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Wearing large rubber boots, Nadine Mitschunas joyfully handled mature rice plants peeking through the water of her small plot growing in the fertile soil of eastern England. Growing rice “has not been done before in the UK”, said Mitschunas, a field ecologist at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH). But as temperatures warm […]

Sudanese fleeing a paramilitary force that seized a city in the country’s Darfur region trickled into a nearby refugee camp on Thursday after walking for miles, telling aid workers that roads were littered with bodies. Aid groups feared for the fate of thousands more trying to escape, with hundreds reportedly killed in the turmoil. The […]

We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. ‘Back to steam’: Trump wants US to quit electromagnetic catapult […]

After two decades of anticipation and countless delays, the Grand Egyptian Museum is finally having its grand reveal. The museum, which was set to officially open on Saturday, highlights Egypt’s ancient civilisation and is a centrepiece of the government’s drive to boost the tourist industry, a major source of foreign currency in the cash-strapped country. […]

Few moments in US history have tested academic freedom as much as the present, with US President Donald Trump’s administration releasing a 10-point Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education. What started as bureaucratic proposals have hardened into a national doctrine tying federal funding to political conformity. It is changing the nature of US universities […]

The US military on Wednesday struck another boat in the eastern Pacific it claimed was trafficking drugs, killing four people, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said, bringing the death toll from Washington’s controversial anti-narcotics campaign to at least 62. The strike occurred in international waters, Hegseth announced on X, and a video accompanying his post […]

Floods are becoming more severe across the Asia-Pacific, driven by the mounting effects of climate change. Nine of the 15 nations most affected by extreme weather are in this region. According to a study commissioned by the Asia Development Bank in 2012, up to 410 million urban dwellers and 341 million inland residents are at […]

The far-right party of Dutch firebrand Geert Wilders was running neck-and-neck with a pro-European centrist party in a nail-biting election, according to an estimate Thursday with more than 90 per cent of votes counted. The D66 party of Rob Jetten and the PVV Freedom Party of Wilders were both on 26 seats with nearly 95 […]

A massive police raid on a drug gang embedded in low-income neighbourhoods of Rio de Janeiro that left at least 119 people dead drew protests for excessive force on Wednesday and calls for the Rio’s governor to resign. Dozens of favela residents gathered in front of the state’s government headquarters shouting “assassins!” and waving Brazilian […]

The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced its second consecutive quarter-point rate cut to bolster the flagging labour market, in a move that highlighted the growing division in its ranks. Policymakers voted 10-2 in favour of lowering the bank’s key lending rate to between 3.75 per cent and 4.00 per cent, the Fed said in […]