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China really wants to attract talented scientists. Trump just helped

Even before the US threatened to bar international students and besieged universities, China's huge spending campaign on the sciences was bearing fruit

What are China's grey zone tactics, and why Taiwan is vary of them?

China uses hybrid tactics-military drills, economic leverage, and psychological pressure-to steadily reshape Taiwan's security landscape while avoiding direct confrontation

India thanks Australia for backing fight against cross-border terrorism

India and Australia resolved to further boost their strategic ties with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh hailing Canberra's unequivocal support to New Delhi's resolute response to Pahalgam terror attack

Bangladesh drops Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's 'Father of the Nation' title

Bangladesh's interim government removes Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's title and name from key legislation, currency, and textbooks, signalling major revisionism in national narrative

India wins presidency of International Institute of Administrative Sciences

The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) has represented India as a member state of the IIAS since 1998

As incomes shrink, Beijing's nightlife shifts behind closed doors

China's economic slowdown is reshaping its nightlife, as middle-class professionals abandon upscale bars for low-cost, unlicensed home speakeasies hidden inside city apartments

Vietnam scraps two-child policy as aging threatens economic growth

Vietnam has abolished its long-standing two-child limit on Tuesday to try and reverse declining birth rates and ease the pressures of an aging population.

Trump's attack on DEI hits UK as corporate sponsors abandon LGBTQ pride

Companies doing business in the US have rushed to appear politically neutral after President Donald Trump signed executive orders demanding the end of what he calls 'illegal DEI'

Trump wants US to make things again- but is it ready for the challenge?

President Trump wants to revive factories, using tariffs as a tool. Companies that want to re-shore manufacturing are grappling with how to do it

No more 70-hour work weeks? China clamps down on 996 overtime culture

Amid mounting public backlash, court rulings, and employee fatigue, Chinese companies are slowly dismantling the once-glorified 996 culture in favour of legal work limits

Donald Trump gives UK five-week deadline after reprieve on steel tariff

The longer UK steel and aluminum exports are subject to US tariffs the more questions will be raised about Starmer's decision to become the first country to settle with Trump

Trump calls Xi 'very tough' after accusing China of breaching trade pact

Donald Trump ramps up US-China tensions, alleging Beijing violated a May minerals agreement, as trade talks with Xi Jinping stall, fresh visa curbs stir diplomatic unease

Trump signs order hiking steel, aluminum tariffs to 50%, exempts UK

The order said that raising the existing tariffs would offer stronger support to domestic industries and help reduce or eliminate the national security threat posed by imports of steel, aluminium

China weighs ordering up to 500 Airbus jets during EU leaders' visit

The European planemaker rose as much as 2.3 per cent in early Paris trading. Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc, which makes engines for Airbus's widebody aircraft, rose as much as 0.7 per cent in London

Boulder community to hold vigil after 12 injured in firebombing attack

A vigil was scheduled for Wednesday evening at the local Jewish community centre to support those impacted by the attack

China cracks down on illegal mining amid escalating US trade tensions

Beijing enforces tighter export controls and whole-chain oversight of critical minerals as US-China trade and technology disputes intensify

Salvador court convicts 3 ex-army officers in 1982 killing of 4 journalists

A jury made up of five women convicted the three men of murder in a lightning trial that began Tuesday morning in the northern city of Chalatenango

Earthquake of magnitude 4.2 jolts China, no casualties reported so far

According to the NCS, the quake occurred at a shallow depth of 10 km, which makes it more likely to be followed by aftershocks

Who was Sana Yousaf, 17-year-old Pakistani influencer shot dead at home?

Sana Yousaf, 17, was shot dead in her Islamabad home by a visiting relative. Police are probing rejected advances and honour killing as possible motives

US scientists warn that Donald Trump's cuts will set off a brain drain

As the United States cuts budgets and restricts immigration, China and Europe are offering researchers money and stability