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China

Texas governor signs bill banning Chinese citizens from buying property in state

23 Jun 2025 - 12:42AM

Protesters at the state capitol in Austin, Texas, on May 10 opposing bills to ban citizens and entities of China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia, from buying properties in Texas. Photo: AFP

Global Economy

Beijing tells China ships in Strait of Hormuz to phone home amid safety risks

23 Jun 2025 - 8:11PMvideocam

Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Guo Jiakun addressed the US’ recent involvement in the conflict in Iran, among other questions, on Monday. Photo: EPA-EFE

China Economy

US farmers face tough outlook as China switches suppliers amid trade war

23 Jun 2025 - 9:00PMvideocam

US soybean farmers have long relied on the income from bumper exports to China, but the trade is now mired in uncertainty as Beijing diversifies its food supply base amid the tariff war. Photo: Reuters

Military

Alert sounded in Taiwan as US carrier Nimitz sails to the Middle East. Why?

21 Jun 2025 - 3:11PMvideocam

Fighter jets take off from the flight deck of the USS Nimitz in the South China Sea on June 5. The warship has been redirected to the Middle East, where Israel and Iran are engaged in their worst hostilities in decades. Photo: Handout

Trends

Male grooming 2.0: from the Bakblade to trimmers by Manscaped and Happy Nuts

22 Jun 2025 - 6:15AM

The Meridian Trimmer Plus is just one of many products on the market for men looking to do a little manscaping. Photo: Handout

A Tesla robotaxi drives on the street along South Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas on Sunday. Photo: Reuters

Tesla launches long-discussed robotaxi service

Elon Musk’s decade-long robotaxi vision takes its first steps, utilising the Tesla Model Y initially.

23 Jun 2025 - 1:39PM

How much of a future does Elon Musk really have in US politics?

21 Jun 2025 - 11:44PMvideocam

SpaceX Starship explodes in setback to Musk’s Mars mission

20 Jun 2025 - 1:05PMvideocam

How Huawei’s AI chips outperform Nvidia’s in running DeepSeek’s R1 model

Performance of Huawei’s AI data centre architecture, CloudMatrix 384, illustrates the firm’s progress in overcoming US tech control measures.

19 Jun 2025 - 7:00PM

Huawei’s Ascend-based AI data centre architecture now rivals Nvidia’s own SGLang fast-serving framework. Photo: Shutterstock

Elon Musk’s xAI burning through US$1 billion a month as costs pile up

The artificial intelligence start-up is seeking to raise US$9.3 billion, with plans to spend over half of it in just the next three months.

18 Jun 2025 - 3:05AMvideocam

China’s private sector

China internet pioneer urges students to put off graduate school, start-up plans

Sohu.com founder Charles Zhang says college students need to ‘gain some real experience’ by working for a company.

17 Jun 2025 - 8:00AM

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My Take | China attains leverage in trade war on the back of its trump card: rare earths

Rare earths are vital components used in various modern technologies, including smartphones, EV batteries and precision-guided missiles.

17 Jun 2025 - 10:17AMvideocam

China dominates the global supply of rare earth elements, including 70 per cent of mining and around 90 per cent of refining these minerals. Photo: Shutterstock

US-China tech war

Nvidia CEO says Huawei has everyone ‘covered’ if US chip ban on China stays

Still, Jensen Huang says his company’s technology remains a generation ahead of those developed by Chinese rivals.

12 Jun 2025 - 9:44PM

‘Went too far’: Musk regrets some Trump criticisms

Trump said his relationship with Musk was over after a social media dispute, where Musk called the president’s tax and spending bill a ‘disgusting abomination’.

11 Jun 2025 - 11:29PMvideocam

Musk’s father says Elon made mistake, bets ‘Trump will prevail’

Errol Musk claims stress was behind public spat with the US president, dismissing feud as a ‘small thing’.

10 Jun 2025 - 12:27AM

US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk in March, months before their public row. File photo: AFP

Trump warns Musk against funding Democrats, thinks their relationship is over

The Tesla CEO is making a ‘huge mistake’ going after the US president, VP J.D. Vance says.

8 Jun 2025 - 1:38AMvideocam

US President Donald Trump (left) and Elon Musk speak in the Oval Office in March. Photo: TNS

US Supreme Court allows Doge to access Social Security data of Americans

Elon Musk remains influential post-White House as Supreme Court supported Donald Trump, allowing Doge access to Social Security data and raising privacy concerns.

