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President Xi Jinping has long called for boosting China’s food security, calling it a “political responsibility”. Photo: Xinhua

Policy

Xi renews call to boost grain output after trade war sharpens food security push

Beijing renews push to fortify domestic crop supplies and modernise agriculture amid a tense geopolitical climate.

4 hours agovideocam

US envoy hosts Quad meeting in Beijing as PLA’s drills around Taiwan continue

31 Dec 2025 - 6:34AMvideocam

China’s lagging basic research calls for core tech pivot, economic adviser urges

30 Dec 2025 - 3:12PMvideocam

China Business

China vital to Insilico’s plan to build biotech’s AI ‘Einstein’ for new drugs

US firm, backed by Fosun and Tencent, expands research base in China as it develops an AI-powered drug-discovery tool.

30 Dec 2025 - 10:13AM

Insilico is training and testing an AI-powered drug-discovery tool to enable faster, cheaper and more successful drug discovery. Photo: Handout

United States & Canada

Trump says preferred Fed pick is ready, again teases firing Powell

US president urges Jerome Powell to resign as he considers a ‘gross incompetence’ lawsuit against the Fed leader.

30 Dec 2025 - 4:38PM

Diplomacy

‘No worries’: Trump plays down Beijing’s military drills around Taiwan

Trump dismisses ‘routine’ drills in Taiwan Strait even as US arms sales hit record high and Pentagon repeats 2027 timeline.

30 Dec 2025 - 7:28AMvideocam

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Americas

Trump says US ‘hit’ drug boat loading facility in Venezuela pressure campaign

If confirmed, it would mark the first known land strike on Venezuelan soil since the US began its lethal anti-cartel campaign in September.

30 Dec 2025 - 1:16PM

A US Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone before take-off in Puerto Rico on December 26, 2025. Photo: Reuters

Africa

Trump says he ordered Nigeria strike delay to ‘give a Christmas present’

‘They were going to ‍do it earlier,’ Trump said of Thursday’s strike targeting ⁠Islamic State militants, adding ‘we hit them hard’.

27 Dec 2025 - 7:39AM

United States & Canada

US airlines cancel more than 1,000 flights due to winter storm Devin

An additional 4,685 flights faced delays in the northeast as the National Weather Service warned of heavy snow and ‘hazardous conditions’.

27 Dec 2025 - 4:27AM

China

Deal breaker? Record Taiwan arms deal complicates Trump’s 2026 Beijing visit

The US defends new arms sales and urges ‘meaningful’ dialogue, but analysts warn the deepening rift risks hollowing out the agenda for the Trump-Xi summit next year.

27 Dec 2025 - 7:52AMvideocam

An Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) missile, a long-range guided weapon fired from the Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS), shown during a military display. Photo: Handout

Diplomacy

China, Russia clash with US at UN over Venezuela oil seizures and naval pressure

Venezuela turns to UN as Trump’s oil crackdown intensifies and Caracas advances a law targeting those in support of naval blockades.

24 Dec 2025 - 7:46AMvideocam

Sun Lei, China’s deputy permanent representative to the UN, speaks during a Security Council briefing on threats to international peace and security in New York on Tuesday. Venezuela requested a Security Council meeting, citing escalating tensions resulting from “US aggression” against the country. Photo: EPA

Diplomacy

Explainer | Will US-led ‘Pax Silica’ be a new dawn for the international AI supply chain?

Trump administration aims for deeper technology cooperation on new AI infrastructure with allies.

25 Dec 2025 - 1:05AMvideocam

China

US labels Chinese chips an economic threat, but delays tariff impact until 2027

Timeline reflects effort to preserve trade truce with Beijing rather than build leverage through faster import duty escalation, analysts say.

24 Dec 2025 - 5:23AMvideocam

Global Economy

‘Bad policy’: China’s drone makers to shrug off US ban, analysts say

The addition of foreign drone makers, including those from China, to a US trade blacklist is unlikely to heat up relations, observers said.

24 Dec 2025 - 4:28AMvideocam

Dai Shuying operates a plant protection drone under the guidance of her grandson Wang Tiantian in east China’s Anhui province. Photo: Xinhua

United States & Canada

Call of Duty co-creator Vince Zampella dies in US car crash

The 55-year-old gaming pioneer was one of two people who died in a crash on a scenic road north of Los Angeles.

23 Dec 2025 - 2:47PM

Vince Zampella at The Game Awards in Los Angeles on December 11. Photo: EPA

Diplomacy

China says US broke international law by seizing oil tankers off Venezuela

Situation intensifies as Beijing condemns tanker seizures and US security chief calls to remove Nicolas Maduro from power.

23 Dec 2025 - 8:27AMvideocam

Diplomacy

Mistrial in case of ex-top aide to New York governor charged as China agent

Linda Sun, ex-deputy chief of staff to Kathy Hochul, walked free after jury was deadlocked on all 19 counts and could not reach a verdict.

6 hours agovideocam

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US Elections

For lame duck Biden, an anticlimactic exit from the world stage

Outgoing US president, who will give way to Donald Trump in two months, has little to no clout at upcoming global summits.

15 Nov 2024 - 12:29AMvideocam

US President Joe Biden will leave office on January 20. Photo: AP

Politics

Exclusive | In China, fear of regime change has shaped US policy. Here’s why

For Beijing, regime security is everything and concerns about ‘hostile Western forces’ will continue, no matter who ends up in the White House.

6 Nov 2024 - 6:42AMvideocam

World

Rise of Asian-American voters in US elections — a visual explainer

Asian-Americans have emerged as a significant voter demographic in the United States. Recent polling sheds light on which candidate they may prefer in 2024.

3 Oct 2024 - 7:00PM

China

‘Feeling attacked’ by Texas law threat, Chinese-Americans turn to activism

Legislation to bar Chinese citizens from buying property in the state ultimately failed, but many became politically engaged because of it.

18 Oct 2024 - 5:36AM

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

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Peter T. C. Chang

Opinion | If Trump wants a deal with China, he must rein in US allies in Asia

Peter T. C. Chang

30 Dec 2025 - 8:30PM

Ruairidh J. Brown

Opinion | Europe risks a self-fulfilling prophecy of war with Russia

Ruairidh J. Brown

29 Dec 2025 - 8:30PM

Opinion | Trump’s pivot puts Pacific Rim at heart of global power shift

Ningrong Liu

28 Dec 2025 - 8:30PM

Opinion | Why America can no longer build something like the Manhattan Project

Zhang Zhipeng

28 Dec 2025 - 8:09PM

Opinion | To harness crypto ingenuity, financial threat must first be neutralised

Jean Tirole

26 Dec 2025 - 8:30PM

Opinion | Seoul holds the key to US-North Korea denuclearisation talks

25 Dec 2025 - 5:30AM

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