Hong Kong’s first-ever five-year plan will not alter the city’s capitalist system but will seek to make full use of its advantages in shaping the territory’s long-term development, Chief Executive John Lee
As artificial intelligence drives a surge in global investment, analysts and executives are cautioning that the market may be entering a speculative bubble reminiscent of the late 1990s dot-com craze. Tech firms
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Malawi’s newly sworn-in President, Peter Mutharika, pledged a hardline stance against corruption and the misappropriation of public funds during his inaugural address in Blantyre on Saturday. “I warn you, whether you are
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China’s Jiaolong manned submersible has carried out the world’s first joint underwater operation with a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) in the Arctic Ocean, the China Media Group (CMG) reported on Saturday. The
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Germany’s industrial legacy is under renewed scrutiny as Klaus-Michael Kuehne, the billionaire majority owner of logistics giant Kuehne + Nagel, faces questions over his company’s Nazi-era history. The Financial Times reports that
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UK Prime Minister and Labour Party leader Keir Starmer will make his first official visit to India on October 8, at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Indian Ministry of
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Sanae Takaichi is on track to make history as Japan’s first female prime minister after being elected leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Saturday. The victory positions her to
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The highlight of the month of September is President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s visit to attend and speak at the UN General Assembly. AKD posed for the photograph with US President Donald Trump
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Germany must embrace difficult and potentially unpopular reforms to navigate the “difficult time” the country is facing, Chancellor Friedrich Merz warned on Friday. Speaking at a public event in Saarbruecken marking 35
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by Eric Retired from the Sri Lanka Navy, Rear Admiral Rathnayake’s work is immediately distinguished by its rare integration of operational experience, academic rigour, and a profound understanding of regional geopolitics, particularly
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Last year, as Nato prepared to mark its 75th anniversary, the alliance’s defence college in Rome published an anthology of science fiction imagining its future in 2099, including scenarios of rogue artificial
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In the heart of downtown Johannesburg, taps have been dry for three months, factory machines sit idle, and broken lavatories leave workers with no choice but to rely on costly trucked-in water.
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Pakistan has floated an ambitious proposal to the United States to build and operate a port on the Arabian Sea at Pasni, a seaside town just 70 miles from Gwadar and 100
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Hamas has announced that it will release all Israeli hostages captured during its October 2023 attack, marking the first time the militant group has indicated readiness to comply with a major component
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by Our Foreign Affairs Editor Nothing but a traitor would step on his own national flag. That single, shocking image from Friday night — a boot pressed upon the crimson crescent and
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On October 1, 2025, during the 60th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, a critical side event titled “Indo-Mediterranean: Women and Children Are Extremism’s First Victims” exposed the escalating human
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