Hong Kong’s forecaster has issued its first cold weather warning of the season on New Year’s Day as temperatures are expected to fall to a low of 12 degrees Celsius (53.6 Fahrenheit) in urban areas on...
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Coca-Cola's holiday ad, featuring AI, got mixed feedback. YouTube/@Coca-Cola Marketers embraced AI in 2025. There were also some high-profile AI hiccups in advertising. From McDonald's to Meta, here's...
Little Rock, Arkansas. Sean Pavone/Shutterstock Atlas Van Lines tracked state-to-state migration patterns in 2025. The Midwest has become a hot spot for movers, although it doesn't appear on this list...
Hong Kong’s education authorities have commended schools for making significant progress in fostering patriotism among students over the last academic year when compared with the past, with national e...
China’s biggest tech groups and a clutch of fast-rising consumer electronics brands are battling for coveted sponsorship slots at the Spring Festival Gala, as intensifying competition in artificial in...
Aaron Cannon cofounded an AI startup that recently raised $30 million. He also picks up his 3-year-old every day from preschool. Aaron Cannon Aaron Cannon thought up his startup, Outset, while on pate...
China's large military exercise around Taiwan comes after tensions with Japan and a major US arms sale. Maxim Shemetov/Reuters China's military is conducting massive war games all around Taiwan. The e...
China’s private rocket makers are stepping up their dash for public funding, with Beijing-based LandSpace becoming the first commercial launch provider to clear a key regulatory “tutoring” milestone a...
High cocoa prices pushed Singapore's Mr. Bucket Chocolaterie to innovate across its business. Huileng Tan/Business Insider Faced with soaring cocoa prices, Mr. Bucket Chocolaterie is turning crisis in...
As 2025 draws to a close, Wall Street’s love affair with Chinese equities is in full swing. While the relationship between global investors and China has been a rocky one, market sentiment is now abou...
Brazil is preparing to waive visa requirements for Chinese citizens travelling for tourism and business, local media reported on Wednesday citing government sources, in a move that would mark a signif...
Ethan Choi. Khosla Ventures We asked Khosla Ventures partner Ethan Choi how he sees AI reshaping daily life and work in 2026. Robotics will reach a major breakthrough in capability and have its own &#...
Thousands of student-loan borrowers are waiting for their income-driven repayment applications to be approved. nirat/Getty Images Over 800,000 student-loan borrowers are waiting for their income-drive...
Australia’s government is “disappointed” with China’s decision to impose new beef import tariffs, with one industry group warning the move could damage trade worth over A$1 billion (US$667 million) be...
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Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd (CATL), the world’s biggest maker of electric-vehicle batteries, is set to restart a major lithium mine in eastern China, in a move that could ease raw material co...
Chinese researchers have proposed a simple yet powerful theory to explain one of physics’ oldest puzzles: why time only moves forward and why travelling to the past remains impossible. Physicist Cai Q...
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As usual, 2025 was a year of deep congressional dysfunction in the US. But state legislatures were passing laws that govern everything from AI to social media to the right to repair. Many of these law...