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Breaking News

SEND ME (But Then Bring Me Feckin’ Home Again)

By Samantha Johnson / August 15, 2026
Breaking News

Wall Street’s Nonprofits Use Selective, Opaque Logic to Defund Charities

By Samantha Johnson / August 14, 2026
Breaking News

How Trump’s Unprecedented Effort to Prosecute Noncitizen Voters Fell Apart

By Samantha Johnson / August 14, 2026
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Corruption

Bangladesh’s ousted dictator vows to return home

By Samantha Johnson / August 17, 2026
Corruption

Vietnam’s Evolving Strategy in a Challenging Indo-Pacific

By Samantha Johnson / August 14, 2026
Current Affairs

China’s pharma contractors rally as US supply chain pressures face industry resistance

By Samantha Johnson / August 17, 2026

China’s pharmaceutical contractors are showing financial resilience in the face of Washington’s push to curb reliance on Chinese supply chains.
Analysts said investors were bullish because…

Current Affairs

Can China follow its own ‘technological path’ amid growing AI rivalry with US?

By Samantha Johnson / August 17, 2026

China’s ability to set its own technological course in the face of sustained US export restrictions may be the key factor in the two countries’…

Current Affairs

Hong Kong police officer loses appeal over 6½-year term for HK$26m mortgage fraud

By Samantha Johnson / August 17, 2026

A Hong Kong court has dismissed an appeal by a senior police officer against his 6½-year jail sentence for fraudulently securing over HK$26 million (US$3.31…

Current Affairs

Alibaba sells gaming arm Lingxi Games as tech giant sharpens focus on AI and e-commerce

By Samantha Johnson / August 17, 2026

Alibaba Group Holding has agreed to sell its wholly owned gaming business Lingxi Games to Trustar Capital as the Chinese technology giant pivots away from…

Current Affairs

Anxious Chinese mothers turn to pricey ‘parent awakening camps’ for academic help

By Samantha Johnson / August 17, 2026

Controversial “parent awakening camps” are attracting anxious Chinese mothers willing to invest significantly in confronting gaming addiction and poor academic performance.
Promoted by an increasing number…

Current Affairs

Hong Kong’s sports sector in 2024 helped generate extra HK$46b in value

By Samantha Johnson / August 17, 2026

Hong Kong’s sports sector helped to generate an extra HK$46 billion (US$5.9 billion) in value for the economy in 2024, the year local athletes clinched…

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