The offer was blunt: $25,000 to track and kill a person in the Lithuanian capital who, according to U.S. prosecutors, was “telling lies about Russia”. The alleged approach came last year from
Germany’s trade deficit with China widened significantly in the first half of 2026, even as China remained the country’s largest overall trading partner, according to preliminary data from state-run agency Germany Trade
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A former employee of South Korean semiconductor manufacturer SK Hynix has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for leaking information on semiconductor manufacturing technology to a Chinese company, Yonhap news agency
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India has sharply criticised the United States Senate’s passage of legislation that could allow President Donald Trump to impose tariffs of up to 100% on countries buying large quantities of Russian oil
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Taiwan’s Cabinet is expected to approve next year’s central government budget on August 20, with defence spending projected to exceed NT$1.1 trillion (US$34.07 billion) and a further NT$240 billion earmarked for a
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Editorial There is something deeply unsettling about a country fighting corruption while simultaneously contemplating a legal mechanism that could allow a participant in corruption to escape prosecution by telling the authorities what
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At Stanley prison, on the southern edge of Hong Kong Island, Jimmy Lai’s solitary confinement extends far beyond the walls of his cell. According to his family, the 78-year-old is held alone
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When Abigail, a 13-year-old schoolgirl, learned that she would have to give evidence in court for a second time, she wept in frustration. The first time she had testified about being raped,
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Vietnam is confronting a growing tension between its reliance on overseas employment and the labour demands of industries at home, as workers increasingly seek higher-paying jobs abroad despite efforts by domestic employers
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Some 1,500 couples have married in a mass wedding organised by the government of Kano State in northern Nigeria, in a programme intended to help people who might otherwise be unable to
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India has formally assigned standard names to 27 places and geographical features in Arunachal Pradesh, in a move presented by the Government of India as a response to China’s successive efforts to
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The Chinese government-installed “11th Panchen Lama”, Gyaltsen Norbu, met Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) Party Secretary Wang Junzheng on August 3, with the meeting focusing on political loyalty, national unity, religious policy and
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On a warm May night, as a spring tide pushes the waters of Delaware Bay far up the beach, Atlantic horseshoe crabs emerge from the sea in their thousands. Under the new
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When people hear the word “psychopath”, the image that often comes to mind is that of a serial killer or violent criminal, shaped as much by Hollywood as by psychology. Hannibal Lecter,
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At 2,930 metres above sea level, with Mount Teide rising above him and a sea of clouds below, Garik Israelian moves through the facilities of the Canary Islands Institute of Astrophysics in
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by Our Correspondent in Washington DC US intelligence agencies reportedly believe that Russian President Vladimir Putin could launch an attack against a NATO member in the coming years, potentially before the end
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