Latest move underscores efforts to normalise ties and draw closer in wake of Trump’s policies, stiff tariffs. Published On 3 Oct 20253 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share India and China plan to resume direct flights this month between some of their cities after a five-year suspension as relations between…
Published On 3 Oct 20253 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Worldwide protests have erupted following Israel’s interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza, with demonstrators demanding stronger sanctions against Israel. Across continents from Europe to Australia and South America, crowds gathered on Thursday to protest…
US President Donald Trump announced earlier this week that his administration would launch a new website, called TrumpRx, which will allow American consumers to buy prescription drugs from pharmaceutical companies at discounted prices. Pfizer, the first United States pharmaceutical group to sign up to the website, said it would offer discounts of up to 85…
Cover image via Douyin Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, and WhatsApp for the latest stories and breaking news. A new fashion trend is taking over social media in China, where young people are getting ‘tooth tattoos’ — designs engraved onto dental caps that are later fitted onto their teeth Messages like “get rich” and “ensure success”, along with lovers’…
The Israeli military has largely dismantled a humanitarian flotilla seeking to break its siege on Gaza, arresting hundreds of activists from dozens of vessels, but one yacht continues to plough onwards towards the Palestinian enclave. As of the early hours of Friday morning, the Polish-flagged Marinette, which reportedly has a crew of six, is the…
China told the US envoy to abide by ‘fundamental norms governing international relations’, including noninterference. The United States has dismissed a warning issued by Beijing’s top diplomat in Hong Kong to Washington’s new Consul General in the city, telling her not to interfere in the Chinese-run territory’s internal affairs. Cui Jianchun, commissioner of the Hong…
An official from Hamas says the Palestinian group will respond “soon” to United States President Donald Trump’s proposal to end Israel’s nearly two-year war on Gaza. Hamas political bureau member Mohammed Nazzal told Al Jazeera Arabic on Thursday that the group was discussing Trump’s plan with the goal of stopping Israel’s war on Gaza and…
Hong Kong police have arrested a 31-year-old man after discovering more than HK$140 million (US$17.9 million) worth of suspected cocaine in a truck. Police said on Thursday that officers from the narcotics bureau intercepted a suspicious light goods vehicle at a metered car park near Kau Sai San Tsuen in Sai Kung the morning before….
Russian President Vladimir Putin has pledged a “significant” response to “Europe’s militarisation” and says the hysteria around his country potentially attacking NATO is “nonsense”. “They can’t believe what they’re saying, that Russia is going to attack NATO,” he said on Thursday at a foreign policy forum in the southern resort city of Sochi. “They’re either…
Tesla sales have surged in the third quarter as buyers in the United States rushed to take advantage of electric vehicle (EV) tax credits that were eliminated under President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax bill passed this year. On Thursday, the automaker reported a 7.4 percent increase in sales compared with the same period last year…