At least 16 people have been killed and 32 injured in a magnitude-7 earthquake in China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, according to the state news agency Xinhua, citing local disaster management authorities. At
China has expelled two of its most senior military leaders from the Communist Party and the armed forces, accusing former Central Military Commission (CMC) vice-chairman Zhang Youxia and former CMC member Liu
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US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are due to meet in Washington on September 24, with trade expected to dominate a summit shaped by shifting economic fortunes and mounting
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China reduced its holdings of US Treasuries to an 18-year low in July, highlighting a broader retreat by foreign holders of American government debt as concerns over the sustainability of Washington’s finances
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China has urged the United States to stop expanding its military capabilities in outer space, warning that the deployment of weapons in orbit could contribute to a wider global arms race. The
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For an entire generation of Americans, the sight of the Soviet Sputnik satellite passing overhead became a symbol of technological vulnerability. The first artificial satellite launched a space race that ultimately saw
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Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee said the city’s first Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development, covering 2026-2030, and the 2026 Policy Address will be released on September 16, presenting the
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Beijing is set to impose some of China’s strictest restrictions on drones, with possession and storage of the devices across the capital to be prohibited from 15 November, authorities announced on Sunday.
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Warnings from researchers at leading U.S. artificial intelligence developer Anthropic that increasingly powerful models could escape human control and even lead to the extinction of the human race have drawn attention in
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by Our Correspondent in New Delhi Chinese President Xi Jinping skipped a gala dinner hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for BRICS leaders and other delegates attending the Summit in New Delhi
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Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on BRICS countries and the wider Global South to take a greater role in shaping the future of artificial intelligence, urging governments to develop the technology
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Chinese scientists have developed a new oil-refining technique that they say can reduce energy consumption by roughly 90 per cent, potentially lowering production costs and emissions while enabling refineries to extract greater
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Bangladesh is moving towards a more diversified foreign policy as its ties with China deepen, signalling Dhaka’s ambition to emerge as a more independent strategic actor in South Asia while reducing its
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Three former leaders of the now-disbanded Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China have been sentenced to up to seven years and three months in prison under Hong
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White nets now stretch above the entrances of police buildings in Pakistan’s northern border region, offering a striking example of how tactics developed on the Ukrainian battlefield are being adapted to a
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Twenty-one people have been confirmed dead and 541 others remain missing following a mudslide that struck Gyirong Port on the China-Nepal border in southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, according to figures released
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