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1. Unearthed temple in Nepal sheds new light on Buddha’s early life

   Nepal’s Lumbini has long anchored the Buddhist pilgrimage map as the Buddha’s birthplace. Nearby, however, stand the fortified ruins of Tilaurakot – believed to be the ancient capital where Siddhartha Gautam spent his princely years – a site of profound historical weight that draws only a fraction of the visitors. A newly unearthed temple could change that, archaeologists say, offering fresh...

2. Hitler’s childhood home becomes a police station in US$24 million revamp

   Turning the house where Adolf Hitler was born into a police station has raised mixed emotions in his Austrian hometown. “It’s a double-edged sword,” said Sibylle Treiblmaier, outside the house in the town of Braunau am Inn on the border with Germany. While it might discourage far-right extremists from gathering at the site, it could have “been used better or differently”, the 53-year-old office...

3. New US 10% global tariff will have ‘limited impact’ on Hong Kong: treasury chief

   The new 10 per cent global tariffs imposed by the United States will have only a “limited impact” on Hong Kong, the treasury chief has said, adding that the move highlights the city’s strength as a safe haven for capital amid geopolitical uncertainty. The remarks followed US President Donald Trump’s announcement on Friday to impose a new round of tariffs on all trading partners, effective...

4. 600 Guangdong drivers enter Hong Kong as thousands apply for new scheme

   About 600 motorists from Guangdong have driven their vehicles into Hong Kong urban areas during the Lunar New Year holiday under a new scheme that has so far attracted 3,000 applications, according to the transport minister. Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan said on Saturday that weekend quotas for such trips had almost been filled on average during the holiday period. She added...

5. Date set for US President Donald Trump’s trip to China

   US President Donald Trump will travel to China from March 31 to ⁠April 2 for talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, the White House has announced. The summit between Trump and Xi, the leaders of the world’s two biggest economies, will be watched closely, particularly in the aftermath of the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Trump’s sweeping tariffs. Observers noted that the court’s...

6. US to remove Vietnam from tech export control list, Hanoi says

   US President Donald Trump told Vietnam’s top leader To Lam he would “instruct the relevant agencies” to remove the country from a list restricted from accessing advanced US technologies, Vietnam’s government announced on Saturday. The two leaders met in person for the first time at the White House on Friday, after Lam attended the inaugural meeting of Trump’s “Board of Peace” in...

7. China’s Yangtze River fishing ban brings biomass surge, boosts finless porpoise

   The ecological health of China’s Yangtze River is undergoing a meaningful recovery, just halfway through a 10-year fishing ban to restore the ecosystem, a new study has found. As one of the country’s vital waterways – and among the world’s most biodiverse rivers – the Yangtze has long supported immense economic and social functions. At its peak, it contributed more than 60 per cent of China’s...

8. Will Thailand’s election be voided? Bar code blunder threatens to tear up results

   Two weeks after an election that was called to cut through Thailand’s political stalemate, much is still in doubt. The threat of annulment hangs over the entire vote, while the final shape of Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul’s governing coalition is still being formed. The February 8 poll, called by Anutin’s caretaker government to seek a fresh mandate, aimed to halt the revolving door at...

9. China’s AI crossroads: 3 divergent paths in the race for dominance

   On a crisp January afternoon, the Shenzhen Bay Sports Centre, just a stone’s throw from Tencent Holdings’ headquarters, was packed with employees gathering for a party featuring celebrity cameos and prizes. But before the fun started, they witnessed a round of sober self-reflection from their low-profile leader. The New Year address by co-founder, chairman and CEO Pony Ma Huateng is an annual...

10. OpenAI flagged Canadian school shooter months before massacre but did not alert police

    ChatGPT-maker OpenAI said on Friday that it had considered alerting Canada’s police last year about the activities of a person who months later committed one of the worst school shootings in the country’s history. OpenAI said the company identified the account of Jesse Van Rootselaar last June via abuse detection efforts for “furtherance of violent activities”. The San Francisco tech company...