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Trump signs new orders targeting birthright citizenship and ‘birth tourism’

US president makes narrower second attempt to restrict automatic citizenship after Supreme Court rejected his original policy.

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US President Donald Trump, with White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, speaks during an event to sign an executive order related to birthright citizenship in the White House in Washington on Thursday. Photo: Reuters

China Economy

In Focus | ‘Quiet luxury’: why premium Chinese consumers are embracing home-grown brands

US

US sets 15% polysilicon tariff, price floors to challenge China’s dominance

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Society

Missed red flags in Hong Kong boy’s starvation death spark hard questions

Lawmaker Grace Chan says death of boy, 5, spotlights possible failure of assessment tools designed for evaluating high-risk cases.

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The judge said the fate of the five-year-old boy who starved to death could have been different had social workers noticed he was “just skin and bones”. Photo: Sun Yeung

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US sanctions Cuba’s military representative in Beijing over China procurement

Measures target officials and firms accused of obtaining military equipment from China and Russia for Cuba’s armed forces.

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Left to right: Cuban Ambassador to China Alberto Blanco Silva, Chinese Major General Ye Jiang and Cuban First Colonel Waldo Perez Cortes pose during a 65th anniversary celebration in Beijing in September 2025. Photo: Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX)

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US presses China over alleged scam bosses despite growing police cooperation

Washington says Trump raised the issue with Xi as the FBI expands cooperation with Chinese police on cyberfraud.

Authorities say transnational cybercrime networks are becoming more sophisticated, with online scams costing victims billions of dollars each year. Photo: Getty Images

China

Argentina extends US$19 billion China currency swap despite US pressure

Buenos Aires locks in the yuan line until 2031, months after the US Treasury Department offered a rival facility.

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Argentine President Javier Milei campaigned on a pledge never to do business with communist governments, but later sought Beijing’s help to extend the currency swap. Photo: Reuters

Business

How UOB is turning regional scale into customer relevance

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UOB aims to become the primary bank for all of its customers by providing a single point of contact for financial needs ranging from everyday transactions to wealth planning. Photo: UOB

Middle East

Iran seeks to bar US ships as Hormuz deal with Oman advances

Other details include a proposed ban on cargo related to Israel and a fee structure covering services like insurance and environmental costs.

People spend time at a beach as commercial vessels are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, on Wednesday. Photo: ISNA via AP

United States & Canada

China buys at least 10 more cargoes of US soybeans, traders say

These are the latest in a flurry of purchases ahead of President Xi Jinping’s expected US visit in September.

A farmer harvests soybeans in Faribault, Minnesota, in May 2025. Photo: TNS

Military

China confirms 2 deaths in Scarborough Shoal crash during Philippine ship chase

Beijing honours two coastguard personnel who died in a vessel collision in the South China Sea last year.

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One of the China Coast Guard vessels damaged in the crash near Scarborough Shoal last year, according to Philippine authorities. Photo: Handout

Diplomacy

Will latest trade ‘speed bump’ slow China-US ties, or even stop Xi-Trump summit?

As Beijing and Washington trade curbs, analysts say only major action or breach of the other’s core interests can prevent summit.

US President Donald Trump met China’s President Xi Jinping in Beijing in May. They are expected to meet again in the US in September, despite recent China-US friction on several fronts. Photo: AFP

United States & Canada

US Senate panel votes to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress

If the contempt referral proceeds, the US Attorney’s Office in Washington would review it and decide whether to seek a grand jury indictment.

Committee Chairman US Senator Rand Paul is shown on a monitor as former NIH director Anthony Fauci (left) testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on July 29 in Washington, DC. Photo: TNS
SERIES: Female icons in Chinese history

The Chinese sex worker who built an empire in America’s Old West

Ah Toy rose from new immigrant to madam running a chain of successful brothels, fighting racism, sexism and the authorities on the way.

Olivia Cheng (right) plays pioneering Chinese madam Ah Toy in the US martial arts crime drama series Warrior. Ah Toy was the first recorded Chinese sex worker in San Francisco, who went on to own a chain of successful brothels. Photo: HBO Max

Policy

Copy that: Why Beijing is investigating imported office equipment

Among Beijing’s countermeasures in response to the latest US sanctions, an investigation into imported printers and photocopiers stands out.

Beijing has launched an investigation into imported printers and photocopiers that use foreign-developed software in response to the latest US sanctions. Photo: Getty Images

Science

Chinese satellite captures video of SpaceX rocket debris crashing into the moon

Gande-1 01 is China’s first space debris monitoring satellite and the lead unit in a planned 120-satellite monitoring constellation.

An image of the moon’s surface shows the estimated impact sites for the SpaceX rocket debris according to Chinese firm ATmoto Technology (pink) and Project Pluto (blue). Photo: QQ.com

United States & Canada

US Senator Mitch McConnell says he’s been released from rehab centre

The 84-year-old Republican lawmaker, who has been out of public view for weeks after a fall, says he will continue his recovery at home.

US Senator Mitch McConnell sits with his wife, former US labour secretary Elaine Chao, in a photograph released by his office in July. Photo: Office of Senator Mitch McConnell via Reuters

Europe

Cambridge star professor Jason Arday resigns amid plagiarism probe

The controversial academic also faces scrutiny over claims about his athletic feats, such as running 30 marathons in 35 days.

Jason Arday carries the Olympic Flame in London in July 2012. Photo: PA via AP

Lifestyle & Culture

Will Jetstar’s plan to charge for overhead locker space work in Asia-Pacific?

Analysts say the move, an ‘extreme’ form of unbundling, risks backlash and added fare complexity.

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A Jetstar passenger jet prepares to take off from Sydney Airport on July 21. Photo: AP
A passenger stores a bag in the overhead locker during a flight. Photo: Shutterstock
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Why was a US Yale graduate hounded out of his job promoting Chinese culture?

His supposedly sky-high salary and internship at a conservative think tank sparked online fury and rumours he was a US spy.

Edward Kuperman was one of three new hires at the Dunhuang Convergence Media Centre. Photo: Weibo
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Open Questions | ‘Surprising’ how fast China’s military is closing US gap: analyst Lyle Goldstein

Beijing’s challenge is to resist temptation to build the PLA into a ‘hammer looking for a nail’, former US Naval War College professor says.

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Alibaba’s AI model Qwen3.8-Max widely accessible ahead of open-weights release

Flagship 2.4 trillion parameter model highlights native multimodal capabilities and the ability to carry out long-horizon agentic tasks.

The logo of Qwen is seen during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on July 17. Photo: AFP

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Chinese fund managers’ pursuit of AI plays backfires as hot tech stocks wobble

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‘Lyrical Maverick’ Peter Lai, who wrote multiple hits for Cantopop stars, dies at 76
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Bangkok airport apologises after boarding gate clash involving Chinese tourists
Bangkok airport apologises after boarding gate clash involving Chinese tourists
SUV left hanging on cliff wall after veering off road in Chinese city of Chongqing
SUV left hanging on cliff wall after veering off road in Chinese city of Chongqing
New Delhi investigates Air India flight over altitude loss that left 17 injured
New Delhi investigates Air India flight over altitude loss that left 17 injured
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Kim Yo-jong criticises Japan’s Tomahawk missile test, warns of ‘additional military options’
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In Focus | Why China’s military is laser-focused on ‘disruptive’ technologies

From artificial intelligence to quantum technology and hypersonic weapons, the PLA is in a race to define the next era of warfare.

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