Two sessions 2026: Chinas zero corruption, financial superpower push
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John Noh, US President Donald Trump’s nominee for assistant secretary of defense for Indo-Pacific security affairs, made a significant entrance at his Senate confirmation hearing on October 7, 2025. His message, both blunt and foreboding, cast a shadow over the AUKUS pact, a trilateral defense technology-sharing agreement among the United States, the United Kingdom and…
Hong Kong police have arrested a 71-year-old man on suspicion of attacking a woman and her son with a water bottle following a dispute over smoking. The 58-year-old mother called police at about 8.30am on Saturday, reporting that the man had poured water on her and used a water bottle to attack her 29-year-old son…
A group of nine US lawmakers sent a letter to US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth this week urging the Pentagon to add a slew of Chinese technology firms to a list of entities allegedly assisting the Chinese military. The letter, sent late on Thursday after US President Donald Trump signed a US$1 trillion must-pass…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday he plans to keep tariffs in place using different authorities afterthe Supreme Court ruledhe exceeded his power under the International Economic Emergency Powers Act. During the afternoon press conference in the White House briefing room, Trump repeatedly criticized the six justices whowrotethat IEEPA does not authorize the President…
Recently released political fund reports have put Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi under scrutiny over publicity spending and company donations in the past year. The Mainichi Shimbun reported on 28 November that Takaichi spent more than 80 million yen – over half a million US dollars – on publicity for the…
In the Gobi Desert outside Golmud in the northwestern province of Qinghai, a row of white tanks stands tall in the open wilderness. Inside, air is compressed and cooled to -194 degrees Celsius (-317 Fahrenheit), and then it becomes liquid. When released, it expands by more than 750 times, drives turbines and generates electricity. This…