Australia nears treaty with Solomon Islands in bid to limit China’s influence
Australia is in the process of finalising a treaty with another Pacific island nation, with the national broadcaster rep
orting that Canberra has struck an “in-principle” agreement with the Solomon Islands. The two nations will work to sign the deal in the coming weeks, Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported, citi...
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Australia is in the process of finalising a treaty with another Pacific island nation, with the national broadcaster rep
orting that Canberra has struck an “in-principle” agreement with the Solomon Islands. The two nations will work to sign the deal in the coming weeks, Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported, citi...
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Can Japan, South Korea move past the ‘comfort women’ issue?
South Korean citizens’ groups have called for the abuse of wartime “comfort women” to be recognised by Unesco, as analys
ts say the ongoing feud between Seoul and Tokyo threatens to upset recent improvements in their relations. They also suggest that the two nations would benefit from working together at a time of unpre...
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South Korean citizens’ groups have called for the abuse of wartime “comfort women” to be recognised by Unesco, as analys
ts say the ongoing feud between Seoul and Tokyo threatens to upset recent improvements in their relations. They also suggest that the two nations would benefit from working together at a time of unpre...
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Should Chinese schools demote English as a core subject?
Calls to reduce English’s status as a core subject in China’s education system have resurfaced after an internet-famous
maths teacher urged the country to end “worshipping foreign things”. The controversy has revived a long-running debate over the role of English in Chinese schools. The argument came to life again afte...
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Calls to reduce English’s status as a core subject in China’s education system have resurfaced after an internet-famous
maths teacher urged the country to end “worshipping foreign things”. The controversy has revived a long-running debate over the role of English in Chinese schools. The argument came to life again afte...
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Chinese woman sues son for US$54,000 in childcare fees after 15 years, sparking debate
A woman in eastern China took legal action against her son, seeking more than 360,000 yuan (US$54,000) in compensation f
or her role in caring for his daughter. This dramatic case has ignited a nationwide debate concerning evolving perspectives on grandparental childcare responsibilities. In April, a Shanghai court disc...
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A woman in eastern China took legal action against her son, seeking more than 360,000 yuan (US$54,000) in compensation f
or her role in caring for his daughter. This dramatic case has ignited a nationwide debate concerning evolving perspectives on grandparental childcare responsibilities. In April, a Shanghai court disc...
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AI, chip firms among bidders for flagship Northern Metropolis tech hub at border
Hong Kong’s flagship tech hub at the border with mainland China received bids from firms specialising in cutting-edge fi
elds such as chips, artificial intelligence and quantum technology, the South China Morning Post has learned. The government last week said that it received an “enthusiastic response” to the tender fo...
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Hong Kong’s flagship tech hub at the border with mainland China received bids from firms specialising in cutting-edge fi
elds such as chips, artificial intelligence and quantum technology, the South China Morning Post has learned. The government last week said that it received an “enthusiastic response” to the tender fo...
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In Singapore, malls for shopping only are going out of style
While the announcement last week of the closure of a 40-year-old mall in Singapore’s Marina Bay district for redevelopme
nt has caused an outpouring of sentiment among shoppers and tenants, experts say the prime real estate has to be updated into a mixed-use site to survive in the city state. Last Monday, property devel...
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While the announcement last week of the closure of a 40-year-old mall in Singapore’s Marina Bay district for redevelopme
nt has caused an outpouring of sentiment among shoppers and tenants, experts say the prime real estate has to be updated into a mixed-use site to survive in the city state. Last Monday, property devel...
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Foreign, mainland students flock to Hong Kong sparking property demand in education sector
Hong Kong’s bid to become a global education hub is likely to transform the sector as a sustainable source of property d
emand, with the city tipped to see around 200,000 non-local students by 2035, according to CBRE. The city’s international schools are estimated to require enormous additional real estate to accommodat...
