Read full article βIran becoming the βforever warβ Trump promised to avoid
When Donald Trump returned to the White House, he promised to avoid another Middle Eastern βforever war.β After the costly experiences of Iraq and Afghanistan,…
Read full article βUS Navyβs Zumwalt destroyer falling behind the hypersonic times
The US Navyβs delayed effort to equip its troubled Zumwalt-class destroyers with hypersonic missiles is testing whether the ships can finally gain a credible combat…
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