Brigitte Bardot’s belongings fetch nearly US$1.15 million at Paris auction
Personal belongings of the late French film icon Brigitte Bardot fetched nearly €1 million ($1.15 million) at auction in Paris…
UK confirms PM Burnham’s former fiefdom of Manchester to host G20 summit
The leaders of the world’s biggest economies will descend on Manchester next year after the UK government confirmed the English…
AI poses new national security threat, outgoing Hong Kong deputy police chief warns
Retiring deputy police commissioner Andrew Kan Kai-yan has said artificial intelligence (AI) poses a new threat to national security in…
Chinese AI chipmaker Hygon plots expansion from data centres to robotics
Chinese chipmaker Hygon Information Technology is set to release a new chip targeting physical-world applications including robotics, expanding from its…
Nearly 50% rise in drug seizures by Hong Kong customs in first half of year
Hong Kong customs recorded a nearly 50 per cent year-on-year rise in drug seizures during the first half of 2026,…
Upgraded but underperforming: Philippines’ growth lags behind
Instead, analysts say the milestone has done little to shield the country from short-term pressures weighing on growth: sluggish public…
Chinese province urges firms to seize the day as Xi-Trump meeting provides trade stability
As final preparations are being made for President Xi Jinping’s trip to Washington this month, one export-oriented Chinese province has…
US extradites 18 suspects in 2021 killing of Haitian president
Eighteen suspects in the 2021 assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moise have been taken to Florida to stand trial, US…
ICE agent shoots and wounds man in Austin, Texas, officials say
A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot and wounded a man on Sunday afternoon in Austin, Texas, local…
Named as an enemy: Indonesia’s uneasy Aukus moment
A former Australian official’s use of a hypothetical “aggressive Indonesia” to make the case for Aukus at a public inquiry…