Europe sanctioned crypto exchange HTX. Experts say the firm is deploying tactics that could blunt the impact. 
China Leapfrogs into Global Biotech 
Tension in One of Asia’s Flashpoints Philippines’ Marcos uses national address to promise relief, but funding questions loom
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr used his 2026 State of the Nation Address (Sona) on Monday to promise relief from taxes, electricity charges and high…
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China’s localised data centre push drives AI ambitions amid overbuilding concerns
Despite their strikingly different approaches to developing and deploying artificial intelligence, one aspect is common across China and the United States: data and computing centres…
Why use rare earths in rubber production? Chinese scientists are engineering tougher tyres
Chinese researchers have completed trials of a new rare earth-based synthetic rubber production facility, industrialising a major raw material for manufacturing electric vehicle and heavy-duty…
Hong Kong banks in early stages of preparing for quantum computing threats, HKMA says
Hong Kong’s banking sector is still in the early stages of preparing for cybersecurity risks posed by quantum computing, the city’s de facto central bank…
Hong Kong’s wild boar population halves under capture-and-kill strategy
The number of wild boars in Hong Kong has declined by more than half in the four years since authorities adopted a capture-and-kill policy, with…
Is Kim Yo-jong’s rebuke a sign North Korea is ditching Asean diplomacy?
A rare rebuke of Asean by the powerful sister of North Korean ruler Kim Jong-un signals the bloc’s waning relevance to the nuclear-armed state, analysts…