12 h. ago Venezuela says US seized a fishing boat, as tension over warships rises

Venezuela on Saturday hit out at the United States for allegedly seizing a fishing boat for eight hours in its exclusive economic zone, as the US military patrols the Caribbean to target drug cartels. The vessel carrying nine fishermen was “illegally and hostilely” detained on Friday by the USS Jason Dunham, a destroyer, the foreign ministry in Caracas said in a statement. “The warship deployed 18 armed agents who boarded and occupied the small, harmless boat for eight hours,” the statement...

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20 h. ago Hong Kong and China Gas (SEHK:3): A Fresh Look at Valuation as Investor Interest Rises

Hong Kong and China Gas (SEHK:3): A Fresh Look at Valuation as Investor Interest Rises  Yahoo Finance

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22 h. ago Myanmar air strike kills at least 19 youngsters while they sleep

A Myanmar ethnic minority armed group said on Saturday that a junta air strike killed at least 19 students, including children, in western Rakhine state. The Arakan Army (AA) is engaged in a fierce fight with Myanmar’s ruling military for control of Rakhine, where it has seized swathes of territory in the past year. The Rakhine conflict is one element of the bloody chaos that has engulfed Myanmar since the military ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian government in a 2021 coup, sparking a...

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23 h. ago China condemns sailing of U.S. and British warships through Taiwan Strait as its aircraft carrier makes the same journey

China condemns sailing of U.S. and British warships through Taiwan Strait as its aircraft carrier makes the same journey  NBC News

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27 h. ago Kim Jong Un’s triumph: the rise and rise of North Korea’s dictator

Kim Jong Un’s triumph: the rise and rise of North Korea’s dictator  The Week

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28 h. ago Chinese military tracks, monitors US, British warships transiting through Taiwan Strait

Chinese military tracks, monitors US, British warships transiting through Taiwan Strait  chinadailyasia.com

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32 h. ago Anutin’s ascent: how ‘the new face of Thailand’s elite’ took control

In Thailand, elections do not necessarily decide who governs. Over the past few weeks, that paradox has played out once more, with a prime minister ousted, the country’s best-known political dynasty sidelined and a new leader taking the reins. For young Thai activist Aitarnik Chitwiset, the endless chaos feels like it has no off-ramp. “I’m disillusioned and exhausted by our politics,” she told This Week in Asia. At just 28, Aitarnik is deeply invested in her country’s future. But like many young...

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39 h. ago Apple Rises Even as iPhone Air Rollout in China Gets Pushed Back

Apple Rises Even as iPhone Air Rollout in China Gets Pushed Back  Yahoo Finance

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51 h. ago US military fired on Venezuelan boat as it headed back to shore: sources

The US military strike on what the Trump administration says was a drug-carrying speedboat from Venezuela came after the vessel had turned around and was heading back to shore, raising fresh questions as members of Congress are demanding more information about the provocative attack. National security officials acknowledged during a closed briefing this week on Capitol Hill that the boat carrying 11 people, described by the Trump administration as Tren de Aragua gang members, was fired on...

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52 h. ago China poised to benefit as blackout risk rises from Iberia to Siberia

China poised to benefit as blackout risk rises from Iberia to Siberia  Financial Times

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56 h. ago PLA warship the Fujian heads to South China Sea. Is it about to enter service?

China’s third and most advanced aircraft carrier, the Fujian, has passed through the Taiwan Strait to conduct scientific research tests and training exercises in the South China Sea, the PLA Navy said on Friday. “The cross-regional tests and training are a routine mission of the carrier’s construction process and do not target any specific objects,” said navy spokesman Senior Colonel Leng Guowei, according to state news agency Xinhua. Photos and videos posted on social media showed the Fujian...

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67 h. ago Why did Harvard top mathematician Liu Jun leave the US for China?

When it was officially announced in late August that statistician Liu Jun had left Harvard University and joined Tsinghua University in Beijing, speculation ran rampant. Was it political tension? Research funding cuts? A backlash against Chinese academics in the US? For Liu, the answer is simple – and deeply personal. It “has nothing to do with Trump”, he said in an email to the South China Morning Post, explaining that his decision was not out of political protest or professional...

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3 d. ago Charlie Kirk killing a watershed moment as US political violence rises

The assassination of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk marks a watershed moment in a surge of US political violence, one that some experts fear will inflame an already-fractured country and inspire more unrest. “This event is horrifying, alarming, but not necessarily surprising,” said Mike Jensen, a researcher at the University of Maryland, which has tracked such violence in a terrorism database since 1970. In the first six months of the year, the US experienced about 150 politically-motivated...

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3 d. ago Update: China rises to world's second place in new drug development

Update: China rises to world's second place in new drug development  Xinhua

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3 d. ago Global investment funds are tiptoeing into Hong Kong, aided by HKIC

Global financial investors are pouring into Hong Kong in a low profile way to stay under the radar and avoid undue attention because of rising geopolitical tension, said the head of the city’s de facto sovereign wealth fund. “We see a great velocity of [capital] flow, although in a very low profile way,” said Clara Chan, the CEO of the HK$62 billion (US$8 billion) government-owned fund known as Hong Kong Investment Corporation (HKIC), during a Wednesday interview with the Post at the BioHK 2025...

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3 d. ago Hong Kong’s estimated suicide rate rose last year. Who was most at risk and why?

Hong Kong’s estimated suicide rate increased last year, with men aged between 25 and 39 emerging as the most vulnerable group, according to the latest data from a local university, with experts attributing the rise in male victims to the city’s sluggish economy. Figures published by the Jockey Club Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) on Wednesday showed that the estimated suicide rate in 2024 stood at 14.1 deaths per 100,000 people, compared with 13.5...

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4 d. ago Fishing for intelligence: US plan puts Filipinos at risk in South China Sea

A US proposal to train Filipino fishermen as informants, tasked with reporting illegal fishing and environmental degradation by foreign vessels, has triggered concern that civilians could be thrust into the front lines of the South China Sea dispute. Jonathan Fritz, US principal deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, outlined the initiative during a round-table discussion at the US embassy in Manila on Thursday. Despite Washington’s recent overhaul of its foreign...

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4 d. ago Schroders hit by Hong Kong property slump as banks seize assets

Schroders has become the latest global asset manager to be caught up in Hong Kong’s commercial property meltdown. Within just a few months, two assets managed by its property investment arm have been seized by bank creditors. Now it faces a new challenge relating to a loan for a three-floor commercial space at Harbourfront Landmark in Hong Kong’s Hung Hom district. The facility was not repaid on the original maturity date. The lender, Bank of Communications (Hong Kong), was now weighing various...

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4 d. ago Asia markets rise as investors assess key China inflation data

Asia markets rise as investors assess key China inflation data  CNBC

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4 d. ago Why Nations Fail, Revisited: America’s Institutional Drift & China’s Cleantech Rise

Why Nations Fail, Revisited: America’s Institutional Drift & China’s Cleantech Rise  CleanTechnica

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