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Breaking News

Alaska’s Deteriorating Schools Could Receive More Than $148 Million for Repairs. It’s a Fraction of What They Need.

By Samantha Johnson / May 29, 2026
Breaking News

More Than $100 Million Was Billed for Medically Questionable Vascular Procedures, Government Watchdog Finds

By Samantha Johnson / May 29, 2026
Breaking News

The White House Intervened to Get a $620 Million Deal for a Company Tied to Donald Trump Jr.

By Samantha Johnson / May 28, 2026
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Corruption

Patents, prices and court files: How ICIJ used data to investigate an industry that thrives on secrecy

By Samantha Johnson / May 29, 2026
Corruption

Indonesia’s Return to State Power

By Samantha Johnson / May 29, 2026
Current Affairs

Malaysia blasts ‘conspicuously muted’ response over axed Norway missile deal

By Samantha Johnson / May 31, 2026

Malaysia’s Defence Minister Mohamed Khaled Nordin slammed the international community’s “muted” response on Sunday at a security forum over Norway’s decision to scrap a missile…

Current Affairs

Hong Kong NGO offers HK$30,000 to Tai Po fire victims who transfer property

By Samantha Johnson / May 31, 2026

Hong Kong’s largest non-profit organisation, the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, will offer a HK$30,000 (US$3,827) relocation allowance to victims of the deadly Tai Po…

Current Affairs

Hong Kong considers new offshore yuan venture fund for tech, emerging industries

By Samantha Johnson / May 31, 2026

Hong Kong is actively considering launching a new offshore renminbi venture fund to channel capital into cutting-edge technology and emerging industries, while supporting yuan internationalisation,…

Current Affairs

Japanese defence minister rejects ‘new militarism’ label from China in Shangri-La speech

By Samantha Johnson / May 31, 2026

Japan’s defence minister has rejected suggestions that his country is reviving its militaristic past, telling a regional security conference that changes to its defence strategy…

Current Affairs

Why Grab and Gojek drivers fear Bali’s ‘no-go zones’

By Samantha Johnson / May 31, 2026

“I cannot come to you,” Katie Williams was told, seconds after her Grab driver had accepted her request for a ride in Canggu. “I cannot…

Current Affairs

How an HKU-developed eczema product could help fight superbug threat

By Samantha Johnson / May 31, 2026

When Scottish doctor Alexander Fleming accidentally discovered the first antibiotic in 1928, he changed the course of history, extending global life expectancy by decades and…

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