US Navy plans compact Silent Anvil torpedo as China’s submarine fleet surges
As China expands its submarine fleet, the US Navy is looking to develop a compact air-launched torpedo that could enable more crewed and uncrewed aircraft to attack submarines from farther away. The US Naval Air Systems Command issued a request for information – a...
Record China-US gap in bond yields unlikely to trigger capital flight: Marsh Investment
The widening yield spread between Chinese and American government bonds is unlikely to trigger catastrophic capital flight from China, according to investment executives at Marsh Investment, who attribute the record spread to the United States’ fiscal pressures and...
Lives ‘at serious risk’ as Gaza’s hospitals, homes battle fuel shortages
As power cuts cascade through one of Gaza’s largest functioning hospitals and patients wait for treatment in sweltering wards, doctors warn that shortages of engine oil and spare parts are causing generators to seize up, putting lives at risk. The crisis is spreading...
AI bottleneck-breaker: China’s Huawei touts high-speed optical module
Huawei Technologies has unveiled a high-speed optical module designed to eliminate bottlenecks in artificial intelligence infrastructure, staking an early claim in the race to set standards for next-generation data centre connections. The Shenzhen-based tech giant...
Indonesia rescues 6 orangutans from forest fires in a week
Six orangutans including two nursing infants have been rescued from fires raging on Borneo island in the past week, Indonesian authorities and rescuers said on Thursday, bringing the total to 15 in a month. The apes were saved from plantations in deep rural West...
Trump threatens Taiwan’s representative office, sparking debate over island’s US policy
Taiwan’s representative office is among a list of entities US President Donald Trump has threatened to sue as part of his crusade against a progressive American think tank, triggering debate about the island’s US policy ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to...
Hong Kong policy address to continue push helping local media go global
Hong Kong’s policy address next week will continue with measures to help local news outlets expand overseas and build global networks, the South China Morning Post has learned. A source said on Thursday that Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu’s “go global” initiative...
US delegation to Xiangshan Forum to be led by senior Pentagon official for China
Yemen’s Houthis seize port city Mocha, closing in on control of Bab el-Mandeb Strait
Yemen’s Houthis seize port city Mocha, closing in on control of Bab el-Mandeb Strait
China ‘living Buddha’ honoured for US$9 million donation after saving every cent for charity
China ‘living Buddha’ honoured for US$9 million donation after saving every cent for charity
China presses France to drop ‘protectionist’ anti-fast fashion law
Hong Kong watchdog investigates Cloudbreak Pharma for ‘rigged’ IPO, suspends its shares
Wildfires threaten Indonesia’s new capital as carrier ordered in
‘Heavy casualties’ after foreign cargo ship catches fire in China’s Qingdao




