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Russia remained China’s top crude oil supplier in September, at a time when the United States is stepping up pressure on major economies to curb their reliance on energy from the Eurasian country. Imports from Russia rose 4.3 per cent in volume from August to 8.29 million tonnes in September, accounting for 17.5 per cent…
As global competition in autonomous driving intensifies, Europe has emerged as the latest frontier for China’s rapidly advancing self-driving technology. Start-ups such as Pony.ai, WeRide, AutoX, DeepRoute.ai, Momenta and Baidu’s Apollo Go are expanding their trials and partnerships across European cities, transforming Europe into the next stage of technological rivalry. What began as a domestic…
Taiwan has for the first time formally outlined the circumstances under which its troops can shoot down incoming drones. The new procedures, disclosed in the recently released National Defence Report 2025, set out a four-step standard operating procedure – identification and monitoring, alert and notification, safety confirmation and defensive firing. The report said the guidelines…
As the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas limps into its second week, Washington’s foreign policy establishment is engaged in its favorite parlor game: declaring victory. President Donald Trump has proclaimed himself peacemaker-in-chief, Netanyahu has welcomed returning hostages with tears and embraces, and Hamas leaders insist from their Doha, Qatar, offices that the resistance prevails….
Unitree Robotics has teased a new humanoid model in a short video on its social media channels, its most humanlike model to date. In the video, the H2 model performed a series of dexterous dance moves – including perfectly executed pirouettes and arabesques – and sported a strikingly human face modelled in silver with well-defined…
Donald Trump has found it a lot harder to end the wars in Ukraine and Gaza than he claimed during the election, but nevertheless may soon find that it feels more comfortable grappling with other people’s military conflicts than with the trade wars America itself has launched. His meeting in Budapest with Vladimir Putin has…
Weather and runway conditions at Hong Kong airport were suitable for normal operations when a cargo plane veered off the runway early on Monday and ploughed into the sea, killing two people in a security vehicle, authorities said as they launched an investigation into the accident. The Civil Aviation Department also said air traffic controllers…
The price of partnership with the United States has changed. Washington is now using assurances of defense and trade access to pressure allies in Asia and Europe to buy more of its fossil fuels under decades-long contracts. The scale is immense. The European Union intends to import up to US$750 billion of US energy –…
Mongolia’s president vetoed the dismissal of the country’s prime minister on Monday, days after parliament had voted to remove him. A majority of lawmakers voted to dismiss Gombojav Zandanshatar on Friday after weeks of political infighting and a dispute over a policy that changed how mineral exporters are taxed. The prime minister is a member…
In recent weeks, Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban have engaged in the most serious military clashes between the two neighbors in several years. Qatar and Turkey mediated a ceasefire on Sunday, bringing an end to the hostilities that have killed dozens of people and wounded hundreds. Both countries have agreed to respect one another’s territorial…
