• How China’s C919 could win big from revived US jet engine exports: analysts
    Monday, July 7, 2025 from China feed
    China is expected to sustain production of its home-grown aircraft and expand access to foreign skies, following the United States’ removal of a ban on selling American jet engine parts and technology to Chinese buyers. But analysts...
  • Malaysia’s judicial crisis: Anwar’s party members want him to ‘clear the air’
    Monday, July 7, 2025 from South China Morning Post - Asia feed
    Senior Malaysian lawmakers are calling for both a royal inquiry and a parliamentary investigation into Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim over alleged irregularities in judicial appointments, warning that such actions risk plunging the...
  • Trump’s Chinese drone issue, Viagra’s potential against cancer: 5 weekend reads
    Monday, July 7, 2025 from South China Morning Post - Asia feed
    We have put together stories from our coverage last weekend to help you stay informed about news across Asia and beyond. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Trump wants to ground China’s drones...
  • Australia’s Albanese to address Darwin Port sale on China visit
    Monday, July 7, 2025 from South China Morning Post - Asia feed
    When Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrives in China next week for his second official visit, he will have more than the typical diplomatic niceties to discuss with President Xi Jinping. A major task on Albanese’s agenda,...
  • The China edge that lured the world’s top flying insect detective
    Monday, July 7, 2025 from China feed
    As a world expert on insect migration, Jason Chapman knows a thing or two about the impact of travel. The top British ecologist has now made his own move, a career decision that has underscored the growing prominence of China in the...
  • Trump says countries aligning themselves with BRICS' 'anti-American policies' will be hit with additional 10% tariffs
    Monday, July 7, 2025 from Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion - World
    U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said that countries aligning themselves with the "Anti-American policies" of BRICS, will be charged an additional 10% tariff. "Any Country aligning themselves…
  • Hundreds gather as Hong Kong bids farewell to China’s Shandong-led fleet
    Monday, July 7, 2025 from Hong Kong feed
    Hundreds of people have flocked to the Hong Kong waterfront to catch a final glimpse of the Shandong aircraft carrier and its fleet as they conclude their five-day port call to the city, with the No 2 official saying the visit has...
  • Hezbollah leader refuses to disarm until Israel withdraws from southern Lebanon
    Monday, July 7, 2025 from Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion - World
    Hezbollah leader Naim Kassem reiterated Sunday the militant group’s refusal to lay down its weapons before Israel withdraws from all of southern Lebanon and stops its airstrikes. He…
  • Israel sends delegation to Qatar for Gaza talks ahead of Netanyahu trip to U.S.
    Monday, July 7, 2025 from Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion - World
    An Israeli delegation left for Qatar on Sunday for talks on a possible Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal, an Israeli official said, hours before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
  • Russia and Ukraine trade drone strikes as Kyiv signs deals to boost drone production
    Monday, July 7, 2025 from Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion - World
    Russia and Ukraine struck each other with hundreds of drones on Sunday, throwing Russian air travel in disarray, shortly after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced deals with Western…
  • U.S. tariffs to kick in Aug 1, barring trade deals: Bessent
    Monday, July 7, 2025 from Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion - World
    U.S. tariffs will kick in on August 1 if trading partners from Taiwan to the European Union do not strike deals with Washington, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said…
  • Death toll from Texas floods reaches 78; Trump plans visit
    Monday, July 7, 2025 from Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion - World
    The death toll from catastrophic floods in Texas reached at least 78 on Sunday, including at least 28 children, as the search for girls missing from a summer…
  • Trump slams Musk's political party as 'ridiculous'
    Monday, July 7, 2025 from Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion - World
    President Donald Trump on Sunday slammed former ally Elon Musk's launching of a new political party as "ridiculous," after the tech billionaire who once backed the Republican said…
  • Malaysian police hunt Pakistani man accused of child sex abuse
    Monday, July 7, 2025 from South China Morning Post - Asia feed
    Malaysian police are on the hunt for a foreign man accused of sexually assaulting three boys and a teenager over the past three months in suburbs just outside the capital city of Kuala Lumpur. The crimes were allegedly carried out in two...
