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Brics pivots to pragmatic de-dollarisation via payment links: analysts

Analysts say lack of movement towards a common currency reflects a more pragmatic approach to reducing reliance on US dollar.

The venue for the Brics summit in New Delhi. Photo: AP

Diplomacy

Brics leaders act to hedge – not revolt – against US dollar dominance

Attending an exhibition during the Brics summit are (from left) Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin, in New Delhi, India, on September 12. Photo: Handout

Politics

Knife attack in China’s Guangzhou leaves multiple people injured

Police in Guangzhou, in southern China's Guangdong province, have issued a statement saying that a 35-year-old male suspect was arrested. Photo: Handout

Diplomacy

Can Trump’s White House ballroom top China’s vast Great Hall of the People?

US president says the under-construction ballroom will outdo its Beijing counterpart, despite being a fraction of the size.

Construction continues on a helipad on the South Lawn of the White House, left, and on the new White House ballroom, right, on September 1. Photo: AP

Education

Hong Kong to sweeten school merger deals, offer housing measures to lift births

Source says city leader John Lee will unveil additional incentives to boost births and encourage school mergers in policy address.

Kindergarten graduates poses for pictures at West Kowloon Cultural District. Photo: Sam Tsang
Pupils in Sai Wan Ho. More primary schools are expected to close with the city’s declining birth rate. Photo: Edmond So

Military

Taiwan defence logistics under fire over missing chargers for US drones

Island’s army reportedly discovered omission only after taking delivery and later asked American side to find alternative supplier.

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Chargers for the Altius-600M drones were initially excluded from the US Letter of Offer and Acceptance because the original equipment contained mainland Chinese-made components. Photo: Anduril Industries

United States & Canada

Trump dismisses AI concerns, says US has tools to keep it safe

Public concerns about the potential harm from ‌AI grew in the US after two Anthropic researchers issued ⁠warnings.

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One while traveling back from Ireland to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland on Sunday. Trump has resisted stirring concerns about AI and has largely embraced AI firms in his second term. Photo: AFP

Business

Why Hong Kong’s strategic advantages attract global talent

In partnership with:Hong Kong Talent Engage
Married couple Robert Lay and Emma Li, who are both finance industry veterans, moved to Hong Kong from New Zealand with their children in 2023.

Economy

China’s oil demand could falter as Saudi pipeline shutdown raises costs

Supply relatively insulated in short term, but refiners could cut run rates amid rising crude prices, freight costs, analysts say.

A Vantor satellite image shows damage to a facility of the Saudi Arabia East-West pipeline after a strike on September 11. Photo: Handout via Reuters

China Economy

How China’s inbound tourism could ease strain on weak domestic consumption

Country’s inbound travel revenue forecast to double share of economy and capture 15 per cent of global holiday market, Swiss bank says.

Policymakers increasingly see inbound tourism as an incremental consumption driver amid weak domestic demand, a UBS report says. Photo: Xinhua

Military

Japan eyes quantum sub-hunting drone sensors as China extends undersea reach

Feeling the pinch from cost and personnel pressures, Tokyo’s defence planners aim to unlock potential in uncrewed systems.

The Pentagon forecasts that China could have 80 submarines by 2035. Photo: Reuters

Policy

A ploy to entrench US lead? China pushes back on calls for slowdown in AI

Chinese researchers say a slowdown would protect established US incumbents while freezing latecomers out of the market.

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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei addresses the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, India, February 19, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Tech Trends

Chinese researchers chart 5-stage path toward ‘last AI built by humans’

Automating AI research has emerged as a battleground, though US firms have an early lead due to superior access to compute resources.

Automating AI research has emerged as a core battleground in US-China technological competition. Photo: Shutterstock Images

Politics

Singapore’s Chan Chun Sing to visit China, speak at defence forum

The three-day visit comes at the invitation of Chinese defence chief Dong Jun and underscores both countries’ ‘warm and friendly’ ties.

Defence Minister Chan Chun Sing speaks at the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore on May 30. Photo: Singapore’s Ministry of Defence

Economics

Southeast Asia weighs energy transition amid LNG supply crunch

At Gastech 2026, policymakers implore pragmatism over net-zero targets and closer cooperation to ensure affordable LNG supplies.

People attend Gastech Bangkok 2026, in Bangkok, Thailand, on Monday. Photo: Reuters
Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul delivers opening remarks at Gastech Bangkok 2026 on Monday. Photo: Reuters

Politics

Beijing hails Taiwanese scholar’s rare proposal on reunification

Detailed plan on how ‘one country, two systems’ could be applied to the self-ruled island sent to mainland platform on cross-strait issues.

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Beijing’s stance is that Taiwan should reunite with mainland China under "one country, two systems". Photo: AFP

Big Tech

Big Macs from above: Meituan and McDonald’s launch drone delivery in Shanghai

Fast-food orders will soar through the Shanghai sky, quickly reaching designated kiosks along the West Bund, offering a new way to collect meals.

McDonald’s orders can be delivered by drone to the West Bund in Shanghai as part of a new arrangement with Meituan. Photo: handout

Law and Crime

Buyer’s bonus or brazen theft? The legal fight over HK$30 million Mark Six prize

Lawyer says 14 government employees must launch civil proceedings to recover their shares after a colleague allegedly kept the prize money.

The group won the HK$30 million prize in the September 5 draw, part of the record HK$228 million “snowball” jackpot marking the 50th anniversary of the Mark Six lottery. Photo: Eugene Lee
Long queues form outside a Jockey Club betting branch on Stanley Street on September 5, the day of the draw. Photo: Nora Tam
People select their favourite numbers via a kiosk for a Mark Six jackpot at a Hong Kong Jockey Club betting branch in Causeway Bay. Photo: Sun Yeung
A long queue forms outside the Jockey Club’s Stanley Street betting branch in Central on September 5. Photo: Nora Tam

Banking & Finance

Forms Syntron draws Hong Kong’s next-gen tycoons in HK$940 million IPO

Business heirs are moving beyond property into cutting-edge tech and digital finance companies as the city’s IPO market rebounds.

Peter Lee Ka-kit, the elder son of real estate tycoon and Henderson Land Development’s majority owner Lee Shau-kee, at his family office in IFC, Central, Hong Kong. Photo: Dickson Lee
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Beijing puts a total ban on drones in update to regulations after deadly crash

China’s capital will enforce the country’s toughest rules on UAVs from November 15 but a no-fly zone will be in effect from Sunday.

UAVs will be banned entirely throughout the Beijing metropolitan area, in a response to the incident in June when a small aircraft damaged the Citic Tower, also known as China Zun. Photo: Reuters
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