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Hong Kong’s bid to become a global education hub is likely to transform the sector as a sustainable source of property d
emand, with the city tipped to see around 200,000 non-local students by 2035, according to CBRE. The city’s international schools are estimated to require enormous additional real estate to accommodat...
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Trump posts Space Force uniforms derived from 'fascist'-inspired Starship Troopers outfits
US President Donald Trump posted an image of dark “next generation” US Space Force uniforms on Sunday that the text clai
ms were “inspired by the discipline and functionality of the Starship Trooper uniform” – a design the director of the 1997 film Starship Troopers said was directly meant to evoke Nazis. Trump also pos...
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US President Donald Trump posted an image of dark “next generation” US Space Force uniforms on Sunday that the text clai
ms were “inspired by the discipline and functionality of the Starship Trooper uniform” – a design the director of the 1997 film Starship Troopers said was directly meant to evoke Nazis. Trump also pos...
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Jakarta airport and others reopen after volcanic ash crisis in Indonesia
Indonesia’s main airport and several other air travel hubs reopened early on Tuesday after days of closure due to ash fr
om a volcanic eruption, the Transport Ministry said. The ministry wrote on Instagram that the airport serving the capital Jakarta and four others near the city or around the island of Java are now ope...
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Indonesia’s main airport and several other air travel hubs reopened early on Tuesday after days of closure due to ash fr
om a volcanic eruption, the Transport Ministry said. The ministry wrote on Instagram that the airport serving the capital Jakarta and four others near the city or around the island of Java are now ope...
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UK’s Burnham risks Trump anger with new sanctions on Israel
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s government is expected to ban trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank on Tuesda
y as he seeks to adopt a stronger policy on an issue that is important to his governing Labour Party but may anger US President Donald Trump. A new sanctions regime targeting Israel but limited to Jew...
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UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s government is expected to ban trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank on Tuesda
y as he seeks to adopt a stronger policy on an issue that is important to his governing Labour Party but may anger US President Donald Trump. A new sanctions regime targeting Israel but limited to Jew...
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Black boxes recovered from Amazon cargo plane crash in Miami
Investigators with the US National Transportation Safety Board said on Monday they had recovered the flight data recorde
r and cockpit voice recorder from an Amazon Prime Air cargo plane that overran the runway and crashed while landing in Miami on Sunday, killing five people on the ground. NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Hom...
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Investigators with the US National Transportation Safety Board said on Monday they had recovered the flight data recorde
r and cockpit voice recorder from an Amazon Prime Air cargo plane that overran the runway and crashed while landing in Miami on Sunday, killing five people on the ground. NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Hom...
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How Tokyo is widening regional defence ties to complicate Beijing’s Taiwan calculus
The risk of a conflict over Taiwan is shaping Japanese defence planning, with Tokyo shoring up security at home and abro
ad for a potentially prolonged fight. But there are economic, demographic and political constraints on how far its military transformation can go. In the first of a three-part series, Gabriel Domingue...
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The risk of a conflict over Taiwan is shaping Japanese defence planning, with Tokyo shoring up security at home and abro
ad for a potentially prolonged fight. But there are economic, demographic and political constraints on how far its military transformation can go. In the first of a three-part series, Gabriel Domingue...
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Japan must reckon with how it views foreign workers
Japan will substantially raise its fees for residence permits next month. Depending on the period of stay applied for, r
enewing or changing one’s residency status could cost as much as ¥75,000 (US$480). The application fee for permanent residency will rise to ¥200,000 from ¥10,000. The government is also tightening the...
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Japan will substantially raise its fees for residence permits next month. Depending on the period of stay applied for, r
enewing or changing one’s residency status could cost as much as ¥75,000 (US$480). The application fee for permanent residency will rise to ¥200,000 from ¥10,000. The government is also tightening the...
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Netanyahu’s main challenger accuses Israeli PM of prioritising survival over security
Gadi Eisenkot, the main challenger to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accused the sitting premier of looking
merely after his own political survival and not the country’s security, at a rally in central Israel on Monday. Unveiling the candidates of the Yashar party for the October 27 election, the former mil...