  • Yoon's Detention Warrant Hearing Set for 2:15 p.m. Wednesday
    Monday, July 7, 2025 from [KBS WORLD RADIO] NEWS
    [Politics] : A court will hold a hearing on Wednesday to decide whether to grant a new detention warrant for former President Yoon Suk Yeol.  The Seoul Central District Court announced on Monday that the hearing will take place at 2:15...
  • Why France is toasting China’s new tariff on European brandy
    Monday, July 7, 2025 from World feed
    China’s new anti-dumping duty targeting European brandy unexpectedly became the toast of France over the weekend, after Beijing granted exemptions to a string of French cognac makers. The cordial reaction in Paris came as a surprise to...
  • Ahn Cheol-soo Quits PPP Reform Committee Chair to Run for Party Leader
    Monday, July 7, 2025 from [KBS WORLD RADIO] NEWS
    [Politics] : Rep. Ahn Cheol-soo of the People Power Party(PPP) has said that he will step down as chair of the party’s reform committee, just days into his tenure, and instead run in the upcoming party leadership race. Ahn made the...
  • Israel attacks three Yemeni ports and power plant
    Monday, July 7, 2025 from Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion - World
    Israel has attacked Houthi targets in three Yemeni ports and a power plant, the Israeli military said early on Monday, marking the first Israeli attack on Yemen in…
  • Special Counsel: Yoon Ordered Security to Display Guns While Blocking Arrest
    Monday, July 7, 2025 from [KBS WORLD RADIO] NEWS
    [Politics] : A special counsel team investigating the December 3 martial law case has accused former President Yoon Suk Yeol of ordering his security staff to carry and display firearms in an attempt to block investigators from arresting...
  • Chinese scientists create visual sensor that adapts to light changes in seconds
    Monday, July 7, 2025 from China feed
    A team of Chinese scientists has used semiconductor “quantum dots” to develop a vision sensor that adapts to extreme light changes faster than the human eye. The bionic visual sensor can adapt to extreme changes between dark and light in...
  • What can South Korea learn from Israel-Iran war for its own air defence?
    Monday, July 7, 2025 from South China Morning Post - Asia feed
    For years, South Korea’s government has invested billions in missile shields and early warning systems, determined to keep the threat of Pyongyang’s ever-expanding arsenal at bay. But the relentless exchange of missiles that defined last...
  • New rules proposed for Hong Kong legislators suggest lack of discipline
    Monday, July 7, 2025 from Hong Kong feed
    When we have a 90-member-strong legislature, things get done. Hong Kong’s Legislative Council has passed 117 bills, 98 per cent more than in the previous term. The bulk of lawmakers’ work is, well, making laws, so it speaks to the...
  • Bessent: Countries Without Trade Deals to Face Higher Tariffs on August 1
    Monday, July 7, 2025 from [KBS WORLD RADIO] NEWS | International
    [International] : U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who is leading the country’s trade negotiations, has reaffirmed that countries failing to reach trade deals with Washington will face higher reciprocal tariffs starting August 1. ...
  • S. Korea Requests US for Exemption from New Port Fees on Car Carriers
    Monday, July 7, 2025 from [KBS WORLD RADIO] NEWS
    [International] : South Korea has reportedly requested the United States to exempt it from new U.S. port fees on foreign-built car carriers.  According to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative(USTR) on Monday, South Korea’s...
  • Brics in push for UN to take lead on setting rules for artificial intelligence
    Monday, July 7, 2025 from World feed
    Brics leaders have adopted a new declaration calling for the United Nations to take the lead in setting global rules for artificial intelligence, arguing that the fast-growing technology must not deepen inequalities between developed and...
