The United States formally determined in January 2021 that China’s actions in Xinjiang constitute genocide, according to the US State Department. Photo : AP Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Urumqi in late September to mark the 70th anniversary of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, according to Reuters. The trip was heavily publicised by state broadcaster…
A former top diplomat from Singapore has warned of a flood of fake information in the era of artificial intelligence and called for the protection of integrity in education, as he was conferred an honorary doctoral degree in Hong Kong. Professor Kishore Mahbubani, a renowned specialist in geopolitics and past president of the United Nations…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has once again started the debate around collapsing population. In a stark warning post shared on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) Musk wrote, “There will be no West if this continues.” Musk shared the post in response to a post shared by an X user. An X user…
Hong Kong needs to develop its “geopolitical instincts” to navigate the US-China rivalry amid the broader global shift in power from the West to the East, a former top diplomat from Singapore has said. Kishore Mahbubani, who previously served as Singapore’s permanent representative to the United Nations and president of the UN Security Council, also…
NVIDIA CEO believes US tech companies will survive tariffs In an interview with USA TODAY, Jensen Huang, CEO of the world’s most valuable company NVIDIA, discussed President Trump’s tariffs and manufacturing. Nvidia (NVDA) is slated to report its second-quarter earnings after the bell on Wednesday, Aug. 27, roughly two weeks after the company agreed to…
When vintage shop owner Chandler Lesesne West got married in April, her husband, Connor Webb, didn’t wear a tuxedo. Instead, he donned a corduroy jacket covered with hand-painted images that meaningfully nodded to their relationship. It wasn’t a DIY project, though. The couple spent $2,100 on the custom piece from Bode, a luxury clothing brand….
Beijing [China], August 10 (ANI): As the global battle for technological supremacy intensifies, national security experts are sounding the alarm over China’s creeping dominance in telecommunications, an invisible war being waged far below the surface through undersea cables, data centres, and surveillance platforms. According to Pieuvre, Salih Hudayar, Foreign Minister for the East Turkestan government-in-exile,…
Lambs born after rescue from Texas disease threat Bighorn lambs spotted after rescue from disease threat that decimated Texas herds 02:00 Bighorn sheep have become a rarity in Texas, but a group of wildlife biologists are on a mission to rescue the species. About 50% of the state’s bighorn sheep population was decimated in the…
Hong Kong should ensure it acts as a “value partner” in addition to its role as a “superconnector” between mainland China and the rest of the world, rather than as a mere facilitator of connections, according to experts including the city’s former commerce chief. Speaking at the South China Morning Post 2025 China Conference themed…
Aid is pouring into Myanmar following the powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake that devastated the country on Friday, resulting in at least 1,700 deaths and thousands more injured. However, it is widely believed the final toll will be much higher because of poor communications networks and the fragmentation of the country that has resulted from years of…