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A delegation from the Thai government will visit China this week to check on the welfare of dozens of Uygur refugees, after their controversial deportation drew global condemnation and US travel sanctions on local officials. Government spokesman Jirayu Houngsub said […]

Vietnam is stepping up inspections of particular children’s toys over concerns that imagery on the model’s face resembles a map China uses to stake competing territorial claims in the South China Sea. The investigation was launched after local media reported

Singapore real estate billionaire Kwek Leng Beng dropped a lawsuit against his son he had accused of an alleged coup last month, patching up a family feud as abruptly as it erupted. The elder Kwek will continue in his role

In a workshop overlooking paddy fields on the eastern edge of Java, Dimas Firmansyah is tinkering away on a large truck engine. A lanky 18-year-old in a hard hat and work shirt, he hopes to find a job repairing coal

Singapore Exchange (SGX) plans to list bitcoin perpetual futures as traditional exchanges push deeper into cryptocurrency derivative markets. Singapore’s largest exchange group intends to launch the contracts in the second half of 2025, a spokesperson said in an emailed statement.

The US has rejected a Canadian proposal to establish a task force that would tackle Russia’s so-called shadow fleet of oil tankers, as the Trump administration re-evaluates its positions across multilateral organisations, according to people familiar with the matter. Canada,

The Trump administration could announce a pathway for tariff relief on Mexican and Canadian goods covered by North America’s free trade agreement as soon as tomorrow, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Tuesday. “Both the Mexicans and the Canadians were

Colossal Biosciences, a US start-up trying to bring the prehistoric mammoth back from extinction, said it has achieved a first step: the woolly mouse. Using DNA and genomics technologies, scientists have modified the mice to have longer, thicker hair and

TikTok generated US$1.7 billion globally in sales from TikTok Live in just one quarter in 2023, with more than US$400 million of that coming from the US, according to a newly unsealed lawsuit brought against the company in Washington. TikTok

European leaders are confronting their worst-case scenario: maybe they really are going to be dealing with a bellicose Russia alone. When the US lined up alongside Russia and North Korea earlier this week to oppose a UN motion condemning Vladimir