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A highly anticipated animated crossover between a Chinese mythological hero and American pop culture icons will debut early next month, marking a significant collaborative release as bilateral tensions continue to ease.Many see My Ne Zha and Transformers – a 52-episode co-production between China’s CCTV Animation and US toy giant Hasbro – as the latest sign of stabilising relations amid soft-power diplomacy.The series features the popular boy deity joining forces with the Autobots in a rare fusion of an American commercial franchise and Chinese folklore. State broadcaster CCTV confirmed on Friday that the programme would premiere on its Children’s Channel on…

A Singapore private-hire driver has denied responsibility for a vulgar anti-Chinese slur that was seen flashing across an LED panel on the back of his car, insisting the message was remotely altered by someone hacking into his display system.The footage, filmed on Thursday along Woodlands Centre Road – a route leading to the checkpoint connecting Singapore and Malaysia – went viral after being posted by the SG Road Vigilante Facebook page.The clip shows a Honda Stepwagon Spada repeatedly displaying the message “F*** Chinese”, prompting members of the public to file police reports.Police confirmed that a report had been lodged and…

Alibaba Group Holding’s logistics arm, Cainiao, has expanded its parcel delivery service to eight African countries – including Morocco, Ghana and Nigeria – as it races to give Chinese e-commerce merchants a cheaper, more reliable way to reach the fast-growing continent.The company planned to extend the service to South Africa and Egypt by the end of December, Cainiao said in a statement over the weekend. Alibaba owns the South China Morning Post.Cainiao said underdeveloped logistics infrastructure remained a bottleneck for trade growth even as Africa’s demand for made-in-China goods surged.The company said it planned to leverage its network and technology…

Premium Textile Mills Limited, a Pakistani textile firm, has approved a $4.15 million project to install a 7.5MW wind turbine, expanding its renewable footprint. The listed company, engaged in the manufacturing and sale of cotton and polyester yarn, disclosed the development in its notice to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Monday. “It is hereby informed that the Board of Directors of Premium Textile Mills Limited, through circular resolution dated November 24, 2025, has approved the purchase of a 7.5MW wind turbine,” read the notice, having an estimated cost of $4.15 million. “Keeping up with our commitment towards sustainable environment…

Hong Kong-based Tykhe Capital Group and Malaysia’s Skyvast Digital have launched a US$150 million tokenised fund that offers investors exposure to artificial intelligence infrastructure, using an innovative arrangement designed to share project revenues and boost liquidity.SKYD Token was “the world’s first global-grade AI infrastructure tokenised fund”, Tykhe’s subsidiary, Pioneer Asset Management, and AI infrastructure developer Skyvast said in a press release on Monday.The fund will provide investors a direct share in 15 per cent of revenue generated by Skyvast, which builds and operates data centres, off-grid digital campuses and high-performance computing estates. Subscriptions start from US$1,000.“This model combines the upside…

Beijing has blasted Japan’s missile deployment on an island only 110km (68 miles) away from Taiwan as “extremely dangerous”, saying it stokes regional tensions and military confrontation amid deteriorating ties between the two Asian powers.But Shinjiro Koizumi, Tokyo’s defence minister, believed the deployment on Yonaguni Island would “reduce the likelihood of any armed attack on Japan itself”, a Japanese defence ministry read-out stated on Sunday.During an inspection visit on Yonaguni on Saturday, Koizumi said preparation for a medium-range, surface-to-air missile deployment was “progressing steadily”, according to the read-out.Yonaguni forms part of an archipelago that is only 110km from Taiwan –…

Gold prices rose in European trading on Monday, moving into positive territory for the first time in three sessions as the US dollar’s advance paused in the foreign-exchange market.   The shift came after less hawkish comments from several Federal Reserve officials boosted expectations for a December rate cut, ahead of Tuesday’s delayed US inflation data.   Price Overview   • Gold prices today: Gold climbed 0.35% to 4,077.74 dollars from an opening level of 4,065.23 dollars, after touching a low of 4,040.25 dollars.   • On Friday, gold slipped 0.3%, marking a second straight daily loss under pressure from…

The US is poised to supply Saudi Arabia with its most advanced F-35 stealth fighter jets, a move that analysts say reflects a new era of Middle East policy in which countering Chinese influence is fast becoming as important for Washington as maintaining Israeli military superiority.It would make Saudi Arabia only the second country in the region, after Israel, to operate the fifth-generation jet.US President Donald Trump announced the decision following a meeting with Saudi Arabia’s visiting Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman last week. Yet Israel has so far played down the implications, even after Trump’s confirmation that Riyadh would…

The strong debut of Qwen, launched last week, augured well for the Chinese tech conglomerate’s efforts to establish a major AI assistant that would rival the performance of Google’s Gemini chatbot and ChatGPT, both of which are not available in mainland China.The Hong Kong-listed shares of Alibaba, owner of the South China Morning Post, gained 4.67 per cent to close at HK$154.50 on Monday. Alibaba’s latest quarterly financial results are set to be released on Tuesday.Qwen marked “Alibaba’s most significant step yet into the consumer AI market, aiming to transform its cutting-edge foundational AI model capabilities into real-life applications and…

A joint declaration at the Cop30 summit in Brazil – reached without United States participation after Washington again pulled out of the Paris climate pact – has kept fragile climate cooperation alive for the Global South, even as the talks fell short of a fossil fuel phase-out.Observers said the outcome revealed both the limits of a strained multilateral system and the room that still existed for developing nations to influence the global energy transition, with several pointing to the UN climate change summit’s finance pledges and new institutional mechanisms as signs of cautious progress.The Cop30 summit, which was due to…