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Authorities euthanised over 700 wild boars last year; population halved since catch-and-kill policy reinstated

Hong Kong authorities euthanised over 700 wild boars last year, with the population halving since the government reinstated a capture-and-kill programme in late 2021, official…

2019 protests: Taxi driver in HK$8.4m injury lawsuit says he lost control amid attacks by protesters

A taxi driver facing a HK$8.4 million injury lawsuit over ramming into a passerby during the 2019 unrest said protesters were attacking him at the…

AI race loss fears behind Trump’s planned September hosting of Xi

Managing the risks of frontier artificial intelligence (AI) models and protecting intellectual property are set to top the agenda when United States President Donald Trump…

Why these AI deals won’t end well

Hong Kong judge who committed serial plagiarism to take early retirement at chief justice’s request

A High Court judge will retire early this week after he was found to have committed plagiarism in his judgements at least five times over…

Bank Indonesia chief’s resignation signals a deep, hidden crisis

JAKARTA – Bank Indonesia Governor Perry Warjiyo’s abrupt resignation marks a watershed moment for Southeast Asia’s largest economy. Coming midway through his second five-year term,…

Hong Kong court to rule on alleged illegal firing of ex-Wall St Journal reporter in Sept

A Hong Kong court will rule in September on an alleged illegal firing of a former Wall Street Journal reporter after she took up a…

After Pakistan judge killing, a fight over who claims it

Modern terrorist attacks no longer end when the shooting stops. Increasingly, a second battle begins immediately afterward: the struggle over who receives credit. In an…

The South China Sea consensus no ASEAN chair can move

The Philippines came into the 2026 ASEAN chairmanship with the strongest possible hand on the South China Sea. It held the pen on the communique.…

China supports Brazil in opposing ‘interference’: Xi to Lula

Chinese President Xi Jinping told his Brazilian counterpart on Monday that he supports the country in “opposing external interference”, Beijing’s state media said, reporting a…

China’s zero-tariff play aims to lock in African loyalty

China’s expanding zero-tariff access for 63 lower-income countries — 53 of them African — is far more than a developmental courtesy or a technical adjustment…

Investigation launched into fatal accident involving aeroplane maintenance worker falling from height

Hong Kong authorities are investigating a fatal workplace accident involving a worker who fell from a height at the airport in Chek Lap Kok. Police…

China’s Fields Medals triumph raises bigger math questions

When Hong Wang and Yu Deng received Fields Medals at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Philadelphia on July 23, they became the first citizens…

Chinese university investigating 6-year-old’s death in gene-editing trial

A Chinese university is looking into reports that a gene-editing trial caused the death of a six-year-old girl, which was not disclosed in the published…

AI’s ceiling: intelligence, too, faces diminishing returns

“[I]ntelligence, that counterentropic conjoined twin of information, must become the most powerful force in the universe, the energy to which all other physical laws must…

China takes satellite race with SpaceX to sea

China’s latest sea-based rocket launch shows how mobile launch platforms, onboard artificial intelligence and expanding commercial constellations are converging into a broader Chinese effort to…

Lamenting the end of ‘White Australia’ is wrong and dangerous

The unexpected rise of the right-wing populist, anti-immigration One Nation party in the polls, helped by leader Pauline Hanson’s relationship with mining magnate Gina Rinehart…

Ukraine’s worst week becomes much better, but not the best

Last week was a momentous one for Ukrainian democracy, and possibly for how the war develops over the next period. After two and a half…

Why oil prices just broke