**The Trump-Xi relationship has become the central but dangerously fragile pillar of US-China ties, with summit outcomes thin and institutional guardrails stripped away.**
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**Asian airfares are poised to fall as jet fuel prices ease following a US-Iran peace deal, but the relief will be uneven.** Global jet fuel prices dropped from a March peak of US$...
**President Trump has warned the US may be forced to “militarily complete the job” against Iran after American forces struck Iranian missile and drone storage sites, escalating a f...
**Cambodia’s Angkor Wat marathons have become a global draw, blending scenic temple routes with a community-focused running culture that prioritizes experience over competition.** ...
**Hong Kong’s dining scene is surging with bold new concepts that blend heritage, theatricality, and precision.** Don Pedro transforms a former butcher shop into an unpretentious A...
**Negros Occidental, the Philippines' newly designated Organic Capital, is emerging as a global model for sustainable gastronomy and slow-food tourism.** The province, long known a...
**The Forbidden City is not a tourist attraction but a deliberate, physical lesson in how Chinese civilisation arranged power to feel inevitable.** Beijing demands attention, not b...
**Sophia, the advanced social humanoid robot, made her classical music debut at a Hong Kong Baptist University concert, performing three co-written songs with a live symphony orche...
**A crisis ‘defused’ as blockade lifted, assets to be returned to Iran after Swiss talks.** Statements from the US and Iran following negotiations in Switzerland have cooled tensio...
**The Tanka people, one of Hong Kong’s four native communities, have uncertain origins but are widely believed to be descendants of indigenous groups displaced by Han Chinese colon...
**Cape Verde has become the smallest nation ever to reach a World Cup knockout round, advancing with a third consecutive draw, a 0-0 stalemate against Saudi Arabia.** The island na...
**A wave of family business successions is reshaping Portugal's economy, drawing in private equity firms and foreign investors as aging founders struggle to find heirs.** Family-ow...