US National Gallery of Art receives $116m gift to continue nationwide lending programme – The Art Newspaper
The National Gallery of Art (NGA) in Washington, DC, has received a landmark $116m donation from the Mitchell…
Oxford AI star Song Yuhang returns to China, but why did he leave chip start-up?
A young scientist who was a leader in Britain’s AI chip field has returned to China, joining Nanjing…
Brics to push for intra-currency payments as ‘immunity’ against Western clout
Brics nations are assessing whether a digital payments framework linking their currencies could lessen the impact of Western…
Trump cracks awkward marriage joke to Melania with King Charles watching after Jimmy Kimmel ‘widow’ uproar
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India, New Zealand sign ‘once-in-a-generation’ free-trade deal
India and New Zealand on Monday signed a free-trade agreement to deepen economic ties and expand market access,…
‘Hormuz moment’ could herald decline of US dominance: Citic Securities analysts
With global attention fixed on the US and Iranian shipping blockades in the Strait of Hormuz and how…
China presses IMF for quota reform, better surveillance of advanced economies
China’s central bank chief has urged the IMF to serve as a bulwark against “rising unilateralism”, at a…
Asia growth forecasts slashed as Iran war and tariffs threaten supply chains
Asia-Pacific economies are likely to suffer a slowdown in growth this year, as rising costs linked to the…
China’s 3-satellite surveillance network, Hong Kong’s inflation surge: SCMP’s 7 highlights
We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region…
Nicola Willis on talks with White House officials in Washington: I’ll be very candid
Willis has previously told RNZ, in talking of the Trump Administration, that she had “never felt so dependent…
International Monetary Fund downgrades global economic outlook – how did New Zealand fare?
In this case, the world’s GDP growth falls from an expected 3.4% in 2026 to 3.1% in 2026.…
China quietly profits from US AI boom despite Washington’s tech curbs: research
China is gaining from America’s trillion-dollar artificial intelligence spending spree despite Washington’s efforts to curb Chinese technology ties,…