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Gadi Eisenkot, the main challenger to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accused the sitting premier of looking
merely after his own political survival and not the country’s security, at a rally in central Israel on Monday. Unveiling the candidates of the Yashar party for the October 27 election, the former mil...
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Canada set to hit back at Trump tariffs, risking wider trade war
Canada is poised to impose tariffs of 15 per cent to 50 per cent on hundreds of products from the US on Tuesday, as Prim
e Minister Mark Carney bets that standing up to US President Donald Trump will eventually help Ottawa’s negotiating position with its biggest trading partner. Barring a last-minute reprieve, Carney’s ...
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Canada is poised to impose tariffs of 15 per cent to 50 per cent on hundreds of products from the US on Tuesday, as Prim
e Minister Mark Carney bets that standing up to US President Donald Trump will eventually help Ottawa’s negotiating position with its biggest trading partner. Barring a last-minute reprieve, Carney’s ...
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New Panama Canal chief considers more cuts in transits due to El Nino
The number of ships sailing through the Panama Canal could be cut further due to drought caused by the El Nino weather p
attern, the new administrator of the waterway told Agence France-Presse on Monday. Panama has declared a nationwide emergency over El Nino, a phenomenon developing over the Pacific Ocean that is affec...
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The number of ships sailing through the Panama Canal could be cut further due to drought caused by the El Nino weather p
attern, the new administrator of the waterway told Agence France-Presse on Monday. Panama has declared a nationwide emergency over El Nino, a phenomenon developing over the Pacific Ocean that is affec...
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Alleged killers of Australian, US surfers go on trial in Mexico
The suspected murderers of two Australian surfers and an American at a Mexican surfing hotspot went on trial on Monday,
two years after their killings in a suspected robbery. Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson, aged 30 and 33, respectively, and 30-year-old American friend Jack Carter Rhoad were on a surfing t...
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The suspected murderers of two Australian surfers and an American at a Mexican surfing hotspot went on trial on Monday,
two years after their killings in a suspected robbery. Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson, aged 30 and 33, respectively, and 30-year-old American friend Jack Carter Rhoad were on a surfing t...
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UN chief urges ‘accountability’ after 23 die in US immigration custody in 2026
The United Nations rights chief on Monday demanded accountability for swelling numbers of deaths in US immigration custo
dy, and urged Washington to halt deportations to places where people face “irreparable harm”. Speaking before the UN Human Rights Council, Volker Turk highlighted that “four more people have died in U...
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The United Nations rights chief on Monday demanded accountability for swelling numbers of deaths in US immigration custo
dy, and urged Washington to halt deportations to places where people face “irreparable harm”. Speaking before the UN Human Rights Council, Volker Turk highlighted that “four more people have died in U...
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King Charles clarifies status of Harry and Meghan after their return to UK
Britain’s King Charles has reiterated that Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, remain non-working members of the royal fa
mily following their return to the United Kingdom. A letter sent on behalf of the king to senior government officials said the couple will continue to refrain from using their royal titles as they hav...
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Britain’s King Charles has reiterated that Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, remain non-working members of the royal fa
mily following their return to the United Kingdom. A letter sent on behalf of the king to senior government officials said the couple will continue to refrain from using their royal titles as they hav...
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Sweden buys US rocket artillery for US$730 million
Sweden’s government said on Monday that the country would spend seven billion kronor (US$730 million) to buy US-made HIM
ARS rocket artillery for it military. The government said in a statement that the acquisition would “enable the Swedish Armed Forces to operate over larger areas, and with greater long-range capacity ...
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Sweden’s government said on Monday that the country would spend seven billion kronor (US$730 million) to buy US-made HIM
ARS rocket artillery for it military. The government said in a statement that the acquisition would “enable the Swedish Armed Forces to operate over larger areas, and with greater long-range capacity ...
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