China unveils handheld coil gun that works like a ‘less deadly’ pistol
China has miniaturised the technology used to make electromagnetic cannons to develop a handheld coil gun, according to ...
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Pope Leo calls for peace, dialogue amid Ukraine, Iran wars in Easter mass
Pope Leo celebrated his first Easter Mass as pontiff with a call on Sunday to lay down arms and seek peace to global con...
Are China’s TV dramas obsessed with beauty? An industry regulator thinks so
TV drama regulators in China have taken aim at beauty-obsessed and traffic-driven programming in the industry, with a ca...
Chinese firms trail US peers in AI adoption due to corporate culture: ex-OpenAI executive
Traditional corporate culture and hierarchies are slowing down artificial intelligence adoption in Chinese enterprises, ...
Move over, Easter Bunny: cats are the stars in Hong Kong this holiday
Hong Kong has swapped the Easter Bunny for a festive feline, with giant cat installations and murals delighting visitors...
Australia receives fuel export guarantees from Singapore, Japan
Australia’s government has received guarantees from major fuel exporting nations in Asia that supplies will proceed as n...
China’s luxury spending seen boosting global sales in 2026 despite headwinds
Luxury is back. Following a relatively stagnant 2025, the industry is forecast to accelerate in 2026, with China’s long-...
Chinese man, 90, cycles across country after tragic losses of wife, son, daughter-in-law, grandson
After losing his entire family, a 90-year-old from central China took to the road on a decades-long cycling odyssey in s...
Why crisis-hit Asia is unlikely to embrace Trump’s America 250 party
US President Donald Trump has appointed Nick Adams, the Australian-American social media influencer and self-styled “alp...
UAE, Bahrain and Kuwait lose water, energy infrastructure to Iran strikes
Critical infrastructure across the Gulf came under attack from Iran on Sunday with damage reported at civilian facilitie...
Growing Pains meets the ‘kill line’: a new Chinese hot take on the American dream
When the American sitcom Growing Pains was first broadcast in China in the 1990s, it was the first window for many in th...
How changes in home rental laws in England will impact Hong Kong, mainland investors
A proposed cap on the ground rents paid by leasehold homeowners in England and Wales is seen as favouring foreign proper...
Hong Kong rescuers search for man, 81, who went missing on hike in Tuen Mun
Hong Kong rescuers are searching for an 81-year-old man missing since Saturday, with authorities discovering one of his ...
Palestinians clash with Israeli soldiers after protest against Pence visit
Palestinian protesters hurl stones at Israeli soldiers during clashes after a protest against the visit of U.S. Vice Pre...
U.S. failure to appoint Australian ambassador "diplomatic insult": former deputy PM
Former Australian Deputy Prime Minister Tim Fischer has accused the U.S. of hitting Australia with a "diplomatic insult....
Speaker of Hungarian Parliament addresses in Budapest
Laszlo Kover (1st L), Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament, speaks at a conference of the parliament speakers of the West...
Typhoon Lan lashes central Japan, killing 2 and disrupting transport systems
Two people were killed and transportation systems and businesses severely disrupted as Typhoon Lan lashed central Japan'...
Spotlight: U.S. decision to withdraw from UNESCO triggers calls for multilateralism
The U.S. decision to withdraw from UNESCO, the UN cultural agency, has triggered worldwide calls for supporting multilat...
U.S. nuke-powered submarine makes port call in S. Korea
A U.S. nuclear-powered submarine on Friday made a port call at a city in southeast South Korea, Yonhap news agency repor...
S.Korean court extends detention of ex-president Park over corruption charges
A South Korean court on Friday decided to extend the detention of impeached President Park Geun-hye who has been in cust...