Met Museum’s global jewellery exhibition to make dazzling Hong Kong debut
Diamond-studded necklaces, golden pectorals and ceremonial smallswords are among about 200 jewellery and decorative pieces, covering 4,000 years of history…
Japan jails ex-teacher for sharing voyeuristic student images
A Japanese court on Tuesday sentenced a former teacher to two years in prison for taking indecent images of pupils…
Asia’s energy supply at breaking point as US blockades Hormuz
Washington’s naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is threatening to tip Asia into its worst energy crisis in living…
EU to cut funding for Chinese inverters, as quiet offensive replaces grandstanding
At a top-level meeting of her 26 department chiefs in March, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen quietly approved…
Kazakh sovereign fund issues Central Asia’s first panda bond in ‘milestone’ sale
A leading sovereign wealth fund from Central Asia has cast a vote of confidence in Chinese debt and the country’s…
Ghosts of Former Soviet Union Leaders Grin As Mamdani’s $30M NYC Communist Grocery Store Unveiled
We told you that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani would be bad, and the democrat socialist has proven to…
Watch: What are Harry and Meghan doing in Australia?
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have arrived in Australia for a four-day tour that includes visits to charitable causes…
Oasis among record number of Brits entering Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
George Harrison and Ringo Starr attended the ceremony but Paul McCartney did not, issuing a statement saying: “After 20 years,…
Benin’s Wadagni wins presidency by landslide
Wadagni, 49, was the favourite to win after the main opposition party, the Democrats, failed to get its own candidate…
Misconduct inquiry over fatal schoolgirl crash
In its statement, the CPS said: “After careful consideration of all the evidence and material provided by the police as…