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
The European Union is preparing to raise tariffs on steel imports to 50%, according to a draft proposal seen by Bloomberg. The move would bring the bloc’s trade policy closer to that
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The Trump administration will move ahead with the AUKUS defense pact linking the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, maintaining the original timeline that includes the sale of three Virginia-class submarines
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China has opened a new front in its technological competition with the United States by introducing a visa scheme aimed at attracting young science graduates from abroad, The Times reports. The so-called
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BYD, China’s leading electric vehicle maker, reported its first monthly sales decline in 19 months in September, as domestic demand cooled and regulators clamped down on aggressive price competition, the Financial Times
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China is restricting the use of European telecom equipment in its networks, targeting suppliers such as Nokia and Ericsson, as President Xi Jinping accelerates efforts to decouple the country’s critical technology infrastructure
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Colombian President Gustavo Petro has announced the expulsion of all remaining Israeli diplomats following the interception of a Gaza-bound flotilla by the Israeli Navy, his office confirmed Wednesday. Two Colombian nationals were
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On September 30, 2025, the United Nations mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) urged the Taliban to immediately restore Internet and telecommunications services nationwide, warning that the blackout was cutting Afghanistan off from the
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In 2010, long before Tony Blair returned to the centre of Middle East diplomacy, he attended the christening of Rupert and Wendi Deng Murdoch’s daughters in New York. Few noticed the quiet
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Japan is poised to get its second prime minister in just over a year when the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) holds a leadership election on Oct. 4, Bloomberg reports. The race
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Taiwan has rejected a U.S. proposal to move half of America’s semiconductor production to domestic soil, highlighting persistent tensions in trade discussions between the two sides. Vice Premier Cheng Li-chiun said Wednesday
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Nine-year-old Parum Gurung is a digital wizard from Lame Ahal, Pokhara. When Nepal banned TikTok in 2024, he managed to override the ban. In October 1959, when I first walked across Nepal,
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The news of Assata Shakur’s death in Havana, Cuba, on September 26, was met with a deep sense of shared loss among revolutionaries and activists worldwide. Shortly after, at a gathering in
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In August 1971, Richard Nixon announced the suspension of the dollar’s convertibility into gold. This closed a cycle that had begun with the Bretton Woods agreements, which gave the United States —the
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by Our Foreign Affairs Editor “Some would have you believe that Israel is the villain in Gaza, yet the reality is that Israel has lost more lives trying to save civilians than
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Months before Electronic Arts Inc. and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) agreed to a record-breaking $55 billion buyout, Jared Kushner played a key role in connecting the parties, Bloomberg reports. According
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