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Pedestrians walk along the promenade near the financial district in Singapore on October 2024. Photo: AFP

Banking & finance

Singapore, Hong Kong among top picks in Asia for investment: HSBC

Singapore is the top destination for wealthy entrepreneurs to relocate, while Hong Kong fails to make the top 10.

25 Nov 2024 - 8:07PMvideocam

American cinema

Thriller September 5 recalls hostage tragedy at 1972 Munich Olympics

25 Nov 2024 - 11:20AMvideocam

China-Germany relations

Opinion | EV tariffs and Ukraine war weigh heavily on Germany-China relations

24 Nov 2024 - 8:30PMvideocam

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Where are the nurses? Will higher pay lure non-locals to Hong Kong?

Worries persist despite rule change to open door to professionals trained elsewhere, as city set to be short of thousands of nurses by 2045.

23 Nov 2024 - 11:46AM

Ukraine war

Outside In | It’s goodbye to ‘peace dividend’, hello to wars and defence binges

Global spending on defence is rising at the expense of social needs. The ‘peace dividend’ years are over.

22 Nov 2024 - 6:07PMvideocam

Donald Trump

Editorial | Torch of international cooperation to burn despite Trump return

China’s President Xi Jinping along with leaders at the Apec and G20 summits make it clear multilateralism is still the way to go.

22 Nov 2024 - 2:23AM

Ukraine war

Ukraine urges gamers not to enter Chernobyl exclusion zone as Stalker 2 released

Popular first-person shooter is set in a fictitious version of the restricted surroundings of Chernobyl’s nuclear plant.

22 Nov 2024 - 4:15PMvideocam

The abandoned city of Pripyat near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine. File photo: Reuters

Trending in China

Chinese tourist has heart attack, saved by German studying TCM since childhood

He explains his preference for TCM over CPR, citing concerns for patient’s delicate condition.

20 Nov 2024 - 3:15PM

China-Germany relations

At G20, China’s Xi Jinping meets with leaders of Germany, France, Argentina

Germany’s Scholz stresses the importance of ‘a level playing field for companies on all sides’.

20 Nov 2024 - 4:27AMvideocam

Nordic nations

Undersea cables in Baltic Sea cut, Germany and Finland fear sabotage

Probes launched after communication cables between new Nato members Finland and Sweden and alliance partners Germany and Lithuania were damaged.

19 Nov 2024 - 11:36AM

The 1,200km cable connecting Helsinki to the German port of Rostock being laid in 2015. File photo: Lehtikuva via AFP

China-Germany relations

Opinion | German coalition’s collapse could trigger economic ruin beyond Europe

Germany’s trajectory depends on its next chancellor overcoming ideological divisions to champion economic pragmatism and structural reform.

18 Nov 2024 - 5:41PMvideocam

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (front centre) is pictured ahead of testifying before a committee at the Bundestag in Berlin on November 14. Photo: AFP

Ukraine war

Germany’s Scholz urges Ukraine talks in first call with Putin since 2022

Zelensky warns that the conversation will open ‘a Pandora’s box’, making the Russian leader less isolated internationally.

16 Nov 2024 - 2:54AMvideocam

Electric & new energy vehicles

Chinese EV makers’ global plans hit bumps amid Beijing’s warning, failed deals

After officials warned against investments in EU countries that favoured recent tariffs, EV makers may need to rethink their strategies.

14 Nov 2024 - 12:59PM

Biomedicine: Companies

Germany’s BioNTech buys Biotheus in US$800 million push into cancer drugs

BioNTech says deal will support its push into the development of cancer drugs using its proven mRNA technology.

14 Nov 2024 - 11:57AM

Ugur Sahin, CEO and co-founder of BioNTech. Photo: Reuters

US presidential election 2024

Trump could send EU hurtling toward tariff war with US and China, Macron warns

The French president added that European countries risked being divided depending on their relative dependence on the US or Chinese market.

