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Malaysia is seeking chip deals with Brazil and India, the government has said, issuing a stark warning that the US market may be lost to the country’s exporters. As tariff-pummelled Southeast Asian nations scour for new, friendlier markets, the Brics grouping has come into focus. The bloc, which includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South…
One of Japan’s most distinguished chemists, Eiichi Nakamura, has been appointed a chair professor at Nankai University in China. During his 50-year career, Nakamura has received numerous scientific awards as well as one of Japan’s highest honours. The University of Tokyo professor’s research spans synthetic and physical chemistry, and focuses on the functions of organic…
Hong Kong has moved closer to having its first batch of halal-certified restaurants under the city’s Q-mark certification scheme by the end of this year, with the finance chief insisting the next step is to expand international promotional efforts targeting Muslim tourists. Commerce experts on a panel exploring halal markets on Monday also emphasised that…
Hong Kong’s cash-strapped Urban Renewal Authority (URA) is looking at engaging private developers at an earlier stage of the redevelopment process by allowing them to acquire the old buildings to reduce the risk of failed tenders, the body’s chief has revealed. The remarks by URA managing director Donald Choi Wun-hing on Monday followed the authority’s…
US President Donald Trump hailed an end to a “painful nightmare” in a speech to Israel’s parliament on Monday, as the last surviving hostages returned home from Gaza and a group of Palestinian prisoners were freed under a ceasefire deal he spearheaded. The US president’s lightning visit came ahead of a summit on Gaza in…
The relationship between Pakistan and Afghanistan has always been tied by a delicate thread — one woven through faith, history, culture, and geography, yet repeatedly torn apart by politics and mistrust. As fresh border clashes between the two neighbors turn deadly once again, it is worth asking where this hostility truly comes from and why…
Assuming Donald Trump is serious about a 130% tariff on China, the US trade war has officially shifted into mutually-assured destruction mode. Though markets are taking it badly, the US president’s latest gambit to impose a 100% tariff on top of the existing 30% seems wildly unlikely to be imposed as threatened on November 1….
Malaysians have demanded that four students arrested for allegedly raping another pupil be suspended before they can take their final-year exams, in a case that has horrified a country still coming to terms with a spate of abuse cases in its educational institutions. Police arrested four high school students in southern Malacca state on Saturday…
In a speech to the United Nations Security Council last month, Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Penny Wong, took aim at artificial intelligence (AI). While she said the technology “heralds extraordinary promise” in fields such as health and education, she also said its potential use in nuclear weapons and unmanned systems challenges the future of…
