Beijing is "deeply shocked" by the Trump administration's attack on Venezuela, one of China's key partners in Latin America. At the same time, China can find ways to use the kidnapping of Maduro for i...
📋 Key Facts ✓ India and New Zealand have announced a trade pact making the majority of goods trade duty-free. ✓ India aims to become an...
Shanghai, mainland China’s commercial and financial hub, has pledged to step up policing its manufacturing sectors to curb prolonged payment cycles that affect thousands of supply-chain vendors. Gu Ju...
Offshore bondholders of distressed developer China Vanke could face near-total losses in a worst-case scenario, according to Barclays, underscoring the deepening risks in mainland China’s property sec...
Hong Kong authorities will extend the operating hours of Lo Wu and Shenzhen Bay checkpoints while stepping up public transport to manage cross-border passenger flow after the countdown next Wednesday....
European leaders have issued a joint statement on Greenland, after the US president said the United States needed the semi-autonomous region from a national security standpoint. Greenlandic leaders sa...
Beijing’s top office overseeing Hong Kong affairs said on New Year’s Day that the city’s administration had lived up to expectations, stressing its effective response to the deadly Tai Po fire demonst...
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has stated that using the US military to acquire Greenland is 'always an option'. It comes after European leaders issued a joint statement on Greenland, af...
A fire believed to have been caused by a short circuit in a household appliance broke out at a Hong Kong public housing estate in east Kowloon, prompting more than 300 residents to flee their flats. P...
We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would l...
Smoke rises from Port of La Guaira after the US strike on Venezuela. Jesus Vargas/Getty Images Trump addressed the US strike and raid on Venezuela during a press conference in Florida. He said the US ...
President Donald Trump speaks at a podium about his January 3rd raid on Venezuela. Pete Hegseth, Marco Rubio, and Stephen Miller stand behind him. Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images Donald Trump on Sat...
Melting Arctic ice around Greenland opens new shipping routes and intensifies US competition with Russia and China, Trump has said. imageBROKER/Olaf Krüger/Getty Images Trump's renewed talks to annex ...
Chinese leader Xi Jinping lauded his country's AI advancements in 2025. Yan Yan/Xinhua via Getty Images China's Xi Jinping lauded his country's AI wins in 2025 in his New Year's address from Beijing. ...
Ukrainian units said drone pilots saw surrender messages displayed by a Russian soldier. 16th Army Corps A Russian soldier surrendered after his rescue message was seen by a drone, Ukrainian units sai...
BYD container ship. NurPhoto/Getty Images Tesla just lost its status as the world's largest seller of battery EVs to a Chinese rival. BYD took Tesla's crown after Elon Musk's automaker reported its se...
A senior Ukrainian officer said NATO would suffer heavy losses in a war against Russia. Owen Humphreys/PA Images via Getty Images A Ukrainian officer warned that NATO would face heavier losses than Ky...
US forces captured Venezuela's leader overnight, and President Donald Trump said he was seeking access to the country's oilfields. AFP The US military has experience with oil infrastructure, but guard...
President Donald Trump posing for photo with law enforcement in front of a Boeing VC25 operating as Air Force One. MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images The US president flies on Air Force One. Other countries...
Experienced Ukrainian troops showed their Western trainers that, particularly in urban environments, they wanted to move slowly. YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images A British trainer who worked with ...