‘Soft resistance’ is the ‘most malicious’ threat to nat. security in Hong Kong – security chief

Hong Kong’s security chief has named “soft resistance” the “most malicious” threat to national security in the city. “The evil of soft resistance lies in…

Why Trump is so helpful to Russia on the Ukraine war

The past week crystallized a number of things. When you add them all together, however, the key thing is that it demonstrated just how important…

Welcome to the great AI freakout

This roundup has a lot of AI in it. Fortunately or unfortunately, it seems like a lot of the news is going to revolve around…

Korea plans massive lawsuit on Trump

In Pictures: 30 years on, Pokémon fever brings Hong Kong hobbyists and world champs together

Words by Hans Tse On a scorching July weekend, thousands of people gathered in Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui shopping district to search for a…

Wall Street just priced America’s collapse

They just went on high alert

In Pictures: Hong Kong pays final respects to former city leader Tung Chee-hwa

Hong Kong officials and the public commemorated the city’s first post-colonial leader, Tung Chee-hwa, at his funeral on Sunday, AFP journalists saw. Tung, who died…

Why Europe really doesn’t want a war with Russia

On Monday, August 25, during a visit to Kyiv, British Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced that the UK would give Ukraine classified blueprints to produce…

China pairs undersea drone mothership with multidomain war vision

China is constructing what may be the world’s first dedicated mothership for extra-extra-large uncrewed underwater vehicles (XXLUUVs) at the Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard in Shanghai, multiple outlets…

Trump’s new weapon won’t fix this

Japan emperor declares Asian Games open following turbulent build-up

The 20th Asian Games were declared open by Japan’s emperor on Saturday following a troubled build-up to the multi-sport spectacular that has more athletes than…

How Chinese architect Ma Yansong melds nature with a ‘futuristic feel’

From a distance, it looks as though a giant spaceship has just landed in the palm tree-dotted streets near downtown Los Angeles. It could also…

Trump’s afraid to face them

Korea just rejected Trump

The careful calculus behind Vietnam’s BRICS hedge

Vietnam’s Prime Minister Le Minh Hung traveled to New Delhi for the 18th BRICS Summit, where he met bilaterally with Narendra Modi and laid out…

Where is the oil money Trump stole from Venezuela’s people?

At any other time in American history, it would end the career of somebody like Scott Bessent, our limited-intelligence Treasury Secretary. It came out yesterday when Illinois…

When Russian drones show up in North Korea

North Korea is sending increasing numbers of workers to Russia’s premier drone factory located at the Alabuga Special Economic Zone. Alabuga is located in the Yelabuzhsky District of…

US-Saudi F-35 fighter deal runs into a China-sized problem

A potential multi-billion-dollar transfer of advanced US stealth fighters to Saudi Arabia has thrust US Middle East policy into a delicate balancing act between regional…

Flawed AI-linked intelligence report almost led to US military boarding Chinese ship in Middle East – report

The US military came close to boarding a Chinese vessel in the Middle East earlier this year based on a flawed intelligence report prepared with…