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1. HKIS pledges to spend HK$2.5 billion on campus as legal fight with LCMS rolls on

   A top international school in Hong Kong has pledged to invest around HK$2.5 billion (US$320.5 million) to renovate one of its campuses despite an ongoing legal row with a US church group that helped found the institution, saying the project will also benefit the wider community. The investment by Hong Kong International School (HKIS) includes a HK$1 billion “once-in-a-generation” sports complex,...

2. Why India’s Modi skipped Asean summit in Malaysia

   Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to skip the Asean summit in Malaysia was probably made with an eye on coming crucial state polls in Bihar and to avoid meeting US President Donald Trump amid sensitive trade negotiations, analysts have said. During a special event at the White House last week, Trump had reiterated claims that India would stop buying Russian oil. The US president...

3. Canada ‘ready to sit down’ and resume US talks

   Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Monday he was ready to talk to US President Donald Trump after Washington hiked tariffs on Canadian goods by an additional 10 per cent. “We stand ready to sit down with the United States, myself with the president, my colleagues with their colleagues, when the US is ready to sit down,” Carney told reporters, after Trump said he had terminated all trade...

4. 16 Hong Kong e-channels speed up National Games athletes’ entry to 7 seconds

   National Games athletes will be able to enter and depart Hong Kong in seven seconds flat, using 16 dedicated e-channels across four checkpoints, the Immigration Department has announced. This marks the first time visitors will have access to the contactless immigration clearance channels in Hong Kong. Director of Immigration Benson Kwok Joon-fung said on Monday that his department estimated...

5. Tencent claims 20% gain in R&D efficiency from AI automation

   Tencent Holdings has seen a more than 20 per cent boost in research and development (R&D) efficiency because of artificial intelligence-powered automation, China’s most valuable tech conglomerate said in a new report. The implementation of an in-house AI-powered platform called WeDev led to a 67 per cent increase in the company’s R&D automation rate, according to its Research and Development Big...

6. To counter China, Trump’s Asia trip seen shoring up shipbuilding with key allies

   With US President Donald Trump having kicked off his visit to Asia, new collaborations in shipbuilding with Japan and South Korea are set to advance amid ongoing port-fee disputes with China, as Washington seeks to counter Beijing’s dominance in the maritime sector. The US government has committed to reviving its nearly defunct shipbuilding industry through strategic partnerships, with key...

7. Why China’s J-16 Hidden Dragon makes headlines despite rise of more advanced jets

   While the world’s air forces are racing to build sixth-generation stealth fighters, it was an older model that made the headlines earlier this month. A Chinese J-16, a 4.5-generation multirole fighter, was reported by state media to have intercepted two unidentified foreign warplanes near China’s east coast and to have performed a barrel roll over one of the planes. Reports said it may have got...

8. China’s state media reveals Taiwan reunification ‘patriots rule’, economic perks

   A commentary by state news agency Xinhua on Monday said that Taiwan would be “governed by patriots” after reunification with mainland China, and that all of its products would be able to enter the mainland’s market duty-free. “We not only seek reunification in formality, what’s more important is the mental bonding of compatriots on the two sides of the strait,” the commentary said, using the...

9. Hundreds of thousands in Sudan trapped amid civil war fighting: UN

   Hundreds of thousands of civilians are trapped amid an escalation of fighting in El Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said. “With fighters pushing further into the city and escape routes cut off, hundreds of thousands of civilians are trapped and terrified – shelled, starving and without access to food,...

10. Asean summit: world’s No 1 trade bloc holds ‘pivotal’ meeting in face of tariffs

    The world’s largest trade agreement was given a jump-start on Monday, as leaders met in Kuala Lumpur at a “pivotal” time for the global economy, desperate to turn the pact into tangible gains as sweeping US tariffs threaten to slow growth across Asia-Pacific. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) covers 30 per cent of the global economy, with Asean members at its core alongside...