China’s economy expanded five percent in 2025, Beijing said Monday, one of its slowest rates of growth in decades as it struggles with persistently low consumer spending and a debt crisis in its property sector. Leaders set a growth target of “around five percent” for last year, following a five percent rise in 2024. (Unsplash/Representational…
BEIJING — China’s population fell for a fourth consecutive year in 2025, dropping by 339 million to 1.405 billion, a faster decline than 2024, official data showed Monday. The total number of births in China dropped to 7.92 million in 2025, its lowest in decades, from 9.54 million in 2024. The number of deaths rose…
Hong Kong should expand its annual marathon into a two-day race and add more diverse routes to attract more participants and boost the city’s mega-event economy, two lawmakers have said. They also said on Monday that organisers of the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon could design routes through less urbanised areas, such as Kai Tak…
Jan. 18, 2026, 10:00 p.m. ET La Liga’s matchweek continues on Sunday as Real Sociedad hosts Barcelona at the Reale Arena. Barcelona sits atop the table with 49 points from 19 matches and is looking to extend its lead in the title race over Real Madrid, which has pulled to within one point after winning…
Quantum computing and artificial intelligence are two key industries investors should be aware of these days. Quantum computing investing is something that’s on the horizon for many investors. Artificial intelligence (AI) is the big theme right now, and investors are focused on this area, with quantum computing potentially becoming relevant a few years down the…
China and Canada appear to be edging toward a thaw in people-to-people exchanges. After talks in Beijing on 16 January between President Xi Jinping and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, both sides briefed the press that a 30-day unilateral visa-waiver for ordinary Canadian passport-holders is “under active consideration.” On 17 January China’s foreign-ministry spokespeople reiterated…
REDDING, California — Raising Shasta’s annual celebrity boxing match, the Roaring Rumble, is putting a new set of local celebrities head to head in the boxing ring for their second year, with hopes of raising tens of thousands for local youth programs in the process. For their first year the Roaring Rumble raised just over…
People celebrate the New Year at a ceremony at the Juyongguan Great Wall section, also known as Juyong Pass, in Beijing, China, January 1, 2026. Maxim Shemetov | Reuters Asia-Pacific markets mostly slipped Monday, as investors assessed threats from the Trump administration toward Greenland over the weekend, as well as key economic data from China…
Iranian state television was hacked on Saturday, allowing opposition messages from exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi to be broadcast across the nation roiling from mass protests against the Islamic state, according to multiple international media reports. Pahlavi’s message carried on for several minutes, according to reports in the Times of Israel and Jerusalem Post, which…
HONG KONG (AP) — China’s economy expanded at a 5% annual pace in 2025, buoyed by strong exports despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs. However, growth slowed to a 4.5% rate in the last quarter of the year, the government said Monday. That was the slowest quarterly growth since late 2022 when China was beginning…