Keir Starmer latest casualty in Britainβs premiership carousel
Keir Starmer has resigned as leader of the Labour party, and so in time as the UKβs prime minister. In the end, despite his numerous…
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Tai Po fire inquiry: 91 among 168 victims died from inhaling smoke, mass casualties βtotally avoidableβ
The high death toll resulting from last Novemberβs Tai Po blaze was βtotally avoidable,β experts have concluded. A public inquiry has heard that more than…
Read full article βChina in hot pursuit of a wave-skimming hypersonic edge
Chinaβs pursuit of a sea-skimming hypersonic missile could redefine naval warfare in the Pacific β but only if it can overcome the immense technical and…
Read full article βWhy Gazaβs genocide death toll is deliberately undercounted
The mainstream media has no problem guesstimating the deaths (500,000) from the Assad dictatorshipβs civil war inΒ Syria, nor the estimated deaths in the wars inΒ Ukraine,Β Sudan…
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Taiwan begins 5-day combat readiness exercises
Taiwan began five days of combat-readiness drills on Monday, the defense ministry said, aiming to speed up the militaryβs deployment in the event of a…
Read full article βReading the air on being Japanese
As birth rates fall and countries turn to immigration to address their labor shortages, a lot of countries around the world are struggling with crises…
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China imposes export controls on 10 US companies β govβt
China imposed export controls on 10 US companies involved in defence and rare earths mining in response to Washingtonβs blacklist, and banned public procurement from…
Read full article βTrump threatens to invade Iran, torpedoing Swiss peace talks
US President Donald Trumpβs threats to destroy Iran and send US forces to occupy the country on Sunday appear to have derailed peace negotiations inΒ Switzerland,…
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Tai Po fire investigation will not be converted to more powerful inquiry commission, chair says
An independent committee set up to probe the cause of last Novemberβs deadly Tai Po fire has decided that it will not be converted into…
Read full article βChinaβs Malacca panic jails US scholar to appease Myanmar
The Strait of Hormuz isnβt Chinaβs only chokepoint. The Strait of Malacca may be more strategically vital β and on June 12, Beijing arrested an…
Read full article βHow Americaβs war crowned Iran as the Gulfβs new hegemon
There is a particular irony β the kind that history savors β in the fact that the United States set out in February 2026 to…
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Hong Kong TV host Lillian Sze loses battle with ovarian cancer
Hong Kong television host Lillian Sze has lost her battle against ovarian cancer, less than a month after disclosing her diagnosis on social media. Sze…
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Hong Kong mulls expanding home visit scheme to βyoung elderlyβ following carer tragedy
Hong Kong authorities are considering expanding the cityβs home visit scheme to cover βyoung elderlyβ aged between 60 and 80 who care for chronically ill…
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Show Your Stripes Day 2026: Hong Kong temperature rises highlighted in climate warming stripes
Rising temperatures in Hong Kong have been visualised in the latest set of βwarming stripesβ designed by British climate scientist Ed Hawkins as part of…
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When Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa landed in Beijing last week, the official agenda appeared straightforward: secure support for Indonesiaβs first sovereign Panda Bond, deepen…
Read full article βApart from China, Asia isnβt afraid of a remilitarizing Japan
China is harping non-stop about resurging Japanese βmilitarismβ β but almost nobody in the Asia-Pacific region is listening β or believes it.Β The more China…
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HKFP Yum Cha: Karen Hao β toppling the AI empire in an era of the tech trillionaire: βNothing is inevitableβ
HKFP Yum Cha returns for a special episode with award-winning journalist Karen Hao. Author of bestseller Empire of AI and founder of the AI Resist…
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China says to impose 55% levy on Australian beef after quota hit
China said on Friday it will impose a tariff of 55 percent on beef imports from Australia after shipments from the country hit Beijingβs annual…
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βThereβs no soulβ: Hong Kong actor Tony Leung weighs in on AI in filmmaking
One of the things Hong Kong superstar Tony Leung Chiu-wai likes about acting is the novelty β βyou will never repeat the same roleβ. When…
Read full article βAustralia poised to become an Asia-Pacific energy superpower
Energy security is a top priority globally, as governments grapple with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, an accelerating clean energy transition and surging…
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