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1. Myanmar teen to be first foreigner deported under Singapore’s new Kpod law

   A 15-year-old girl from Myanmar is the first foreigner to have their Singapore long-term immigration status revoked for possessing an e-vaporiser pod containing etomidate, or a Kpod. A vape pod containing the drug was found in her possession during a routine check by police officers on November 14, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and Health Sciences Authority (HSA) said in a joint press...

2. Hong Kong’s new legislature to be youngest in 2 decades, averaging 51 years old

   Hong Kong’s new legislature will be the youngest in the past two decades, with incoming lawmakers averaging 51 years old, according to public data. This age is four years younger than that of the current line-up and seven years below the previous batch, which ended its term in 2021. Legco’s rejuvenation is partly a result of the departure of 35 incumbent lawmakers, including 12 who are 70 years...

3. DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng cleans up on chip firm Moore Threads’ IPO

   Chinese entrepreneur Liang Wenfeng, the founder and CEO of DeepSeek, appears to have made a big score from the initial public offering of chip designer Moore Threads Technology, whose shares surged more than fivefold in its trading debut in Shanghai. High-Flyer Quantitative Fund, a hedge fund co-founded by Liang, had subscribed to a total of 82,244 shares of Moore Threads, at 114.28 yuan per...

4. 63 children among 114 dead in strikes on Sudan kindergarten, hospital: WHO

   The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that 114 people, including 63 children, were killed in “senseless” strikes on a hospital and kindergarten in Sudan’s South Kordofan state last week. The strikes “hit a kindergarten and, at least three times, the nearby Kalogi Rural Hospital, killing 114 people, including 63 children, and injuring 35 people,” WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom...

5. China leans on German carmakers to help break Brussels tariff deadlock

   Beijing pressed German carmakers to help resolve disputes over the European Union’s anti-subsidy tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and the Nexperia semiconductor saga, in separate video meetings on Monday. Vice-Minister of Commerce Ling Ji made the appeal to German industry leaders, seeking to leverage their influence in Brussels. Ling spoke with Hildegard Mueller, president of the German...

6. German foreign minister calls for end to ‘uncertainty’ on Chinese rare earths, chips

   China’s deliveries of rare earths, semiconductors and other commodities to Germany dominated the talks between German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul and Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao on Monday. “In all of these areas, there has been uncertainty, and that needs to be eliminated,” Wadephul said as he began a trip to China aimed at addressing Berlin’s trade and geopolitical...

7. In reaching out to China, European states can’t keep acting alone

   Few leaders travel to China seeking gravitas and return with only a couple of pandas, but French President Emmanuel Macron managed to do just that. After surrendering sovereignty to US President Donald Trump, Macron visited China seeking a validation that his citizens no longer grant. His authority at home has been eroded through cabinet implosions, collapsing support, stalled budgets and...

8. Why a leading party in Bangladesh is facing uncertainty as election looms

   Two months before Bangladesh heads to the polls for the first time since the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government, the most established party still in the race, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), is facing deep uncertainty as its two top figures are either gravely ill or stuck abroad. BNP chair Begum Khaleda Zia, a former prime minister, is battling serious complications involving her heart,...

9. China warns internet platforms not to shift tax burden onto gig workers

   China’s tax authorities have told internet platforms to avoid passing tax obligations onto gig workers, tightening industry oversight while stepping up a crackdown on tax-dodging internet influencers. “Platforms should not disguise additional fees during tax withholding and remittance processes, nor should they use such processes to shift tax obligations and increase gig workers’ burdens,”...

10. China AI chipmaker MetaX draws more IPO investors than Moore Threads

    Shanghai-based chip firm MetaX Integrated Circuits has emerged as the latest star in mainland China’s stock market, with the graphics processing unit (GPU) maker proving to be even more popular among retail investors than peer Moore Threads ahead of its trading debut. MetaX attracted 5.17 million retail investors for its online subscription, giving it a final allotment rate of 0.033 per cent,...