The European Union is preparing an “economic security doctrine” that will for the first time connect its trade and economic defences – but while Brussels builds the pipes, national leaders remain reluctant to turn on the tap. Sources say the do...

Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Friday threw suspended prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra out of office over her handling of the country’s border row with Cambodia. Paetongtarn, daughter of controversial billionaire ex-prime minister Thaksi...

Four men in Seremban, Malaysia pleaded not guilty to charges of raping a girl who was three months shy of her 12th birthday. The accused – K Kumar, 39; M. Thineshvaran, 30; Sayrran Kumar, 21; and G. Niressh Pillai, 20 – were all charged with rape...

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In a hotel-turned-campus on a reclaimed island in Malaysia, crypto and tech entrepreneurs are building software, chomping down on Australian prime rib-eye, hitting the gym – and getting schooled in a radical blueprint for creating new sovereign sta...

Tensions have risen in Indonesia’s capital following a protest call by students at Jakarta’s police headquarters on Friday in response to the death of a motorcycle ride-sharing driver hit by a police vehicle. The driver was hit at the site of vio...

Hong Kong police have intensified their crackdown on shoplifting following a rise in cases in Tseung Kwan O district, with some thieves testing the market by posting items on online shopping platforms before stealing them. Between August 1 and 27, th...

In 2015, a US Navy F/A-18 pilot flying off the East Coast with the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt encountered something inexplicable: an unidentified flying object shaped like a spindle, hovering above the clouds with no visible means of pro...

The only female coach for a formation of troops set to take part in China’s coming Victory Day military parade has adopted an unusually musical and psychological approach to warm-up training. The training strategy of Wang Shuang, who coaches the ar...

Beijing-based AI chipmaker Cambricon Technologies, widely seen as a potential alternative to Nvidia in the Chinese market, has issued a rare warning about supply chain risks and excessive speculation in its shares, which have gained 521 per cent in t...

The head of the UN food agency said on Thursday that it was “very evident” during her visit to Gaza this week that there was not enough food in the Palestinian territory and that she spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the ...

Tensions between the United States and Venezuela were rising amid a large US naval buildup in the Southern Caribbean and nearby waters, which US officials have said was aimed to address threats from Latin American drug cartels. US President Donald Tr...

Malaysian police have arrested more than 400 people in Kuala Lumpur following a raid on an office linked to a Singaporean fintech company that sponsors Manchester United. The operation unfolded on Tuesday, when officers swept through the company’s ...

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The age limit for private vehicles used in Hong Kong ride-hailing will be relaxed from seven to 12 years to attract more part-time drivers, the Post has learned, while a government source has said a proposed regulatory framework can address a recent ...

Tencent Holdings is aiming for “aggressive” growth in the international cloud computing market, on the back of the growing appetite overseas for Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) models, according to a senior executive. That sharpened focus by...

Survivors of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery and their families have renewed their calls for Chinese courts to accept their landmark lawsuits and launch investigations as the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II approaches. In April last year...

Malaysia’s government wants to stamp out taxi touts, a practice it says has cheated tourists for decades and is tarnishing the country’s reputation. Touting, particularly at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, had been an issue for more than a de...

Kim Keon-hee, the wife of South Korea’s ousted former president Yoon Suk-yeol, has been indicted for bribery and other charges, a special prosecution team said on Friday, amid a widening probe into the country’s martial law crisis and scandals in...

As India and China reconfigure their relationship, US President Donald Trump’s steep trade tariffs may prove to be a blessing in disguise and bring greater urgency to efforts to mend ties between the two neighbours. Peace talks have been ongoing, r...

Nearly 340 etomidate drug users were reported in Hong Kong in the first half of this year, exceeding the 300 recorded for all of 2024, with the youngest user among the latest batch aged just 11. Commissioner for Narcotics Kesson Lee also said on Wedn...

At a time when the United States is decoupling from China on cutting-edge chip technology, Nvidia has unveiled its list of suppliers for the advanced 800 VDC power architecture powering next-generation AI data centres. Among American and European gia...

Japan’s famous Rabbit Island is set to introduce a new visitors’ tax, with the proceeds to go towards preserving the remains of the island’s less well-known sights, including a secret wartime poison gas research and production plant. Tens of th...

As his new tariff regime came into force in early August, US President Donald Trump emerged as a clear victor. Largely due to the United States’ unrivalled market power, he was able to force major concessions from trading partners: zero tariff acce...

A mother in Shanghai is offering a flat she owns in the city as a reward for information that helps her find her long-lost son who was abducted at the age of 4. Tang Weihua, 55, and her husband, Wang Jie, have been looking for their only son, Wang Le...

A scandal over counterfeit bricks in an MTR Corporation project in Hong Kong has deepened, with the maker of the genuine product saying the registered address of the Beijing firm allegedly behind the fakes is “more like a deserted yard” with no o...

