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United States

Hong Kong exports up 15.5% in May as firms race to beat China-US tariff deadline

Value of total exports reached HK$434.1 billion amid a 90-day grace period from April 9 to July 8.

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Donald Trump

Macroscope | How unique US advantages are fuelling Trump’s reckless behaviour

1 hour ago

Singapore

In China, ‘bridge-builder’ Singapore champions a multilateral world

1 hour ago

Hong Kong politics

Outgoing US envoy says little chance to meet Hong Kong officials during term

US Consul General Gregory May also confirms Post report that he will soon depart Hong Kong to take on senior role in at embassy in Beijing.

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US Consul General Gregory May’s tenure has been marked by the erosion of bilateral ties between the US and Hong Kong following the enactment of the city’s national security law in 2020 and the wider geopolitical struggle between Washington and Beijing. Photo: AFP

Israel-Iran conflict

Iran’s supreme leader says Trump ‘exaggerated’ impact of US strikes on nuclear sites

Khamenei has not been seen in public since taking shelter in a secret location after the outbreak of the war on June 13.

2 hours agovideocam

Israel-Iran conflict

China warned to watch for threats as Israeli spies in Iran open ‘Pandora’s box’

Having spies disable enemy radars and missile systems is ‘tactic belonging to a new form of warfare’ and a ‘wake-up call’, observer warns.

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Alibaba

Alibaba touts world’s first AI model to detect stomach cancer

The system, following a similar innovation for pancreatic cancer, could change the screening approach globally, researchers say.

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The AI system analyses images from CT scans. Photo: Shutterstock

Artificial intelligence

OpenAI: Zhipu AI is fuelling China’s global push for US tech alternatives

The Beijing-based start-up is racing to secure clients in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, the ChatGPT maker says.

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AIIB

China’s AIIB to double financing with help from private sector

China’s World Bank alternative intends to raise annual financing to US$17 billion by 2030 and work more with private investors under the leadership of incoming President Zou Jiayi.

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China-EU relations

Rare earths ‘THE thing’ for EU agenda planners ahead of China leaders’ summit

Chinese dominance of the global supply has leapfrogged into top place as the main issue in a troubled relationship.

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The issue of rare earths has helped to disrupt an apparent thaw in ties between the European Union and China. Photo: Reuters

China economy

Opinion | The new wave of globalisation could be China-led

Going global not only defuses the perils of protectionism, it also allows Chinese firms to bring jobs and economic benefits to the world.

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Visitors check out the Longi Green Energy Technology booth at the 2025 Intersolar Europe exhibition in Munich, Germany, on May 12. Photo: Xinhua

Music

US$30 million Stradivarius viola may be the most expensive instrument ever

The 335-year-old Tuscan-Medici viola has been on loan to the US Library of Congress for decades, but now it has become a gift to the nation.

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US-China trade war

‘They are going to stabilise this’: US-China trade deal is near, expert says

Former US official Graham Allison says memorandum of understanding between two sides could come as early as next week.

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South Korea

Husband of South Korean heiress took part in US strikes on Iran

Kevin Liu Huang, who is married to SK Group’s Choi Min-jung, also reflected on the risks of revealing military capabilities to enemies.

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Kevin Liu Huang (left) took part in the recent US military operations targeting Iran. Photo: LinkedIn/kevinliuhuang

Israel-Iran conflict

China hosts Iran defence minister and others on warship, condemns ‘hegemony’

Iranian Defence Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh tours Type 052D destroyer Kaifeng, thanks Beijing for ‘supporting Iran’s legitimate position’.

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Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun (third left) walks past Iranian Defence Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh (second right) and other SCO defence chiefs ahead of a meeting in Qingdao on Thursday. Photo: AP

Israel-Iran conflict

Battered Iran faces uncertain future after 12-day war with Israel

Decimated military ranks and mauled alliances might push Tehran to openly pursue a nuclear bomb or renewed talks with the US.

26 Jun 2025 - 2:55PM

World Economic Forum

Will China lead the next wave of AI, robotics evolution? Unitree CEO thinks so

At ‘Summer Davos’ panel, the head of the robotics start-up and others credit Beijing’s talent pool, infrastructure for rapid tech advances.

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Family offices

Family offices shift assets to Hong Kong, China and Europe from US: BNP Paribas

French bank says family offices are shifting assets away from the US thanks to tariffs and other trade tensions.

26 Jun 2025 - 2:00PM

Arnaud Tellier, the Asia CEO of BNP Paribas’ wealth-management unit. Photo: Edmond So

Open Questions series

Open Questions | US-China dialogue is vital amid deep disagreements, Mahboubi says

Director of the Penn Project on the Future of US-China Relations, Neysun Mahboubi reflects on taking US students to China, and the long-term future for US-China relations and China studies amid geopolitical tensions and tighter security concerns.

26 Jun 2025 - 2:00PM

US-China relations

China moving ‘breathtakingly fast’ in space military tech: US general

America’s top space force official voices concern about Beijing’s growing capabilities, echoing previous warnings about ‘kill chain’.

26 Jun 2025 - 12:42PMvideocam

Middle East

Trump calls for Netanyahu’s corruption trial to be cancelled

US president calls Israeli prime minister a ‘warrior’ and a ‘great hero’ – and that the case against him is a ‘witch hunt’.

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US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in April. Photo: Reuters

Formula One (F1)

Letters | Why can’t Hong Kong invest in a Formula One race?

Readers discuss how the city is being overshadowed by Singapore and Bangkok, why Hong Kong should reform land use planning, and the truth about Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas.

26 Jun 2025 - 11:30AM

A race starts on the Marina Bay Street Circuit at the Formula One Singapore Grand Prix in 2022. Photo: AFP

US-China relations

US lawmakers blast ‘Enter the Dragon’ hearing’s anti-China ‘conspiracy theories’

Republican Senator Ted Cruz tells Senate committee Beijing is ‘weaponising’ green energy philanthropy, to fury of Democrats.

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Americas and the Caribbean

Ecuador recaptures most-wanted gang leader ‘Fito’ in army operation

Notorious drug lord, whose 2024 escape triggered widespread violence, was apprehended after a months-long manhunt.

26 Jun 2025 - 1:29PM

Crime

US man who spent nearly 50 years on death row executed

Richard Jordan, Mississippi’s longest-serving and oldest death row inmate, was put to death by lethal injection.

26 Jun 2025 - 10:50AM

The gurney in the execution chamber at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary. There have been 25 executions in the United States this year. File photo: AP

Interest rates

Hong Kong steps into the currency market to defend local dollar’s peg

The city’s de facto central bank sold US$1.2 billion worth of US dollars to buy Hong Kong dollars at HK$7.85 per dollar.

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Pedestrians in Central on May 25, 2025. Photo: Eugene Lee

Korean peninsula

Opinion | How Trump’s Iran strikes doomed his North Korea strategy

Trump, who sold himself as the answer to deadlock on the Korean peninsula, has sabotaged his chances of a breakthrough by attacking Iran.

26 Jun 2025 - 9:30AMvideocam

Israel-Iran conflict

CIA says US bombing set Iran’s nuclear programme back for ‘years’

The US spy agency cited new intelligence, in a statement supporting Trump’s claim that the facilities had been completely destroyed.

26 Jun 2025 - 7:03AMvideocam

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