US trial opens over alleged Chinese ‘secret police station’ in New York
A trial of a US citizen of Chinese descent accused of creating a covert police station in Manhattan opened on Wednesday,...
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Will warming Arctic trigger further chill in US-China relations or bring them closer?
US President Donald Trump’s landmark visit to China comes as the Iran war disrupts global energy supplies, fuels economi...
US aims to deploy Qatar-gifted luxury jet as Air Force One for Fourth of July
The US Air Force is targeting a Fourth of July delivery for a Boeing 747 gifted by Qatar that would join the Air Force O...
US allies in Asia are looking to build middle-power coalitions
“In an increasingly severe security environment, no single country can now protect its own peace and security alone,” de...
Trump-Xi summit hides simmering trade tensions under the surface, industry experts say
The scheduled summit next week between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will almost certainly ...
Passengers on hantavirus-stricken ship sway between fear and boredom
It was billed as an Atlantic odyssey to some of the most remote islands in the world.Instead, the cruise on the hantavir...
France’s ex-president Sarkozy escapes second ankle tag sentence
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will not serve time with an electronic ankle tag as punishment for illegal fundi...
US strikes Iranian tanker amid reports Washington and Tehran near deal
US forces struck an Iranian oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman on Wednesday, even as Washington and Tehran appeared to move ...
Israel strikes Beirut for the first time since Lebanon ceasefire
Israel struck Beirut on Wednesday for the first time since agreeing to a ceasefire with Hezbollah last month, with Isra...
FBI reportedly probing leaks behind article on bureau chief Kash Patel’s drinking
The FBI has opened a criminal leak investigation focusing on a journalist who wrote a critical article about Kash Patel,...
CNN founder Ted Turner dies at 87
Ted Turner created CNN in 1980, revolutionising the way America, and the world, got their news, and then went on to beco...
Hong Kong college’s finance director arrested over HK$770,000 embezzlement
The finance director of Hong Kong Chu Hai College has been arrested on suspicion of embezzling HK$770,000 (US$98,262) af...
Hong Kong teen lured 4 victims for gang to rob and blackmail, court hears
A young woman has been accused of helping to rob four people as a teenager by luring them to a remote area in Hong Kong ...
Pope to inaugurate Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia in June trip to Spain
Pope Leo will inaugurate the soaring central tower of Barcelona’s famed Sagrada Familia basilica when he visits Spain ne...
Bus and oil tanker collide in Indonesia, killing at least 16 people
A passenger bus collided head-on with a fuel tanker truck on a highway on Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Wednesday, killi...
Does China’s YJ-20 hypersonic sea-based missile give Beijing an edge over US carriers?
The YJ-20 is China’s first sea-based hypersonic anti-ship missile to have entered mass production, giving the People’s L...
Tai Po fire: inspectors failed to anticipate firms’ deception, inquiry hears
Government inspectors did not foresee engineering firms colluding to deceive authorities over the use of substandard ren...
Hong Kong draws over 1 million mainland ‘golden week’ visitors but spending lags
Hong Kong received more than 1 million mainland Chinese visitors during the five-day Labour Day “golden week” holiday, a...
Wang Fuk Court administrator schedules talks after residents’ legal threats
The government-appointed administrator of Wang Fuk Court, the Hong Kong estate devastated by a deadly fire last November...
US firms add 109,000 jobs, the most since early 2025
US companies boosted payrolls in April by the most in over a year, the latest evidence of stabilisation in the labour ma...