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1. Singapore police seize yacht, cars, properties worth US$390 million in Prince Group probe

   Singapore police have announced arrests of three Singaporeans as part of investigations into ⁠alleged transnational scam syndicate Prince Group and its founder and chairman, Chen Zhi, who is in Chinese detention. Police said the three men were arrested between November 2025 and January for their suspected involvement in money laundering and fraud offences in relation to the case. Each offence is...

2. Safe air corridors enable stranded Hongkongers to return from Middle East amid war

   The first passenger flight to return to Hong Kong from the Middle East on Wednesday night amid the escalating conflict in the region was made possible by safe corridors in United Arab Emirates (UAE) airspace, an aviation expert has said, outlining the challenges of flying over conflict zones. Captain Steven Dominique Cheung, chairman of the Hong Kong Professional Airline Pilots Association, said...

3. Is looming Xi-Trump summit behind the PLA’s break in air sorties near Taiwan?

   Over six consecutive days since Friday, for the first time in at least three years, Beijing dispatched no warplanes near Taiwan, a pause which analysts say reflects deliberate caution ahead of this month’s Xi–Trump summit. The absence of People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft near the self-ruled island from Friday through to Wednesday is the longest such pause in the past three years, according...

4. Alibaba sets up new task force, led by CEO Eddie Wu, to focus on AI model development

   Alibaba Group Holding is forming a dedicated internal task force headed by CEO Eddie Wu Yongming in a bid to funnel greater resources into its foundational AI model development efforts. On Thursday, Wu said in a letter to members of the company’s artificial intelligence research lab Tongyi that the task force would “jointly coordinate group-wide resources to accelerate foundational model...

5. ‘War can be so close’: China newlyweds separated by US strikes on Iran during Doha honeymoon

   A honeymooning Chinese couple have been separated by the US-Israel strikes on Iran, which caused airspace closures across the Middle East and reportedly affected more than a million passengers. The newlywed couple, from eastern China’s Zhejiang province, travelled to the Middle East on February 19 to enjoy its beautiful sunset scenery. Doha was the last stop of their trip. They exchanged their...

6. Kim tests missile from new destroyer as North Korea draws lessons from Iran conflict

   North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspected a newly built destroyer and oversaw a test launch of what state media called a “strategic cruise missile” this week, casting the navy’s build-up as a key part of Pyongyang’s evolving nuclear deterrent, analysts said. The two-day visit to the 5,000-ton destroyer Choe Hyon came as North Korea was closely watching recent US military actions against Iran and...

7. China to step up tech, energy and decarbonisation efforts in next 5-year plan

   China will set priorities for technological innovation, economic security, public well-being and carbon reduction over the next five years, vowing to lay a solid foundation for its 2035 target of doubling per capita gross domestic product from 2020 levels. The world’s second-largest economy will release 20 growth targets, including both binding and non-binding ones, in areas covering the...

8. Beijing tasks Hong Kong with fast-tracking Northern Metropolis, boosting integration

   Hong Kong should speed up the construction of the Northern Metropolis megaproject near the border with the mainland and the development of a commodity trading ecosystem, according to the draft outline of China’s 15th five-year plan. Other priorities included stronger integration with national development on the economic, technological and social fronts, especially deepening cross-border...

9. Asian airlines emerge on top as travellers fight for flights out of Middle East

   Asian carriers like Cathay Pacific and Singapore Airlines (SIA) are among the best positioned airlines to weather the war in the Middle East as travellers scramble for flights – and pay huge premiums – to escape the conflict. Asian airlines have emerged as one of the go-to choices for people leaving the Middle East in the wake of US and Israeli strikes on Iran. Extensive airspace closures mean...

10. Texan James Talarico: is he the face of Democrats’ 2026 US midterm hopes?

    James Talarico barely mentioned Donald Trump when he finally got to give his victory speech on Wednesday night as Democrats’ nominee for US Senate in Texas. But the 36-year-old state lawmaker is now a frontman for the left’s opposition to Trump, not just in his own state but around the country. With his victory over US congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, the state lawmaker from Austin will test...