The emergence of programmable economies has introduced multiple frameworks that aim to reshape how financial systems interact with real-world activity. In China, the digital yuan represents a centralized approach designed to enhance payment efficiency and strengthen monetary control. In contrast, decentralized models such
Hong Kong’s men’s foil fencing team claimed a major early season triumph on Sunday by winning team gold at the Paris Foil World Cup, delivering a statement performance that underlined the city’s growing strength in international fencing. The victory capped a dominant day
From cities across Europe, North America and Asia, a group of long time friends travelled to Hong Kong this weekend to celebrate both a personal milestone and a shared passion that has bound them together for a quarter of a century. Known as
Malaysian police have arrested a man accused of posing as a security guard to rob a young couple in a Kuala Lumpur car park before forcing a woman to perform what authorities described as an indecent act. The case has sparked public concern
A flash strike by gig workers across India on New Year’s Eve has reignited a national debate over the human cost of the country’s rapidly expanding ultra fast delivery economy. The protests, which took place during one of the busiest delivery periods of
The United States is deploying hundreds more federal agents to Minneapolis as tensions escalate following the fatal shooting of a woman by an immigration officer, even as local leaders and residents demand that federal forces leave the city. The move was confirmed on
The government of Cuba has responded defiantly to recent comments by Donald Trump, the president of the United States, who declared that no Venezuelan oil or financial support would be allowed to flow to the island nation and urged Havana to negotiate a
US President Donald Trump has said Iran is seeking negotiations with Washington following his warning that the United States could take military action against the Islamic Republic over its violent response to nationwide protests. His comments came amid reports from activists that hundreds
Britain’s former ambassador to the United States, Peter Mandelson, has issued a public apology to the victims of Jeffrey Epstein, while declining to apologise for his own personal associations with the disgraced financier. The statement has reignited debate in the UK over accountability,
Britain’s media regulator has launched a formal investigation into X, the social media platform owned by Elon Musk, following concerns that its Grok artificial intelligence chatbot generated sexually explicit and disturbing deepfake imagery. The probe focuses on whether the platform failed to meet
