Asia & Pacific

A Chinese coast guard vessel entered waters near the Pratas Islands on May 23, triggering a standoff.

The push comes after the United States gave South Korea its backing to build nuclear-powered submarines in October 2025.

India and the United States separately signed a framework agreement on securing supplies of critical minerals and rare earths.

Just weeks before the flood, Chongqing officials publicly touted AI alerts, drones, and round-the-clock reservoir monitoring.

Ministers called for unity and open trade amid imbalances between major economies.

The clampdown hits a route that Chinese investors use to trade U.S. and Hong Kong stocks, raising capital-control and other concerns.

The Taiwanese foreign minister said it would be viewed ’very positively' if Trump were to call the island’s president for talks.

The CCP intends to use the UN meeting as a platform to criticize the United States and use the visit to put a wedge in U.S.–Canada relations, analysts said.

Taiwan’s coast guard also reported separate incidents involving a Chinese coast guard ship near Pratas and 41 research vessels near Taiwan.

A Nature study says Chinese state media are widely included in AI training datasets and may influence how models respond to sensitive political questions.

Mao Qingxiang was allegedly taken by police in Hangzhou after posting footage of Xu Guang.

The grouping first came together after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami to coordinate aid.

It’s the country’s worst mine disaster in over 16 years.

State Secretary Marco Rubio aims to discuss energy security, trade, and defense cooperation with senior Indian officials.

‘Too few businesses in Europe integrate the geopolitical risk of supply chain risk into their thinking,’ an EU official said at a council press conference.

A Chinese resident told The Epoch Times that villages were swept away and losses were far higher.

The G7 sees China’s export of overcapacity and its economic model as a systemic challenge to Western industrial security and the global order, an analyst says.

Matthew Wale has been critical of Beijing in the past, but will this stance continue?

Lai delivered the address amid Beijing’s pressure, uncertainty over U.S. arms sales, and a narrowed defense-spending package.