Pharma giants pay millions to Russian distributor entangled in corruption allegations to win cancer drug business 
Xi emerges powerful from Beijing meeting, but maybe not all-powerful 
Egyptian court orders closure of news site Mada Masr and fines editor Lina Attalah, sparking international outcry Most Singaporeans ready to let AI agents shop for them with more safeguards: study
Singaporeans are among the most open to allowing an artificial intelligence agent to shop for them, but they also want the strictest guard rails, research…
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Rising US scrutiny on clinical trials could threaten China’s biotech advantage: analysts
China’s edge in fast, cost-effective early clinical trials has propelled its emergence as a global biopharmaceutical powerhouse, but there is a risk that the United…
Why small quakes in Malaysia’s Sabah could be sounding seismic alarms
A series of small earthquakes beneath Keningau, an inland district of Sabah in Malaysian Borneo, is drawing attention to a part of the state where…
Artworks reveal Chinese rulers and Cixi loved role-playing long before modern cosplay
The Qing dynasty’s Empress Dowager Cixi is renowned as a cosplay enthusiast, leaving behind photographs and paintings of herself embodying the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy,…
Fissures over US investments stall plans for Chinese business leaders to join Xi visit
Differences between Washington and Beijing over potential investment announcements have created roadblocks for a Chinese business delegation expected to accompany President Xi Jinping’s state visit…
China launches its first commercial radio-tracking satellites in electronic warfare leap
China has just taken a quiet but critical step in space-based electronic warfare.
A Lijian-1 Y18 rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in…