  • President Lee's Approval Rating Rises to 62.1% One Month into Office
    Monday, July 7, 2025 from [KBS WORLD RADIO] NEWS
    [Politics] : President Lee Jae Myung’s approval rating has exceeded 60 percent roughly one month after taking office, according to a recent poll. In a survey conducted by Realmeter on two-thousand-508 adults nationwide from Monday to...
  • S. Korea, UK to Begin Fifth Round of FTA Upgrade Talks in Seoul
    Monday, July 7, 2025 from [KBS WORLD RADIO] NEWS
    [International] : South Korea and the United Kingdom will launch the fifth round of negotiations this week to upgrade their bilateral free trade agreement(FTA). The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced that the talks will...
  • Trump: US to Send up to 15 Countries Tariff Letters Starting Monday
    Monday, July 7, 2025 from [KBS WORLD RADIO] NEWS
    [International] : U.S. President Donald Trump said that the United States will begin sending out letters notifying tariff rates to 12 to 15 countries starting Monday. Speaking to reporters before boarding Air Force One in New Jersey on...
  • Smaller fall in Hong Kong office rents unlikely to benefit distressed landlords
    Monday, July 7, 2025 from Hong Kong feed
    The decline in Hong Kong’s office rents slowed in the second quarter amid rising leasing demand from finance and law firms, but analysts cautioned this trend was unlikely to substantially benefit landlords as prices are yet to recover....
  • Nominations open for SCMP Live’s new 2025 Business Awards
    Monday, July 7, 2025 from Hong Kong feed
    The South China Morning Post is kicking off its inaugural Business Awards by SCMP Live to honour the outstanding achievements of corporate executives and companies in the Greater Bay Area. The awards have been reimagined from the...
  • Hong Kong manufacturers brace for higher costs as end of trade truce looms
    Monday, July 7, 2025 from Hong Kong feed
    A recent surge in Hong Kong’s exports masks a grim reality for frontline manufacturers, with some facing a sharp drop-off in new orders and bracing for renewed pressure on costs as a 90-day tariff truce between Washington and Beijing...
  • Fake it ‘til you make it? Inside Southeast Asia’s booming counterfeit economy
    Monday, July 7, 2025 from South China Morning Post - Asia feed
    Persistence is the lifeblood of the counterfeit trade – an attribute Rahul* has in spades. On the bustling, neon-lit streets of Bangkok, the thirty-something from India hawks imitation Rolex watches with a practised ease. “This is nearly...
  • FWD Group shares start trading unchanged in Hong Kong market
    Sunday, July 6, 2025 from Hong Kong feed
    FWD Group made a flat trading debut in the Hong Kong stock market, as the insurer’s four-year listing journey from New York back to its hometown failed to resonate with investors, even as it built an Asia-wide group across 10 markets....
  • Ruling Bloc Holds First High-Level Policy Coordination Meeting
    Sunday, July 6, 2025 from [KBS WORLD RADIO] NEWS
    [Politics] : The government and the ruling Democratic Party(DP) have agreed to make a concerted effort to stabilize prices and swiftly implement the supplementary budget to stimulate consumption. DP spokesperson Park Sang-hyuk said on...
  • S. Korea’s Top Security Adviser Visits US ahead of July 9 Tariff Deadline
    Sunday, July 6, 2025 from [KBS WORLD RADIO] NEWS
    [International] : South Korea's National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac has visited the United States to discuss trade and security issues ahead of the July 9 deadline marking the end of a 90-day pause on U.S. tariffs. Speaking to...
  • Why the Science and Technology Agreement is a US-China bellwether: Denis Simon
    Sunday, July 6, 2025 from China feed
    Denis Simon is one of the leading experts on US-China science and technology cooperation as well as China’s innovation system. He has held senior roles including executive vice-chancellor at Duke Kunshan University and director of the...
