Indonesian woman fatally stabbed in central Japan flat

Police are investigating whether a man who was fatally hit by a train nearby was involved in the case

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Investigators search near a flat where a woman was fatally stabbed in Japan’s Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Monday. Photo: Kyodo

A 20-year-old Indonesian woman was stabbed to death in her flat in Hamamatsu, central Japan , police said on Monday as they investigate whether a man who was fatally hit by a train nearby was involved in the case.

The woman, identified as Keiko Altaira Hanafi, was found stabbed and


Hong Kong issues red rainstorm warning, with flooding expected in parts of Wan Chai

The Hong Kong Observatory earlier issued the amber warning. Photo: Sam Tsang

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The Hong Kong Observatory issued a red rainstorm warning on Monday night, following warnings about heavy rain and serious flooding in areas of Wan Chai.

The red signal


Don’t assume US decline will lead to its fall, warns Chinese scholar

Although the US is in decline, underestimating the country could still prove a “fatal mistake”, according to a prominent Chinese commentator.

“The United States is still a hegemony in decline. Even with its relative decline, it remains a hegemony because no nation or force is currently capable of truly taking its place,” Zheng Yongnian, dean of the school of public policy at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, said.

In a recent interview with the Greater Bay Area Review, which is published by the


Hamas dissolves Gaza governing body

Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas announced on Monday the dissolution of the body that has governed the Gaza Strip for nearly two decades, clearing the way for a technocratic committee to implement civilian rule.

The move marks a significant political shift by Hamas, which has run Gaza since its fighters seized control from rival Palestinian movement Fatah in 2007 after winning legislative elections the previous year.

Since a ceasefire took effect in Gaza last October between Hamas and Israel, the group has repeatedly said it is prepared to step aside from day-

President Donald Trump signs the charter of his Board of Peace initiative at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in January. Photo: AP

China’s asteroid hunter closes in on target after 400-day trip, though size is a surprise

China’s Tianwen-2 probe, which lifted off on May 29, 2025, has come within 20km of its target, according to CNSA. The mission aims to sample 2016 HO3 and study the main-belt comet 311P. Photo: Xinhua

China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft has captured its first close-up image of a near-Earth asteroid, revealing that the target is even smaller than anticipated – a factor scientists say will make the sample-return task “far more difficult” than previous Japanese and American missions.
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Why Peru wants to shift its relationship with China beyond raw mineral supplies

Exports of raw materials such as copper are a mainstay of the Peruvian economy. Photo: Reuters

Peru wants to move to the next phase of its economic relationship with China to reduce the risks from trade ties dominated by the export of raw minerals, according to the country’s ambassador, Carlos Vasquez.

He told Tsinghua University’s World Peace Forum in Beijing on Friday that Peru was now seeking investment in the country’s infrastructure as it sought to diversify its economy


Huawei’s next smartphone chip taps new scaling law for performance boost: paper

The chip is set to power the Mate handset and will use Huawei’s Tau Scaling Law framework, which drastically shortens distance that signals travel in circuit

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A Huawei semiconductor chip. Photo: Shutterstock

Huawei Technologies’ coming smartphone processor is on track for a performance boost, without the need for more advanced processing nodes or lithography technology, according to new production data unveiled by the firm.


EU should think twice before weaponising its market against China

For much of the post-Cold-War era, the European Union understood economic interdependence as a source of mutual prosperity. Open markets, free trade and multilateral rules were regarded not merely as economic principles but as the foundations of European normative influence. That assumption is rapidly giving way to a different logic.

In an era of intensifying geopolitical rivalry, Brussels increasingly views trade, investment and technology as the power instruments of strategic competition.

Some European analysts have gone further, arguing that access to the EU market should become a


Former Chinese official sentenced to death in US$323 million bribery case

Former official Yang Youlin’s (centre) history of corruption spans three decades, according to a court in east China’s Jiangsu province. Photo: CCTV

A court in eastern China has handed down a rare death sentence to a former municipal official convicted of taking more than 2.2 billion yuan (US$323.8 million) in bribes, marking one of the harshest punishments for economic crimes in recent years.
Yang Youlin, who once served as executive deputy director of the Nanjing Economic and Technological Development Zone management

Legco could tighten members’ code after William Wong drink-driving case: Starry Lee

Wong was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving, careless driving and failing to stop and report an accident late last month

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William Wong resigned as a lawmaker on Friday. Photo: Handout
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