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1. ‘I’m scared’: military joins fight to combat bear attacks in northern Japan

   Japan’s Self-Defence Forces (SDF) will deploy units to the northern region of the country to help protect locals from bears, amid rising cases of attacks and a growing sense of “crisis”, according to authorities. There have already been a record 10 fatalities across the nation this year. Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi on Monday said he was looking into the possibility of sending troops to...

2. US Senate passes bill to end Trump tariffs against Brazil

   The Republican-led US Senate passed legislation on Tuesday that would overturn President Donald Trump’s tariffs against Brazil by terminating the national emergency he declared in July in retaliation for Brazil’s prosecution of its former president, Jair Bolsonaro, for an alleged coup attempt. In the first of three tariff bills expected in the Senate this week, lawmakers approved the Brazil...

3. Survey reveals more than half of Americans want to cooperate with China

   More than half of Americans say the United States should cooperate and engage with China, according to a survey released on Tuesday, a sharp increase from the 40 per cent recorded in 2024. The results released by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs also found that a majority of Americans are against higher tariffs on Chinese imports. “Americans’ views of China are beginning to improve after...

4. Hongkongers put on investigator’s hat in new ICAC anti-corruption simulation

   Hong Kong’s anti-corruption watchdog has launched an immersive programme that lets residents and tourists experience first-hand how graft-busters work. The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) said its public engagement project, dubbed “Operation 303”, would open for public registration on Wednesday. During the three-hour activity, participants will be guided by ICAC officers to...

5. Trump says he’d love a third term. Speaker Johnson says there’s ‘no path’

   US President Donald Trump’s musings about a potential third-term bid for the White House have run up against at least one obstacle: House Speaker Mike Johnson. Johnson, the Republican leader who has built his career by drawing closer to Trump, said they have discussed the issue, but the speaker held the line against a Constitution-bending third term. “I don’t see a path for that,” Johnson said...

6. Beyond soybeans: another group of Americans pins hopes on Xi-Trump talks

   Hundreds of American families who’ve waited over five years to embrace their adoptive children from China are clinging to hope that a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will finally bring their families together. Their optimism grew after the White House, for the first time, told the Post on Monday that the “America first” president is aware of their...

7. From ancient glory to modern ghost towns, China’s urban revivals walk fine lines

   Few areas of China reflect the country’s decades-long economic transformation more vividly than its cities. Rapid development has turned villages into dense urban landscapes and already sizeable metro areas into some of the world’s largest population centres. As the rate of urbanisation slows and the country transitions into a new economic era, we explore how select Chinese cities are navigating...

8. US bans new Chinese telecoms gear, citing national security risks

   The administration of US President Donald Trump on Tuesday tightened the rules on the importation, marketing and sales of new Chinese telecoms gear in the United States, a move set to haunt bilateral relations ahead of the summit of the top leaders later this week. The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to block new approvals for devices with parts from companies on its “Covered...

9. Over 60 killed in massive drug raids in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro

   Bodies piled up in poor neighbourhoods of Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday as police launched their biggest ever raids on the city’s drug traffickers, leaving at least 64 dead in warlike scenes. As many as 2,500 heavily armed officers, backed by armoured vehicles, helicopters and drones took part in the operation targeting Brazil’s main drug-trafficking gang in two poor neighbourhoods, or favelas, in...

10. Why Trump’s unpredictability and inconsistency could hamper meeting with Xi

    As US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping attempt to stabilise US-China trade relations on Thursday, a major problem unlikely to go away, no matter what the outcome, is the disjointed signalling and mixed messaging coming out of Washington, undercutting trust and confidence that any deal will even be implemented, say analysts and former officials. While governments worldwide...