14 Nov 2024 - 6:06AMvideocam

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a round table discussion in Paris on Wednesday. Photo: AFP

European Union

Germany heads to polls in February after Scholz’s coalition collapses

The decision follows the Free Democrats’ exit from the coalition, leaving Chancellor Olaf Scholz without a majority.

12 Nov 2024 - 7:30PM

Fame and celebrity

Why are autographs dying out? Man with 10,000 of them blames selfies

Autograph hunter Christian Bach may also take photos with celebrities now, but do not expect to see a selfie – ‘you usually look stupid’.

11 Nov 2024 - 5:39PM

Women and gender

Berlin Wall divide that once shaped German women’s lives still echoes today

Women’s lives that have diverged so starkly under communism and capitalism have become much more similar again.

9 Nov 2024 - 12:00PMvideocam

Claudia Huth poses next to a painting showing herself. Photo: AP

Semiconductors

Chinese power chipmaker Innoscience found to have infringed rival’s patent

The US International Trade Commission rules that Innoscience infringed one of the patents of American firm Efficient Power Conversion Corp.

9 Nov 2024 - 9:04AM

US-China tech war

Global businesses bet on China’s market despite US trade tensions

On the sidelines of Shanghai’s CIIE trade fair, foreign companies brush away fears of a new US-China trade war after Trump’s victory.

8 Nov 2024 - 8:00PM

Espionage

Germany arrests US citizen over accusations of spying for China

He had contacted Chinese government agencies, offered to send sensitive information from the US military to a Chinese intelligence service.

7 Nov 2024 - 11:28PMvideocam

Visitors walk through the dome of the Reichstag building. German investigators have exposed several people suspected of spying for China this year. Photo: dpa

Music

German band react to being identified as players of ‘mystery song’

The hunt for the title of a song uploaded to the internet in 2007 ended this week. Now band behind ‘Subways of Your Mind’ want to reissue it.

7 Nov 2024 - 4:15PMvideocam

A cassette by 1980s German band FEX including the track “Subways of Your Mind”, identified this week as the mystery song internet users had being trying to trace for 17 years. Photo: Reddit/@marjin1412

Olaf Scholz

Germany faces snap election as Scholz’s coalition crumbles

Chancellor Scholz calls for a snap vote in Germany after firing his finance minister.

7 Nov 2024 - 6:01PM

US presidential election 2024

EU has wish list for Trump, but support for tough China agenda will be expected

In Brussels, there is an expectation that the US election result could usher in a shifting balance of power in Europe.

7 Nov 2024 - 8:47AMvideocam

Hong Kong property

Agile’s boss sells Hong Kong flat at 62% below cost as revival comes too late

Chen Zhuolin, chairman of Agile Group, sold a second flat in three months as fire-sales continue in city’s property market.

5 Nov 2024 - 6:30PM

The Hamburg Villa in Kowloon Tong. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Banking & finance

Start-up spurs Xiaohongshu-ready ‘experiences’ in Hong Kong

Strategy also seeks to capture anticipated growth in visits by Western tourists who spend more per capita.

4 Nov 2024 - 12:19PM

Tourists explore the scenic Lions Pavilion at The Peak during the National Day ‘golden week’ holiday on 2 October 2024. Photo: May Tse

Electric & new energy vehicles

EV review: Nio’s ET7 rivals Germany’s best in some ways, at lower price

The sedan offers a swappable battery and luxurious interior materials, but falls short of some domestic rivals when it comes to self-driving.

3 Nov 2024 - 11:30AMvideocam

US-China relations

Amid China concerns, US boosts scrutiny of land sales near military bases

The US Treasury has, however, rejected a push to retroactively apply the rule to a proposed battery plant by Chinese firm Gotion in Michigan.

2 Nov 2024 - 5:36AM

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Head of State

President Frank-Walter Steinmeier

Head of Government

Chancellor Olaf Scholz

last updated:

25 September, 2024