The ongoing rally in Chinese stocks will do little to boost growth in the mainland’s economy, as equity investments account for a small portion of total household assets, Nomura Holdings said. In a report on Wednesday, Lu Ting, the Japanese brokera...

Thailand’s Constitutional Court will decide whether to remove prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office for breaching ethics later on Friday, a ruling that threatens the survival of her family’s political dynasty and could unleash fresh c...

The Trump administration has approved a US$825 million arms sale to Ukraine that will include extended-range missiles and related equipment to boost its defensive capabilities as US efforts to broker peace between Ukraine and Russia appear stalled. T...

Futu Holdings is expanding its footprint in Hong Kong with the opening of its first flagship store and inaugural Institutional and Private Wealth Services centre in Causeway Bay, underscoring the online brokerage’s ambition to capture the city’s ...

Hong Kong has the conditions to become a major hub for virtual assets, rivalling markets like the US and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), but the city’s regulators must act swiftly to realise its potential, according to Zhao Changpeng, founder and l...

US CDC Director Susan Monarez was fired on Wednesday after resisting changes to vaccine policy that were advanced by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jnr and that she believed contradicted scientific evidence, a close associate said on Thursday. Th...

Ahead of the 80th anniversary of Victory Day, marking the end of the Sino-Japanese war and the global fight against fascism, we look at the profound changes of the post-war period and how they continue to affect China’s place in the world. In the s...

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has launched a campaign against illegal palm oil plantations, seeking to reclaim millions of hectares of forest lost to unchecked expansion. The authorities confirm that plantations on 3.7 million hectares are il...

The shooter who killed two Catholic school students and wounded more than a dozen youngsters sitting in the pews of a Minneapolis church once attended the same school and was “obsessed” with the idea of killing children, authorities said on Thurs...

A Polish Air Force F-16 fighter plane crashed during a rehearsal for an air show in Radom, central Poland, and the pilot died, the army said on Thursday. “A Polish Army pilot died in the crash of an F-16 aircraft – an officer who always served hi...

Discussions with the White House to allow American AI chip company Nvidia to sell a less advanced version of its next-generation advanced GPU chip to China will take time, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on Thursday. When asked about White House talks o...

The UN Security Council voted unanimously on Thursday to terminate the UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon at the end of next year after nearly five decades, bowing to demands from the United States and its close ally Israel. The United States,...

Mexico is preparing to raise tariffs on Chinese imports of automobiles, textiles and plastics, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, under a proposal expected to be part of the 2026 budget to be submitted to the nation’s Congress next month. If conf...

Hong Kong police have unconditionally released a customs officer who was arrested in January after he tried to intercept a motorcyclist who later crashed and died. The police force announced the decision on Thursday almost eight months after the off-...

Florida could be on the hook for US$218 million the state spent to convert a remote training airport in the Everglades into an immigration detention centre dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz”. The centre may soon be completely empty as a judge upheld her...

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook filed a lawsuit on Thursday claiming US President Donald Trump has no power to remove her from office, setting up a legal battle that could reset long-established norms for the US central bank’s independence. Cook...

In late 2023, Kent Liu finally decided to take a leap of faith: it was time to move his customised printing business from China to the United States. Liu felt he needed to make a change. For years, his company had made money by printing T-shirts, hat...

Bitcoin Asia kicked off in Hong Kong on Thursday, as Hong Kong strives to balance its goal of becoming a crypto hub while pushing forward a regulatory regime to mitigate financial risks. In its second edition, the conference featured experts who said...

Britain, France and Germany on Thursday launched a 30-day process to reimpose UN sanctions on Iran over its disputed nuclear programme, a step likely to stoke tensions two months after Israel and the United States bombed Iran. A senior Iranian offici...

A 20-year-old Hong Kong woman who emerged from the same talent show as local heartthrob Keung To of popular boy band Mirror has been chosen to join a global pop group created by Simon Fuller, the man behind American Idol. XIX Entertainment, the compa...

American comedian Sammy Obeid has accused Singaporean authorities of trying to censor his stand-up show after his performance scheduled for Sunday was cancelled, but officials say the permit was rejected because the application was lodged too late. O...

The administration of US President Donald Trump called on American banks and other financial institutions Thursday to step up monitoring of suspected Chinese money-laundering networks it says fuel fentanyl addiction in the United States. The advisory...

Russian and Chinese submarines have conducted their first joint patrol in the Pacific, the latest in a series of efforts to expand military cooperation between the two countries. The Russian Navy’s Pacific Fleet said on Wednesday that the patrol be...

Hong Kong is a potential target for terrorists and must maintain a high level of preparedness at all times, the chief executive has said, after the city successfully held its largest-ever counterterrorism exercise on Thursday at Kai Tak cruise termin...