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A technician refuels a private jet with sustainable aviation fuel at an airport. India’s crop residue could become a source to make the fuel for global airlines, a study says. Photo: Handout
India

India’s toxic crop waste could fuel global airlines, study finds

Airlines are desperate for clean fuel. India has mountains of harvest waste. Connecting the two could net billions, says a new report.

Sudan

‘Stain on conscience’: Sudan’s RSF committed ethnic cleansing, says Amnesty

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Ebola virus

Person in UK tests negative for Ebola amid rising cases in Africa

South Africa

Thousands protest in South Africa against immigration

Amid high unemployment, and a growing global backlash against foreigners, organisers want them to leave. 25,000 have already done so.

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Protesters in Pretoria chant slogans on Tuesday during a demonstration marking an unofficial deadline set by citizen-led groups for undocumented foreign nationals to leave South Africa. Photo: AFP
China's military weapons

Should China worry more about keeping defence customers than winning new deals?

A study of the risks and opportunities for Chinese weapons exports in global markets cautions against a reductive assumption about quality.

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Benin

Switzerland returns 18 historic Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

The repatriation marks the latest victory in Africa’s push to reclaim priceless artefacts looted by British colonial forces.

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Hong Kong politics

2 PLA navy ships to visit Hong Kong for 5-day port call

Residents will get a chance to board destroyer Nanning and frigate Hengyang during visit.

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The guided missile destroyer Nanning is one of two ships that will visit Hong Kong. Photo: Xinhua
Ebola virus

Confirmed Ebola cases in Congo at 1,274, including 360 deaths

The current strain could be more slow-moving in the body, experts say, meaning early symptoms may be mistaken for more common illnesses.

China-Africa relations

Opinion | Beijing offers leverage for Africa. Policymakers are now applying it

Partnerships with China are no longer a debate for economies across the continent but a platform for their own development paths.

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Electric & new energy vehicles

China’s heavy trucks are going electric, and abroad, paving the road to net-zero freight

Analysts say low ownership costs and battery gains are fuelling an export boom to regions such as Southeast Asia and Africa, positioning Chinese firms as main engines.

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An electric truck charges at a supercharging station in China’s Hubei province. Photo: Getty Images
China-Africa relations

Coffee, chillies and cashews: a new recipe to rewrite China-Africa trade

Blanket relationship with all African nations is viewed as a precedent for partners like the EU.

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In Africa, some agricultural products, including coffee beans, that meet baseline requirements on pest risks, processing and safety are eligible for export to China, eliminating the need for country-by-country trade deals. Photo: Shutterstock
Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso cuts diplomatic ties with ex-ruler France

Anti-French sentiment runs high in some former African colonies as the continent becomes a renewed diplomatic battleground.

US, Israel war on Iran

Why East Asia could be the new centre for peace and economic growth

Chinese political scientist Yan Xuetong notes that the foundations of peace in the region ‘are stronger than those in Europe’.

China-Africa relations

Can China’s strict policing model ‘silence the guns’ in Africa?

As Beijing partners with the UN and the African Union to train officials on small arms control, analysts question its impact.

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Liu Bin, China’s assistant foreign minister, speaks at the opening ceremony of the China-UN-Africa training programme at the People's Public Security University in Beijing on June 16. Photo: Handout
United States

US Supreme Court paves way for Trump’s mass deportation of Haitians, Syrians

Top court rules that the administration can strip protections from some 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians in the US.

Immigration activists rally against the US Supreme Court’s ruling on temporary protective status in Washington on Thursday. Photo: AFP
US, Israel war on Iran

Asian airfares look set to fall as jet fuel prices ease on US-Iran deal

Budget carriers will lead the charge but the pace is likely to be gradual as airlines wait for more clarity on the Iran war, experts say.

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France

Ebola virus confirmed by France in doctor who worked in DR Congo

The medic had been on a humanitarian mission to a virus transmission zone in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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World Trade Organization (WTO)

‘Dangerous moment’: academic calls for US expulsion from WTO over protectionism

Even as US trade policy fractures the global system, China faces ‘credibility problem’ in trade leadership over its own practices.

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Signage seen at the 2026 Summer Davos forum in Dalian, China. Photo: Xinhua
Donald Trump

New poll shows eroding global trust in Trump and America

Pew survey across 36 nations found just 23 per cent of respondents had confidence in Trump to do the right thing in world affairs.

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China food security

Global farming, Chinese food imports at stake as El Nino threatens drought

Sharpest risks to occur in the Global South, with countries facing conflict and economic stress being the worst hit: United Nations’ FAO.

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China-Africa relations

Is China’s risk tolerance reaching its limit with pause of African mine deal?

Regulators ‘sending a signal’ with scrutiny of potential acquisition that includes important mining assets in conflict-prone regions.

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The Sadiola mine in Mali is Canadian company Allied Gold’s biggest mining asset in Africa. Photo: Wikipedia
China-Africa relations

China and Africa’s evolving partnership

From funding vital infrastructure and industrial growth to a growing wave of cultural exchange, ties between Beijing and Africa are entering a new phase. In this ongoing series, we explore the deepening economic, cultural and diplomatic relations between China and African countries.

Workers collect cotton in a field in Soclogbo, Benin, on January 13, 2025. Photo: AFP
Fifa World Cup 2026

12 of the World Cup 2026’s oldest players, from Ronaldo to Messi

Should Ronaldo still be playing? Is this Messi’s last World Cup? But neither are the oldest this tournament – Scotland’s Craig Gordon is 43.

Italy

Pope exalts first US saint as a model for Christians for her care of migrants

Mother Frances Cabrini, patron saint of migrants, is known for caring for Italian immigrants in the US at the turn of the last century.

African Union

Ethiopian PM’s party secures landslide win in national election

Ruling Prosperity Party secures nearly 90 per cent of contested parliamentary seats amid a fractured opposition and widespread security disruptions.

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Photo: Ethiopia News Agency via Reuters
China-Africa relations

How Benin is on the road to reshaping its cotton industry, with China’s help

A 184km road project will make transport easier while Chinese experts and firms are assisting with technical support and local processing.

Benin’s new Cotton Road will link the north and south of the country and is expected to cut travel times by up to 75 per cent. Photo: Handout
Editor's Letter

This week in PostMag: a glimpse of tomorrow today, from singing robots to global sci-fi attractions

Robots, architecture and art collide! Discover Sophia the robot’s musical debut, hybrid cultural spaces, and inspiring stories of innovation.

China-Africa relations

Guinea pushes Simandou on iron ore exports to feed China’s ‘green steel’ mills

Ships are switching from bauxite to carrying the higher-priced, high-grade raw material as a seasonal deadline looms.

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