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CIA diplomacy fails to bridge the US-Russia divide

Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99. Ratcliffe’s Moscow visit highlights strategic…

Pakistan’s new mediation push revives hopes for US-Iran climbdown

Pakistan’s latest diplomatic push on the Iran-US conflict has revived an old question about Islamabad’s regional role: is it merely carrying messages between Washington and…

Uber, Didi say preparing to apply for ride-hailing service licence as gov’t invites submissions

Ride-hailing services Uber and Didi have said they are preparing to apply for licences under a new scheme opened by the government on Friday, an…

Danantara and the return of the shareholder state

For decades, the dominant idea in corporate governance was that governments should regulate markets, while shareholders should own companies. Indonesia’s Danantara represents a different model:…

Tai Po fire: 96.5% of Wang Fuk Court homeowners agree to gov’t buyback scheme as 70 remain undecided

More than 96 per cent of homeowners at the fire-hit Wang Fuk Court have agreed to sell their flats to the government under an official…

China halts rescue at Tibet disaster epicentre over flood risk

China paused a rescue operation on Friday citing the high risk of renewed flooding in Tibet, where hundreds remain missing two days after a deadly…

Who counts as ‘foreign’ in Indonesia’s deepening China ties?

When China’s Defense Minister Admiral Dong Jun visited Jakarta on August 21, he and Indonesia’s Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin agreed to deepen military cooperation. At…

Nepal orders rescuers to safety as overflow brings new flood risks and death toll climbs to 472

Nepal ordered rescuers searching for survivors of deadly floods to get to safety as it reported a debris dam had burst in Tibet on Friday,…

India watches warily as Bangladesh eyes Mecca defense pact

Bangladesh has spent 55 years avoiding military alliances. It may now be contemplating the rather more complicated business of joining one. Humaiun Kobir, the state…

Asia’s AI boom papering over underlying rust-belt economies

Walk through any major electronics hub in Shenzhen, Seoul or Taipei right now, and the neon glare of artificial intelligence is blinding. It’s also intensifying:…

National security conviction shows ‘pursuing democracy is a crime,’ Tiananmen vigil activist says in mitigation hearing

An activist who once organised annual vigils to commemorate the Tiananmen crackdown has said that a Hong Kong court’s decision to convict her under national…

Hong Kong police officer arrested after allegedly sending indecent messages, images to female friend of suspect

A Hong Kong police officer has been arrested after allegedly sending indecent messages and explicit photos to a female friend of a suspect he was…

Bear trap: Russia is running out of good options in Ukraine

Russia is not about to collapse. It still occupies a large part of Ukraine, continues to fire hundreds of drones and missiles at Ukrainian cities,…

In full: Tiananmen vigil activist Chow Hang-tung’s mitigation after guilty verdict in national security trial

Tiananmen vigil activists Chow Hang-tung, Lee Cheuk-yan and Albert Ho, and the now-defunct pro-democracy group they led, the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic…

Ten years after award, law and power diverge in South China Sea

Ten years have passed since the International Arbitral Tribunal ruled in favor of the Philippines in its maritime case against China. The July 2016 award…

How America collapses behind the scenes

China in the crossfire as US widens economic warfare on Iran

China faces a dilemma in the six-month war between Iran and the United States, wanting the conflict to drag on and drain American military and…

Hong Kong enhances heat stress warning system after chorus of criticism, but rules still not binding

Hong Kong’s Labour Department has unveiled changes to its heat stress warning system following criticism that the existing thresholds meant no alerts were issued despite…

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