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1. Trump’s cheeky dance with Statue of Liberty to headline German carnival

   Wearing no trousers, with his tongue sticking out and dancing with ‌the Statue of Liberty, the figure of US President Donald Trump ‍will feature at a German carnival celebration as one of the traditionally satirical and provocative floats. Organisers showcased the various figures in the city of Mainz in western Germany on ⁠Tuesday. They also included Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz in a...

2. Chinese scientists help create a ‘machine eye’ that may be faster than human vision

   Chinese scientists have helped create a new safety system for automated driving systems that can sometimes react to hazards more quickly than the human brain. The slower reaction time of machines compared with the human brain has been a long-standing safety concern. For example, an automated vehicle travelling at 80km/h (50mph) will take half a second to respond to a hazard in front of it,...

3. Envoy urges ‘shared prosperity’ in China-Asean ties amid growing protectionism

   Economic cooperation between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is set to deepen despite bloc members advancing trade deals with the United States, Beijing’s ambassador to Asean has said. At a forum in Indonesia’s Jakarta on Tuesday, Wang Qing urged both sides to remain committed to shared economic success and to oppose external interference, underscoring the importance of ties...

4. Indonesia telco chief warns of ‘digital colonisation’, backs China’s open-source AI

   The biggest threat to middle powers in the artificial intelligence era is “digital colonisation” from expensive and proprietary AI stacks, an Indonesian telecoms executive has said, adding that China’s open-source sales pitch offers better protection for local sovereignty. The emphasis on localisation and digital sovereignty comes as major Chinese AI cloud providers look to compete with US...

5. Scam cases fall for first time since 2019 in Hong Kong, annual figures show

   Scam cases in Hong Kong fell by 2.9 per cent last year over the figure for 2024 after rising annually since 2019, while overall recorded crimes decreased by 5.9 per cent, according to police. In revealing the annual figures on Tuesday, Commissioner of Police Joe Chow Yat-ming also told lawmakers that fewer traditional street crimes were recorded, but homicide cases jumped 10-fold to 194 from 19,...

6. Hollywood stars to headline Hong Kong Comic Con

   Hollywood stars Mads Mikkelsen, Giancarlo Esposito and Christopher Lloyd will headline Hong Kong’s first “comic con” this May, the organisers have said, as the city joins major destinations worldwide by hosting its own take on these popular fan conventions celebrating pop culture. Hong Kong Comic Con 2026 will be held from May 29 to 31 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, with the...

7. Starmer claims UK government ‘united’ amid calls to quit over Epstein fallout

   British Prime Minister Keir Starmer sought to move on Tuesday from speculation about his future after fending off serious calls to resign over the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. Following a day of drama on Monday, the Labour leader told a meeting of government ministers that they were “strong and united” after he vowed not to walk away from office just 19 months into a five-year term. Starmer’s...

8. Indonesia on track for 10% growth by 2029, energy envoy Hashim says

   Indonesia is on track for 10 per cent economic growth by 2029, beyond the 8 per cent target set by President Prabowo Subianto, his climate and energy envoy Hashim Djojohadikusumo has insisted. Hailing multiple projects in the works such as social housing and the development of boarding schools for low-income families, Hashim told a forum in Jakarta on Tuesday that his elder brother Prabowo had...

9. Trump’s ‘vacillating’ China policy causing allies’ crisis of confidence: security report

   The United States has appeared “more threatening” over the past year, while perceptions of China have improved markedly in parts of the Western world, according to a global risk survey released on Monday. The same report, released in the lead-up to the Munich Security Conference (MSC) this week, also accused Beijing of “increasingly threatening regional stability” in the Indo-Pacific, while...

10. China’s ByteDance, Alibaba unveil AI image tools to rival Google’s popular Nano Banana

    TikTok parent ByteDance has unveiled its latest generative artificial intelligence image model that it says undercuts the popular Nano Banana image editor from Alphabet’s Google, a fresh development that comes as China and the US intensify their AI competition. ByteDance’s new image model faced immediate competition from Alibaba Cloud, which also released its latest image-generation model,...