Vietnamβs βjustice treeβ tests the limits of online dissent
In August 2026, a fatal traffic accident from the previous year became one of the biggest trending topics on Vietnamese social media. Nguyen Sy Cuong,…
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Taiwan lawmakers approve $7.6 bn drone budget as China threat grows
Lawmakers in Taiwan approved a $7.6 billion budget for locally made drones on Thursday as the island democracy seeks to strengthen its defences against a…
Read full article βTsunami of dirt: what caused Nepalβs deadly glacialΒ flood?
More than 150 people are dead and hundreds more missing after an enormous wave of water, ice, mud and rock cascaded more than 170 kilometres…
Read full article β100 signs of Silicon Shock
We are biased. Given our faith in the rapidly rising utility of AI that can only be done on a completely new type of hardware,…
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3 people arrested for fighting after elderly woman filmed slapping 5-year-old girl in Kwun Tong mall
Three women have been arrested over an altercation at a Kwun Tong shopping mall on Wednesday, after a viral video showed one of them slapping…
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Hong Kong to unveil Policy Address alongside debut 5-year plan on Sep 16
Hong Kong will unveil its first-ever five-year plan and its annual Policy Address jointly on September 16, Chief Executive John Lee has announced. Lee told…
Read full article βCan Democrats seize on how much everyone hates Trumpβs Iran war?
Amidst the tragifarce of President Donald Trumpβs apparently off-the-top-of-his-head war on Iran may lie a silver lining for the 2028 presidential election β a silver…
Read full article βIndonesiaβs green transition has a glaring social blind spot
There is a harsh paradox in todayβs sustainability debate. The tools for understanding environmental risk are becoming more sophisticated: financed emissions, climate-risk models, taxonomies, transition…
Read full article βUSS Abraham Lincoln fiasco demands a congressional probe
The USS Abraham Lincoln is on its way home. This is welcome news after hearing of its abhorrent conditions. Yet, the situation lived by sailors…
Read full article βUS transshipment claims in Southeast Asia rest on thin data
Washingtonβs August 13 report, The Great Transshipment Scam, puts Southeast Asia at the center of a widening US campaign against tariff evasion worldwide. Indonesia, Malaysia,…
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Search for 1,000 missing after deadly Nepal-Tibet floods
Rescue teams rushed Thursday to find more than 1,000 people missing on the Nepal-Tibet border in flash floods and landslides that killed at least 165…
Read full article βAmericaβs lost Chinese students are staying home instead
The most telling number on American campuses this month is the one that didnβt show up. New foreign enrollment at US universities fell 20% this…
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Wild pigs and pampered pooches: Hong Kongβs complex relationship with animals
βSome we love, some we hate, some we eat,β was the title of a best-selling exploration of the relationship between humans and animals, with subtitle…
Read full article βMystery shrouds CIA chief Ratcliffeβs urgent visit to Moscow
There is very little information on CIA Director John Ratcliffeβs visit to Moscow. Even so, there is enough information to make some observations. One reason…
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Hong Kong taxi driver jailed 8 weeks, fined HK$3,000 after overcharging undercover officer and fleeing scene
A taxi driver has been sentenced to eight weeks in prison and fined HK$3,000 after he was caught overcharging an undercover police officer and then…
Read full article βReagan advisor Norman Bailey, a victor in the Cold War, dies at 95
Dr. Norman A. Bailey passed away after a long illness on August 18 in Greensboro, NC. He was 95. A distinguished public servant and teacher,…
Read full article βMyanmarβs junta building a sanctions-busting axis of impunity
When Myanmarβs military bombed a Buddhist monastery during a meditation retreat this month, reportedly killing at least 14 people, most of them elderly civilians, it…
Read full article βYen trap hiding behind Japanβs spectacular stock rally
The Nikkei closed at 66,016 yen last week and is up 31.14% this year, one of the best runs on the planet. Now, fund managers…
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North Korea to βbring joyβ to Kim with 100 athletes at Asian Games
North Korea will send about 100 athletes to compete across 14 sports at the Asian Games in Japan next month, a senior official said, aiming…
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Hong Kongβs first Chinese medicine hospital to offer inpatient services from December
The Chinese Medicine Hospital of Hong Kong will begin offering hospitalisation services in December, with fees starting at three times those of public hospitals. The…
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