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World’s first trillionaire a flashing red light for US democracy

The red emergency light is flashing on America’s democracy dashboard, like a damaged aircraft teetering toward a mountain.  Elon Musk becoming the planet’s first trillionaire should make us…

Iran deal Trump trashed looks a lot like the one he’s signing

At Switzerland’s Lake Lucerne last week, US Vice President JD Vance announced that Iran had agreed to let United Nations nuclear inspectors back into the…

Hong Kong begins public consultation for annual Policy Address alongside first 5-year plan

The Hong Kong government has launched a public consultation for its annual Policy Address alongside one for the city’s first five-year plan. The public consultation…

Philippines poised to squander a rich nickel future

The Philippines is approaching a critical moment in its nickel policy. As one of Southeast Asia’s largest nickel producers, it has a rare opportunity to…

China adds 20 Japanese organisations to export blacklist

China added 20 Japanese organisations including major companies to a blacklist on Monday over the export of items that can be used for both military…

Iran’s Hormuz toll gambit is doomed to fail

Tensions have again escalated in the Middle East, with the United States and Iran trading strikes around the Strait of Hormuz. It follows reports of…

University of Hong Kong student publication Undergrad shuts down after 74 years

A student magazine at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has announced its shutdown after failing to recruit enough members for its editorial board, bringing…

To beat China in the lab, America’s edge is trust not speed

The United States is right to worry about losing ground to China in clinical research. But if Washington frames trial reform mainly as a race,…

Slate just changed everything

Gov’t withdraws controversial anti-drugs ad with AI pop stars named after Cannabis, Ice, Cocaine and Etomidate

The Correctional Services Department (CSD) has hastily withdrawn an anti-drugs ad which featured dancing AI-generated pop stars named after cannabis, ice, cocaine, as well as…

The establishment is terrified of Mamdani

China just became Elon’s worst nightmare

Chinese dissident Dong Guangping, who fled by sea to S.Korea, is now in Canada

A Chinese dissident who fled to South Korea last month in an inflatable rubber boat has flown to Canada, he told The New York Times…

China’s bull wrestlers fight to keep tradition alive

In a half-covered amphitheatre in eastern China, 20-year-old Wang Shuangshuang locked his shoulder against the neck of a bull, grappling with its horns to force it…

Hong Kong Originals: From oolong tea to scorpionfish soup, 3 millennials’ quest to brew a new wave of local flavours

As Hong Kong’s economic boom faded and manufacturing moved to China, some long-established, family-run companies preserved their traditions as others innovated to survive. In our new…

Nobody believes the Iran ceasefire

Musk wants SpaceX to take over your life

Trump bombs Iran after strike on cargo ship in Strait of Hormuz

US President Donald Trump resumed bombing Iran on Friday, a day after an Iranian attack on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, elevating concerns about…

Iran deal collapses into shooting