2026-02-28
08:45
Cruise ship calls in Hong Kong may top 200 this year, tourism minister says
Cruise ship calls in Hong Kong may exceed 200 this year, the city’s tourism minister has said, as sh...
2026-02-28
08:35
Why Japan should push back on Trump’s investment demands
Ahead of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s scheduled summit next month with US President Dona...
2026-02-28
08:06
Pakistan-Taliban showdown risks becoming a protracted war of attrition
Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities are locked in a widening tit-for-tat confrontation th...
2026-02-28
08:06
From EVs to steel, how China’s price-setting deals are easing trade tensions
China and South Korea have resolved a trade dispute over hot-rolled steel coils through a price-unde...
2026-02-28
06:56
Israel launches ‘preemptive’ strike against Iran, saying it seeks ‘to remove threats’
Israel launched a “preemptive” strike against Iran on Saturday morning “to remove threats to Israel,...
2026-02-28
06:05
Quirky China: panda won’t return phone, talented piglet spared from dinner, affordable gold rush
A panda in China which would not let go of a mobile phone a tourist accidentally dropped into his en...
2026-02-28
06:05
India’s AI superpower dream lands US$200 billion – now comes the hard part
As tech titans and world leaders descended on New Delhi for the India AI Impact Summit in February, ...
2026-02-28
06:05
Meet Habibi – the Chinese AI uniting 20 Arabic dialects in a Middle East first
Chinese researchers have released the world’s first open-source text-to-speech (TTS) model that unif...
2026-02-28
05:55
No Exchange Fund transfers planned in next 5 years, Hong Kong’s Paul Chan says
Hong Kong does not plan to get another transfer from its Exchange Fund in the next five years, the f...
2026-02-28
05:35
Plane carrying money crashes in Bolivia, killing 15 and sparking rush to pick bills
A cargo plane carrying money crashed on Friday near Bolivia’s capital, damaging about a dozen vehicl...