Month: May 2025

Sudanese paramilitaries on Sunday struck Port Sudan, the army said, in the first attack on the seat of the army-aligned government in the country’s two-year war. The paramilitary Rapid Support … Read More

After fleeing China’s cutthroat graduate job market, Luo Ying hoped pursuing a master’s degree at a university in Cardiff would help her secure a brighter future. But months after finishing … Read More

Russian President Vladimir Putin said in comments broadcast on Sunday that the need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine had not arisen and that he hopes it will not. In … Read More

What is Hong Kong’s answer to Singapore’s Economic Development Board or the mainland’s National Development and Reform Commission? We don’t really have an exact equivalent, perhaps in keeping with our … Read More

Hard-right upstarts Reform UK snatched a parliamentary seat from Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party on Friday in local elections that dealt a blow to Britain’s two establishment parties. Reform, … Read More

As a reporter who has attended the Canton Fair – China’s oldest and largest trade exhibition – on many occasions, I can say with confidence there’s something very different about … Read More

At a small high-end confectionery in Vienna, chefs put the finishing touches to one of Austria’s signature souvenirs: Mozart chocolate balls filled with marzipan, pistachio, and rich almond and hazelnut … Read More

The United States will stage a military parade on June 14 to mark the 250th anniversary of the founding of the US Army, the White House said on Friday, with … Read More

A jolt of staff upheaval this week made Marco Rubio the first person in 50 years to hold the top two national security jobs in the US government, the culmination … Read More

Voters in South Texas in the US delivered Elon Musk a decisive victory, overwhelmingly approving a ballot measure to establish Starbase, Texas, as its own city. By a margin of … Read More