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1. Sudan war drags on as drone attack kills 10 in Darfur market

   A drone attack on a busy market in Sudan’s North Darfur state killed 10 people over the weekend, first responders said, without saying who was responsible. The attack comes as fighting intensified elsewhere in the country, leading aid workers to be evacuated on Sunday from Kadugli, a besieged, famine-hit city in the south. Since April 2023, Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces...

2. Festive decorations dazzle reckless selfie-takers at Hong Kong’s Peninsula hotel

   The festive spirit turned into reckless behaviour on Sunday as throngs of tourists vaulted over safety barriers and dodged traffic to snap photos of Hong Kong’s famed Peninsula hotel, which has been decked out with Christmas decorations. The landmark hotel, traditionally draped in elaborate decorations weeks ahead of Christmas, once again became a magnet for visitors who swamped the pavements of...

3. Trump tariffs push Swiss pharma CEO to urge price alignment with US

   Roche’s Chief Executive an interview with Swiss media published on Sunday called for Switzerland to pay more for new drugs, to bring prices in line with those paid by Washington. The Swiss pharmaceutical giant’s US subsidiary Genentech figures among 14 pharmaceutical companies which have so far signed on to US President Donald Trump’s push to cut some US drug prices. Companies have been making...

4. How will US-China ties fare with Trump calling fentanyl a ‘weapon of mass destruction’?

   Donald Trump’s move labelling fentanyl a “weapon of mass destruction” is unlikely to disrupt Sino-US relations, but it expands Washington’s China policy toolbox and could inject uncertainty in ties over the long term, according to analysts. On Monday, the American president signed an executive order designating illicit fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid, as a weapon of mass destruction,...

5. Japan announces US$6 billion support for home-grown AI development

   The Japanese government will provide roughly 1 trillion yen (US$6.34 billion) in support over five years to help a planned new company develop home-grown artificial intelligence, a source close to the matter said on Sunday. The company will be established by around 10 firms including SoftBank Group Corp, aiming to develop the country’s largest base AI model through public-private cooperation,...

6. Hong Kong welfare group scraps ban on Tai Po survivors keeping donated appliances

   A Hong Kong welfare group has dropped a controversial policy barring displaced Tai Po fire residents in its temporary accommodation from taking in-room appliances and furniture when they move out. SideBySide made the U-turn hours after an outcry from affected residents, who argued that the ban was unreasonable because the items had been donated to them by the community. The ban was applied to...

7. Macron visits UAE for bilateral talks, aid fighting drug trafficking

   President Emmanuel Macron arrived in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday to celebrate Christmas with French troops and to discuss bilateral ties with the Gulf state, as France hopes for more cooperation in its fight against drug trafficking. Macron is due to meet with UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to discuss “strengthening the strategic partnership” between the two countries,...

8. Hong Kong bid-rigging bigwigs paid kickbacks in Shenzhen saunas: construction veteran

   Raphael Chan* entered Hong Kong’s construction sector in the mid-1990s convinced that quality building works could improve people’s lives. But he quit more than two decades later, disillusioned by what he called rampant corruption in the industry. The former senior project manager at a consultancy company said he had witnessed how syndicates, often led by triad-linked masterminds, plotted...

9. How Trump is hastening the end of American hegemony

   It has become almost routine to end each year with talk of the “polycrisis”, and to acknowledge the difficulty of anticipating a future that seems pregnant with the risk of new wars, pandemics, financial crises and climate-driven devastation. Yet 2025 added a uniquely toxic ingredient to this mix: the return to the White House of US President Donald Trump, whose erratic, unlawful policies have...

10. Chinese workers return to Africa as lucrative job opportunities beckon

    Chinese workers are returning to Africa in their thousands, reversing a decade-long decline and signalling a renewed focus on strategic mega-projects across the continent. In 2024, there were 90,793 Chinese workers on contracted projects and labour services on the continent, an increase of about 4 per cent over the 87,078 recorded the previous year, according to data from the China Africa...