geopolitics

Chinese mainland investors turned net sellers of Hong Kong stocks for the first time in nearly three years in May, after a surge in tech shares trading onshore eroded the appeal of the city’s market.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth praised defense allies in Asia and hailed newly stable ties with China at an Asia security forum in Singapore. Key US allies in the region also spoke about the security impact of geopolitical tensions both in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East. Bloomberg's China Corre

Putin declares the Baltic are now legitimate targets, escalating tensions with NATO’s Baltic members amid rising military concerns.

"Nearly every function in the military depends on the ability to store, move, process, secure and exploit vast quantities of data at speed and scale."

Israel Katz, the Israeli defense minister, said the IDF had planted an Israeli flag on the historic Beaufort castle near Nabatieh.

China's panda bonds on track for record issuance

Oil rose from a six-week low amid uncertainty over the outlook for a peace deal to end the war in Iran.

Oil climbed as tensions remained elevated in the Middle East, with negotiations over a permanent US-Iran ceasefire showing little sign of a breakthrough.

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth, speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on Saturday, reinforced the military backdrop to the negotiations, saying Washington was "more than capable" of resuming the war if necessary

"Nearly every function in the military depends on the ability to store, move, process, secure and exploit vast quantities of data at speed and scale."