7 Jun 2025 - 9:36AM

Unitree eyes pre-IPO fundraising, valuing robot maker up to US$2 billion: report

Raising fresh capital casts a spotlight on how China’s leading humanoid robot makers are pushing forward mass production this year.

7 Jun 2025 - 9:00AMvideocam

Explainer | Caught in a bad bromance: Trump and Musk go for the throat – what just happened?

The gloves have come off as the besties turn on each other, attacking policy decisions, threatening repercussions and levelling scandalous accusations.

6 Jun 2025 - 6:00PM

Before their public feud this week, US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk attended a press conference in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30. Photo: Reuters

Musk escalates public spat with Trump by making Epstein files claim

Elon Musk claimed the US president ‘is in the Epstein files’, but offered no evidence.

6 Jun 2025 - 2:28PMvideocam

Much of what the US government has distributed about Jeffrey Epstein has been in the public domain for years. File photo: AFP

Trump-Musk clash threatens to ground US space ambitions

US president’s threat to pull Musk contracts casts a shadow over critical Nasa, Pentagon and commercial space initiatives.

6 Jun 2025 - 4:50PMvideocam

Trump and Musk feud in real time as bromance implodes in spectacular fashion

A ‘disappointed’ Trump threatened the tycoon’s US contracts, while Musk said the president would have lost the election without him.

6 Jun 2025 - 12:46PMvideocam

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Xiaomi founder stays on as honorary chairman at Chinese software firm

Kingsoft Office is best known for its WPS Office software, a popular local alternative to Microsoft Office.

5 Jun 2025 - 6:00PM

Xiaomi founder, chairman and CEO, Lei Jun. Photo: AFP

Musk and hardline Republicans ramp up attacks on Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’

The Congressional Budget Office estimates the tax and spending bill will add US$2.4 trillion to the US debt pile.

5 Jun 2025 - 8:16AM

Musk calls Trump mega-bill ‘disgusting abomination’, days after farewell

White House dismisses Musk’s criticism of the US president’s signature tax-cut and spending bill.

4 Jun 2025 - 1:40PM

Artificial intelligence

Elon Musk raises new funds for xAI as he steps back from politics

The billionaire is selling US$5 billion in debt for his AI start-up through Morgan Stanley.

3 Jun 2025 - 11:00AMvideocam

Elon Musk is refocusing on his business after leaving Washington. Photo: AFP/Getty Images/TNS

Elon Musk’s alleged child with Japanese pop star sparks online storm in Japan

The claim by conservative influencer Ashley St Clair has fuelled speculation and debate over the billionaire’s growing family.

2 Jun 2025 - 6:46PMvideocam

Elon Musk leaves Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg on March 13, 2024. The billionaire entrepreneur is at the centre of renewed public scrutiny following claims he fathered a child with a Japanese pop star.
Photo: DPA

Musk says Oval Office black eye was because son, 5, punched him in the face

The tech tycoon says he got the bruise while horsing around with X Æ A-Xii before a Trump press conference to mark his last day at Doge.

31 May 2025 - 4:21AM

Drug claims overshadow Elon Musk’s Oval Office farewell with Trump

A news report says the tech billionaire used so much ketamine on the 2024 campaign trail that he developed bladder problems.

31 May 2025 - 3:45AM

‘A huge win for crypto’: US dismisses lawsuit against Binance

The dismissal marks a dramatic shift in the SEC’s regulatory stance on cryptocurrency under US President Donald Trump.

30 May 2025 - 10:38AM

The US SEC has dropped its enforcement case against cryptocurrency exchange Binance. Photo: Reuters

Elon Musk leaves Trump team, capping turbulent tenure in Washington

Billionaire Musk says his work at the White House is over, and is heading back to business.

29 May 2025 - 4:36PM

Elon Musk and US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office in February. File photo: Reuters

Elon Musk criticises Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ as bromance falters

The US president responded that more changes could be made to the legislation, saying he’s ‘not happy about certain aspects of it’.

29 May 2025 - 3:23AM

Xiaomi founder flexes semiconductor prowess with ‘very strong’ XRing O1 chip

The XRing O1’s launch marked the culmination of Xiaomi’s four-year-long journey to develop an advanced chip to rival those from Apple.

22 May 2025 - 11:33PM

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