China’s H‑6J maritime strike bomber, equipped with two reconnaissance pods, indicates it has enhanced long-range strike capabilities while supporting peacetime maritime surveillance, according to mili...
Shanghai-based Harbour BioMed’s acquisition of a stake in US-based Spruce Biosciences is the latest example of China’s novel drug developers progressing from one-time licensing deals into long-lasting...
The new head of the International Bar Association (IBA) has said that the organisation will speak out if unjustified and illegal sanctions are imposed on legal professionals in Hong Kong. The remarks ...
China has condemned Monday’s suicide attack on a Chinese restaurant in Kabul, urging the Taliban to take further measures to protect the safety of its citizens in Afghanistan. Foreign ministry spokesm...
Spanish police said Monday that at least 39 people are confirmed dead in a high-speed train collision the previous night in the south of the country. The crash occurred Sunday at 7:45pm when the tail ...
Chinese chip designer Montage Technology is set to enlist Alibaba Group Holding and JPMorgan Asset Management among the key investors in its upcoming Hong Kong listing, according to people familiar wi...
A police complaint against one of Indonesia’s best-known comedians has reignited debate over satire, blasphemy and free expression in the world’s third-largest democracy. The case involves 46-year-old...
Australia’s former prime minister and a prominent China scholar, Kevin Rudd, will step down as ambassador to the United States a year ahead of schedule, a move some analysts say underscores a fundamen...
In 2025, India approved a number of major defence packages, together worth US$30 billion. Such rapid procurement approvals are relatively rare by Indian standards. However, what they signal to the reg...
French farmers steered some 350 tractors on January 11 toward French Parliament to protest low incomes and an EU trade deal with South America that they fear threatens their livelihoods. They say thei...
Bahram Salih, the new head of the UN's refugee agency says that he knows the pain of being ripped from all one knows. The former Iraqi president has just taken over the UNHCR and headed to Kakuma refu...
The author moved from the US to Wales 15 years ago. Courtesy of the author Moving overseas meant living far from my mom for most of my adult life. Staying close across an ocean takes effort, grief, an...
Jean-Philippe Riopy at his piano Courtesy of Greg Williams At 18, Jean-Philippe Rio-Py escaped a brutal cult that wrecked his childhood. He suffered hardship in his 20s and early 30s, but was determin...
The latest AirPods Pro have received a modest discount. | Photo: Chris Welch / The Verge If you know where to look, you can often score deals on Apple’s ever-expanding AirPods lineup. Both the AirPods...
After visiting 29 states last year, I would choose to move to Maine. Emily Pogue My husband and I spent most of last year traveling around the United States . We spent time in 29 different states, but...
Chiechi and her husband. Marissa Chiechi/ Carrie McGuire Life-long Californian, Marissa Chiechi, moved from Los Angeles to Alexandria, Virginia, in 2023. Chiechi relocated for her then-boyfriend, now ...
Irem Sumer is the CEO and cofounder of Talemonster Games. Talemonster Games Talemonster Games raised $30 million in Series A funding led by Arcadia and Andreessen Horowitz. CEO Irem Sumer and her team...
Interim president Delcy Rodriguez said the money from US sales of Venezuelan oil will be used to prop up the currency....
Missile and drone barrage unleashed on Kyiv comes hours after Donald Trump invited Vladimir Putin to join his ‘Board of Peace’...
As an initiative redistributes a bumper surplus of spuds, here's a look at the Germans' great love affair with the potato....