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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. Ethnic Chinese top scorer rejected by Malaysian universities reignites quota […]

US President Donald Trump said Russian President Vladimir Putin had “really let me down” after meeting with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to discuss efforts to heighten pressure on Russia to enter negotiations that could help bring the Kremlin’s three-year war in Ukraine to an end. “War is a different thing,” Trump said during a […]

A federal California jury ruled that Fort Worth-based American Airlines should pay US$9.6 million for neglecting a passenger who suffered a stroke on board a flight from Miami to Madrid, failing to report his mid-flight symptoms. The San Jose-based jury found that when Watsonville, California, resident Jesus Plasencia suffered a stroke after take-off on flight […]

Iran decided at the last minute on Thursday to withdraw a resolution prohibiting attacks on nuclear facilities that it had put forward along with China, Russia and other countries for a vote before an annual gathering of the UN nuclear watchdog’s member nations. Western diplomats, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations, […]

China’s recent high-profile diplomatic activity, including the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin and the Victory Day parade in Beijing in the same week, conveyed more than international headlines suggested. Although much of the media spotlight focused on the optics of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and North Korean leader […]

Israeli fighter jets over the Red Sea launched ballistic missiles to target Hamas leaders in Qatar last week, a US defence official said, in what was a novel method likely designed to overcome the energy-rich country’s air defences and avoid entering any Mideast nation’s airspace. The September 9 attack, which killed six people in Qatar’s […]

Data analytics giant Palantir Technologies is strengthening its UK ties, pledging to invest £1.5 billion (US$2 billion) in the country while winning a deal with the UK Ministry of Defence to expand the use of its AI software, sources said. Palantir is set to finalise a £750 million, five-year deal with the ministry by the […]

Hollywood blasted the White House for targeting free speech after ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel’s show on Wednesday under regulatory threats from President Donald Trump’s administration, rallying behind the late-night comic after his comments about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The Walt Disney-owned broadcaster said it was yanking Jimmy Kimmel Live indefinitely after at […]

Huawei Technologies unveiled hardware that it said could deliver world-class computing power without using Nvidia’s advanced chips, in a breakthrough that could potentially free the supply chokehold that constrains China’s aspirations in artificial intelligence. The Shenzhen-based telecoms equipment giant said it had developed the “world’s most powerful” supernode computing cluster using local chipmaking processes, providing […]

Walt Disney-owned ABC said on Wednesday it was pulling Jimmy Kimmel Live off the air, after remarks by the show’s late-night host about Charlie Kirk’s assassination sparked harsh criticism by the head of the Federal Communications Commission. The decision comes as Republican President Donald Trump has repeatedly pressured broadcasters to stop airing content he has […]