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We have put together stories from our coverage last weekend to help you stay informed about news across Asia and beyond. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Xi opens National Games, Hong Kong’s Lee says hosting ‘honour’ – as it happened 2. Beijing protests after Taiwan’s No 2 leader makes speech at …

Learning opportunities present themselves every day, most importantly when our standards and values are challenged. The growth mindset requires that we confront what we often take for granted to be the standard and to be true and fair. Life is simpler in absolutes – everything is clear, judgment is easy and there is no room for ambiguity. The problem with …

The US president has thanked The Telegraph for exposing their “corrupt” competitors US President Donald Trump has accused the BBC of interfering in the 2024 presidential election, claiming the British state-funded broadcaster attempted to manipulate public perception by editing coverage of his January 6, 2021 speech. BBC Director General Tim Davie and Head of News Deborah Turness announced their resignations …

The broadcaster’s director general and news chief have left their positions in the wake of a scandal over 2021 US Capitol riots coverage White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has mocked the British state-funded broadcaster after its director general and head of news announced their resignations on Sunday. The development follows a scandal linked to a documentary about US President …

Donald Trump has celebrated the resignation of BBC director-general Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness after furore over an edited clip of the US President speaking in January 2021. Mr Davie admitted that “mistakes had been made” for which he had to “take ultimate responsibility” after it emerged that clips of Mr Trump’s speech on January 6, 2021, …

The government of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Sunday unveiled plans to fight organised crime and improve security in the violence-ridden state of Michoacan after the brazen public assassination of a local mayor sent shock waves through the country. More than 10,500 members of Mexico’s army, air force and National Guard are part of the operation, called the Michoacan Plan …

Volodymyr Zelensky said that King Charles had helped build relations with Donald Trump and described the British monarch as “very supportive” of Ukraine. In an interview on Sunday, during which Russian strikes on the country’s energy grid caused the lights to twice black out, Mr Zelensky heaped praise on the king. He said the monarch had played an important behind-the-scenes …

One of the world’s most beautiful cities is experiencing a simultaneous tourist boom and population decline, leaving locals feeling like “foreigners in their own homes”. Venice, also known as ‘The Floating City’, welcomed a record 38.8 million overnight visitors in 2024 despite officials introducing a mandatory overnight tax of €5 (£4.40) in the same year. While statistics for this summer …

A driver for Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has said he was conscripted into the Ukrainian military after being detained during her recent visit to the country. Dmitry Pishikov was part of Jolie’s entourage during her surprise trip to Ukraine last week, but was detained by draft officers after being stopped at a military roadblock. “At this checkpoint they detained me …

The director general of Britain’s BBC, Tim Davie, and the CEO of news, Deborah Turness, have resigned following criticism over bias at the corporation, including in the way it edited a speech by US President Donald Trump. The BBC has been embroiled in a spate of allegations that it had failed to maintain political neutrality in its reporting, including in …