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EU countries on Monday agreed to phase out their remaining gas imports from Russia by the end of 2027, breaking a dependency the bloc has struggled to end despite Moscow’s war on Ukraine. Energy ministers meeting in Luxembourg approved a plan by the European Commission to phase out both pipeline gas and liquefied natural gas…
China and Australia exchanged accusations on Monday after an encounter over the disputed South China Sea, with the PLA’s Southern Theatre Command Air Force saying that it drove away a P-8A military aircraft that illegally intruded into Chinese airspace. “The People’s Liberation Army Southern Theatre Command organised naval and air forces to track and monitor…
Vietnam has recently unveiled extremely ambitious plans to scale up liquefied natural gas (LNG) power generation, aiming to add over 22.5 GW by 2030 to meet local demand but more as a diplomatic overture to the United States to ease trade tensions. But the energized rhetoric risks outpacing reality. A recent IEEFA briefing underscores a…
Top US envoys arrived in Israel on Monday to assess the progress of the Gaza peace plan, following weekend violence that jeopardised the ceasefire. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held discussions with US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner about the current developments in the region, as confirmed by his office. Additionally, a…
Amazon.com cloud service returned to normal operations on Monday afternoon, the company said, after an internet outage that caused global turmoil among thousands of sites, including some of the web’s most popular apps like Snapchat and Reddit. Still, Amazon said some AWS services had a backlog of messages that would take a few hours to…
Adding to the score of destroying three narco fast boats, the US military has destroyed what appears to be a semi-submersible, probably striking it with two Hellfire missiles. What options does the US now have in trying to stop drug trafficking? The Trump administration has released a video of the target’s destruction, but has not…
A newly established international mediation body headquartered in Hong Kong can contribute to improving the world’s legal system, mainland China’s vice-foreign minister has said. Hua Chunying also highlighted on Monday the short time it took for the International Organisation for Mediation (IOMed) – the world’s first intergovernmental body dedicated to mediation – to become operational….
The Group of Seven nations (G7) and the European Union are reportedly working together to try to reduce rare earth reliance on China after the country tightened its export controls for key minerals and related refinerytechnologies on October 9. Media reports said G7 countries and the EU are considering introducing price floors to guarantee profits…
Hong Kong’s jobless rate rose to 3.9 per cent between July and September, with higher unemployment in social work and construction, authorities said on Monday. Preliminary data released by the Census and Statistics Department showed the unemployment rate rose by 0.2 percentage points over the preceding three-month period. This marks the highest rate since the…
Under the AUKUS agreement, the US will build three nuclear-poweredVirginia-class attack submarines for Australia. After the Trump Administration inherited the agreement from the Biden presidency, media reported in June 2025 that the new White House team would review AUKUS to determine whether or not it aligns with Trump’s “America First” agenda. Hearing this, prominent opponents…
