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A popular Japanese sushi chain in Hong Kong has denied involvement in alleged food smuggling after a television show investigation showed parallel traders transporting raw fish and chilled goods from mainland China using the restaurant’s foam boxes, sparking food safety fears. Food and Life Companies, the parent firm of Sushiro HK, also threatened legal action…
An artificial intelligence model developed by Alibaba Group Holding has emerged as the top performer in a high-profile “real money, real market” experiment that pitted six leading US and Chinese systems against one another in cryptocurrency trading. In the first round of testing on US research firm Nof1’s Alpha Arena, which concluded on Tuesday, Alibaba…
China is buying American soybeans again, much to bean growers’ relief. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said China has agreed to buy 918 million bushels in each of the next three years. President Donald Trump crowed, “Our farmers will be very happy!” With concessions from China on rare earths and fentanyl in addition to soybeans, Trump…
Beijing will bolster Hong Kong’s position as a global financial hub by enhancing openness and cooperation in the financial and economic sectors, as geopolitical shifts and emerging technologies such as AI and blockchain reshape the global order, according to Chinese regulators and global executives. Speaking during Hong Kong’s flagship Global Financial Leaders’ Investment Summit on…
China is touting a shape-shifting hypersonic missile as a leap in strike power — but the real test is whether the weapon’s engineering can outrun physics. Last month, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported that Chinese military researchers have unveiled a prototype hypersonic “morphing” missile capable of altering its aerodynamic shape mid-flight, marking a…
Singapore’s Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh on Tuesday launched an appeal against a conviction for lying under oath to a parliamentary committee, for which he was fined S$14,000 (US$10,735). In February, the Workers’ Party (WP) chief, 49, was found guilty of two counts of giving false testimonies to the committee that was scrutinising a…
Wearing large rubber boots, Nadine Mitschunas joyfully handled mature rice plants peeking through the water of her small plot growing in the fertile soil of eastern England. Growing rice “has not been done before in the UK”, said Mitschunas, a field ecologist at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH). But as temperatures warm…
After two decades of anticipation and countless delays, the Grand Egyptian Museum is finally having its grand reveal. The museum, which was set to officially open on Saturday, highlights Egypt’s ancient civilisation and is a centrepiece of the government’s drive to boost the tourist industry, a major source of foreign currency in the cash-strapped country….
DHAKA – Bangladesh’s politics, like much of South Asia’s, thrives on noise. Grandstanding, rhetoric, slogans and pointed barbs often eclipse substance. A well-timed jibe towards opponents or a fiery speech can dominate headlines for days, while reasoned argument usually drowns beneath the din. That is why Salahuddin Ahmed’s rise stands out. In a political culture…
