For two weeks, Hong Kongs richest family, led by Li Ka-shing, held firm against Beijing over the planned sale of its Panama ports assets to BlackRock. That, in itself, is truly extraordinary, says former SCMP editor-in-chief Wang Xiangwei.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's office said he backed an initiative by Netflix to stream the drama series for free to secondary schools across the country, so that as many teens as possible can watch it.

The DEI rollback in the US is a stress test, revealing which firms are genuinely committed to diversity and which were doing so for optics, says Stewardship Asia Centres Sunil Puri.

The prime minister said that the contribution reflects Malaysias responsibility and solidarity as the 2025 ASEAN chair, adding that he has instructed Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan to lead a humanitarian mission to Myanmar.

During his visit to Japan, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegsethsaid that the two countriesstood firmly together in the face of "aggressive and coercive actions by the Communist Chinese."

Police have launched a probe into the 56-year-old man, suspected of mistakenly starting the country's worst wildfires in historywhich have killed 30 people and burned more than 48,000ha of forest.