  • 70% of shops hit by Noto quake see no prospects of rebuilding
    Sunday, July 6, 2025 from Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion - National
    Seventy percent of shops and restaurants currently operating from temporary facilities in the earthquake-hit Noto Peninsula in central Japan have no prospects of returning to their original locations,…
  • Emperor, empress begin weeklong visit to Mongolia
    Sunday, July 6, 2025 from Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion - National
    Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako began a weeklong visit to Mongolia on Sunday during which he plans to honor thousands of Japanese prisoners of World War II who…
  • Dozens more evacuated from southwestern Japan islands amid quakes
    Sunday, July 6, 2025 from Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion - National
    More people evacuated from small islands in southwestern Japan on Sunday as quakes continued to rattle the area, heading to the closest main island of Kyushu. A total…
  • Hong Kong needs to better understand and balance ‘one country, two systems’
    Sunday, July 6, 2025 from China feed
    Jiang Enzhu, the first head of the central government’s liaison office in post-handover Hong Kong, famously likened understanding the city to reading a challenging book – one that demands serious attention and effort. At the time, his...
  • In reversal, Japan now wants rice farmers to produce more. Will it work?
    Sunday, July 6, 2025 from Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion - National
    For more than half a century, the Japanese government has encouraged its rice farmers to grow less of the crop so that prices of the national staple grain remained relatively high…
  • South Korea prosecutors file request to detain ex-President Yoon
    Sunday, July 6, 2025 from Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion - World
    South Korean special prosecutors filed a new request on Sunday to detain former President Yoon Suk Yeol, a day after he appeared before them for questioning over his…
  • BRICS leaders in Rio defend multilateralism under attack
    Sunday, July 6, 2025 from Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion - World
    Leaders of the BRICS group of developing nations condemned attacks on Iran, Gaza and Kashmir during their summit on Sunday, presenting the bloc as a defender of multilateral…
  • Mexico steps up efforts to restore ecosystems
    Sunday, July 6, 2025 from CCTV America
      In an era of climate change and increasing attention to environmental damage, more programs aimed at ‘restoration’, rather than ‘conservation’ are being prioritized. That’s the case in Mexico, where a recent summit brought...
  • BRICS finance ministers discuss financing for development projects
    Sunday, July 6, 2025 from CCTV America
      Discussions on sustainable development, and the reform of financial institutions, have brought together finance ministers from many BRICS members and the governors of the New Development Bank- the NDB, also known as the BRICS...
  • Brics leaders condemn strikes on Iran and tariffs, but avoid direct mention of US, Israel
    Sunday, July 6, 2025 from China feed
    Brics leaders meeting in Rio de Janeiro condemned recent bombing campaigns against Iran in their final summit statement, calling the strikes a “violation of international law” and “deliberate attacks” on civilian infrastructure, but...
  • China’s Li, Brazil’s Lula pledge joint effort to bring AI to farming
    Sunday, July 6, 2025 from World feed
    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Chinese Premier Li Qiang agreed to cooperate on bringing artificial intelligence to improve agriculture in both of their countries, and Lula called on his counterpart to join an...
  • China’s military will need structural change to fend off drone threats: experts
    Sunday, July 6, 2025 from China feed
    Three military analysts have called for structural changes within the People’s Liberation Army to counter the growing threat of drone attacks. Writing in the PLA Daily, the experts said it was highly likely that the Chinese military...
  • ‘Best in history’: China’s Li Qiang hails Brazil ties as he meets Lula in Rio
    Sunday, July 6, 2025 from China feed
    Chinese Premier Li Qiang has lauded his country’s growing ties with Brazil as at their “best in history”, as both nations brace for a battle with the US over trade and the global order. Meeting Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da...
  • Why Chinese investors can still expect a warm welcome in many US cities
    Sunday, July 6, 2025 from China feed
    Most local government officials in the US still welcome Chinese-invested projects despite a rise in trade tensions this year, a Chinese chamber of commerce leader said this week as potential investors weigh up economic benefits and...
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