Hong Kong draws over 1 million mainland ‘golden week’ visitors but spending lags
Hong Kong received more than 1 million mainland Chinese visitors during the five-day Labour Day “golden week” holiday, a...
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Wang Fuk Court administrator schedules talks after residents’ legal threats
The government-appointed administrator of Wang Fuk Court, the Hong Kong estate devastated by a deadly fire last November...
US firms add 109,000 jobs, the most since early 2025
US companies boosted payrolls in April by the most in over a year, the latest evidence of stabilisation in the labour ma...
Vietnam, India seek closer ties to hedge against dependence on superpowers
A visit by Vietnam’s leader to India is set to enhance New Delhi’s growing influence with Hanoi while allowing the South...
As power flows through submarine cables, law of the sea must evolve
Beneath the surface of the world’s oceans lies an infrastructure so essential, modern life would stall without it – yet ...
Party boss of China’s emerging tech hub under investigation for corruption
The Communist Party chief of Hefei – a growing tech hub and capital of China’s central Anhui province – has been placed ...
Hong Kong pledges deeper ties with Uzbekistan as China signs bilateral agreements
The leaders of Hong Kong and Uzbekistan met on Wednesday to strengthen trade ties, as China and the Central Asian countr...
China’s chipmakers rush to embrace DeepSeek’s V4. Which names stand out?
The release of DeepSeek’s latest large language model, V4, has been followed by a wave of adoption among domestic semico...
China condemns Japan’s first overseas ‘offensive missile’ test since WWII
China condemned what it called Japan’s first “offensive missile” test overseas in eight decades, saying Tokyo’s “neo-mil...
Thailand vows strict tourist oversight after public sex incidents
Thailand vowed on Wednesday to tighten oversight of tourists’ behaviour after a series of incidents involving foreigners...
Indonesian captain among crew held as Somali pirates strike again in Horn of Africa
A chilling voice note from her husband was all the warning Indonesian housewife Shanty Shanaya received of his impending...
27 held, HK$3.3m fuel seized as Hong Kong cracks down on illegal sales by triads
Hong Kong authorities have arrested 27 people and seized more than 21,000 litres of illicit fuel worth about HK$3.3 mill...
Japan online shops probed after listing schoolgirls’ old indoor shoes for sale at up to US$320
Battered school indoor shoes, reportedly worn by graduating schoolgirls, have appeared in online shops in Japan, sparkin...
What the BJP’s historic West Bengal victory means for Modi’s India
After his party’s stunning conquest of West Bengal, Narendra Modi stands at a juncture that would have seemed implausibl...
Hong Kong police launch investigation after man and woman found dead in flat
Hong Kong police have launched an investigation after a man and a woman were found dead in a flat at a Sau Mau Ping publ...
Malaysia seeks to charge 2 over US$278 million Arm semiconductor deal
Malaysia’s anti-corruption agency is seeking to charge two unnamed individuals over a 1.1 billion ringgit (US$278 millio...
Hongkongers to pay only HK$240 a year for leukaemia drug after system shake-up
More than 400 cancer patients are set to benefit from Hong Kong health authorities’ decision to subsidise a leukaemia dr...
What does an improved Hong Kong property outlook mean for land sales?
The competition could intensify at tenders for Hong Kong’s residential plots as developers replenish their land banks am...
Hong Kong to ban new EVs with only electronic door handles
Hong Kong is set to ban electric vehicles equipped solely with electronic door handles, as authorities seek to align wit...
China’s new marine buoy says goodbye to classic Western design used since WWII
A giant orange disc settled into the waters off Rongcheng in eastern China’s Shandong province, marking the deployment o...