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Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin

Brics leaders meet at their 2025 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo: AFP

Why Brics can’t do away with US dollar even as currency cooperation rises

Brazil says there has been no proposal or talks within Brics to create a common currency across the bloc.

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Opinion | EU has a key role to play in the new world order in the making

25 Feb 2026 - 5:30AM

Russia accuses Ukraine of seeking nuclear arms with help from UK and France

25 Feb 2026 - 2:14AMvideocam

Ukraine urges China to play ‘critical’ role for peace as war enters fifth year

Top Ukrainian envoy urges Beijing to ‘walk this last mile together’ on anniversary of Russia’s invasion.

24 Feb 2026 - 10:00PM

A person walks through a makeshift memorial to fallen soldiers in Kyiv, Ukraine on Monday, as the conflict with Russia reaches its four-year mark. Photo: AFP

4 years into Ukraine conflict, Zelensky says Putin ‘did not win this war’

The president said Kyiv wanted ‘lasting peace’ and any truce agreement ‘must not simply be signed, it must be accepted by Ukrainians’.

24 Feb 2026 - 8:41PM

Where Ukraine and Russia stand as war enters fifth year

Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II shows no signs of stopping any time soon.

24 Feb 2026 - 3:19PM

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Singapore warns ‘action will be taken’ against citizens fighting in foreign wars

National Security Minister K Shanmugam says any Singaporean found fighting abroad will be detained by the Internal Security Department.

24 Feb 2026 - 1:11PM

Singapore’s Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs K Shanmugam speaks at a summit in Singapore on July 9, 2025. Photo: Reuters

Assailant kills police officer and himself in blast near Moscow railway station

The attacker approached a patrol car downtown before detonating his device.

24 Feb 2026 - 9:46AM

US-China relations

China has ‘massively expanded’ its nuclear arsenal, claims US State Department

Beijing’s UN ambassador Shen Jian said China opposes the smearing of its nuclear policy and ‘would not engage in any nuclear arms race’.

24 Feb 2026 - 4:48AM

China-Germany relations

‘China shock’ hangs over German leader Merz’s first visit to Beijing

Chancellor must strike a balance between those wanting a toned-down Brussels trade policy and those backing tougher action against Beijing.

23 Feb 2026 - 11:00PMvideocam

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is set to depart for his first official trip to China, with scheduled stops in Beijing and Hangzhou. Photo: AP

China-EU relations

Opinion | Germany’s outreach to China signals a reckoning, rather than a shift

The German chancellor realises that while China poses a long-term economic challenge, the United States is currently the more disruptive partner.

23 Feb 2026 - 9:07PMvideocam

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Video | South Korea asks Russian embassy to remove ‘Victory’ banner

The banner declares “Victory will be ours”, as the war in Ukraine enters its fifth year.

23 Feb 2026 - 5:19PM

Zelensky says he believes Putin has started World War III

Ukrainian leader says his country was preventing it from becoming a ‘broad full-scale third world war’.

23 Feb 2026 - 3:10PM

Chinese tourists

Video | Chinese tour bus plunges into Russian ice lake, killing 8 people

A criminal investigation has been launched after reports that the tour had been run by an unregistered operator.

23 Feb 2026 - 11:34AM

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South Korea protests Russian embassy ‘Victory’ banner as key war date looms

South Korea formally protests display in the heart of its capital as the Ukraine-Russia war enters its fifth year.

23 Feb 2026 - 5:30PMvideocam

A banner reading ‘Victory will be ours’ on the exterior wall of the Russian embassy in Seoul. Photo: AFP

China airliners

China’s C909 jet gets international uplift with funding for adoptive airline

Chengdu Airlines, an affiliate of C909 manufacturer Comac, has received a capital injection to help widen the jet’s international coverage.

23 Feb 2026 - 11:00AM

Iran in secret deal with Russia for shoulder-fired missiles: report

Report of a deal for 2,500 advanced anti-aircraft missiles emerges as the US weighs military action against Iran.

23 Feb 2026 - 10:26AM

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One Battle After Another triumphs with 6 Bafta prizes as Oscars loom

Paul Thomas Anderson’s political thriller dominates UK awards, while newcomer Robert Aramayo stuns Hollywood heavyweights for best actor.

23 Feb 2026 - 8:52AM

Director Paul Thomas Anderson and One Battle After Another cast. Photo: Reuters

‘Brutal terrorist act’: twin blasts rock western Ukrainian city

A police officer was killed, 25 other people were wounded in bomb explosions in Lviv.

23 Feb 2026 - 11:47AM

Hungary spoils EU attempt at Russia sanctions package over oil flows

Hungary’s nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who maintains close ties with the Kremlin, has long argued that Russian fossil fuels are indispensable for his economy.

22 Feb 2026 - 10:19PM

Russian barrage strikes Ukrainian infrastructure as war drags on

Kyiv has faced waves of overnight strikes in recent weeks as Moscow has intensified its winter assaults.

22 Feb 2026 - 6:08PM

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of an interview with journalists in Kyiv on Friday. Photo: AFP

Trump sends ‘great’ hospital boat to treat ‘sick’ people in Greenland

The move comes amid simmering US-Denmark tensions over the mineral-rich Arctic territory.

22 Feb 2026 - 12:00PMvideocam

Servicemen attend the Arctic basic training in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, on Friday. Photo: Ritzau Scanpix via AP

Chinese tourists

Bus with Chinese tourists crashes through ice on Russia’s Lake Baikal, killing 8

A criminal investigation has been launched after reports that the tour had been run by an unregistered operator.

22 Feb 2026 - 1:53AM

5 European nations to make drones by tapping Ukraine’s war experience

The initiative by France, Poland, Germany, the UK and Italy comes after a spate of violations of Europe’s airspace involving rogue drones.

21 Feb 2026 - 5:31PM

Where is Kim Ju-ae? Succession question hangs over North Korea’s ruling congress

With Kim Jong-un set to outline his end-of-decade vision, the notable absence of his teenage daughter raises fresh succession questions.

21 Feb 2026 - 2:01PM

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his daughter Ju-ae inspect a newly completed music shop in the Hwasong area of Pyongyang on Wednesday. Photo: KCNA/KNS/AFP

Is China’s ‘reverse Great Firewall’ quietly blocking global access to official data?

Study finds many government websites in China inaccessible from abroad, suggesting bid to prevent open-source intelligence gathering.

21 Feb 2026 - 12:00AMvideocam

New study highlights geo-blocking, a practice in which internet filters restrict access by identifying a user’s location through their IP address. Photo: Getty Images

6 Europeans activists held in Turkey while investigating prison conditions

Their arrest came on the same day that police detained a Turkish journalist working for Deutsche Welle for ‘spreading false news’.

20 Feb 2026 - 8:40PM

10 arrested over Russian plot to kill top Ukrainian officials

Moscow promised to pay the assassins up to US$100,000, depending on the notoriety and influence of the potential victim, prosecutor says.

20 Feb 2026 - 6:58PM

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