Hong Kong receives 90 reports of people stuck in lifts after voltage dip
A technical fault in the interconnection between Hong Kong’s two power providers caused a brief voltage dip on Thursday,...
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Is one of America’s top AI-robot scholars about to join China’s tech talent pool?
China looks set to claim another coup in its mission to build AI talent, with one of the world’s top scholars in artific...
Volkswagen tests China’s appetite for locally developed EVs
German automotive giant Volkswagen will launch three new electric vehicle (EV) models in mainland China over the next tw...
Activists howl with rage as escaped wolf faces death in South Korea
A wolf that escaped from a zoo in South Korea remained at large on Thursday, authorities said, prompting a local school ...
Hong Kong to roll out relief measures for transport sector as fuel costs soar
Hong Kong is expected to introduce short-term relief measures for the transport sector that has been heavily affected by...
Thai men sign up for military, driven by prospect of steady pay amid sluggish economy
Across much of the world, young people are turning away from military service. In Thailand, they are queuing up. Volunta...
Antisocial media: Meta, Google liable in landmark case for mental health harm
I’ve yet to meet a parent who wished their child had more screen time. Though just how far the problem can go was laid b...
Israel hammers Lebanon with strikes, killing and wounding scores on deadliest day of war
Israeli strikes hit busy commercial and residential areas in central Beirut without warning on Wednesday, hours after a ...
Cultural clashes, ‘unruly crowds’ at Japan’s cherry blossom parties stir overtourism debate
Japan’s famed cherry blossom season has become the latest battleground in a broader debate over overtourism, etiquette a...
Hong Kong’s global future depends on diverse talent
Hong Kong’s identity as a world-leading international hub has never been static. It has been built over time through ope...
Singapore raises air-con temperatures in public spaces to save energy amid fuel crisis
Government facilities in Singapore will take steps to reduce electricity consumption to boost the nation’s energy resili...
Mining revolution: China’s 500-tonne ‘underground carrier’ tunnels a kilometre to mine ore
The fearsome-sounding “Gangtie Jiliang” is designed to do what no machine has ever done before: delve straight down, kil...
China woman, 89, climbs from 27th to 21st floor of building to escape locked bedroom goes viral
A brave 89-year-old grandmother climbed from the 27th to the 21st floor on her building’s outer wall after accidentally ...
Hong Kong halts raw oyster sales from French brand over possible gastroenteritis link
Hong Kong food safety authorities have ordered an immediate halt to the sale of oysters from a French brand after the pr...
US-Iran ceasefire unlikely to cause major fuel price drop: Hong Kong economists
A two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran is unlikely to significantly ease fuel prices in the near term w...
China biotech flow picks up as Everest seals US$250 million deal
China’s biopharmaceutical sector is seeing an uptick in deal-making, with sovereign wealth funds from Singapore and the ...
Frustration, speculation mount in Japan as search for missing boy drags on
Frustration and desperation are growing in Japan amid a search for an 11-year-old boy who disappeared more than two week...
China-backed solar project powers up in Laos amid Iran war energy shock
China has completed one of Southeast Asia’s largest solar power projects in Laos, at a time when regional economies are ...
North Korea tests electromagnetic weapon and carbon fibre bomb: state media
North Korea conducted a slew of new weapons tests, the state-run Korean Central News Agency said, including one involvin...
AI fuels global trade growth as China-US flows shift, McKinsey finds
Artificial intelligence has emerged as the driving force behind global trade growth, fuelled by a surge in data-centre b...