Philippine lawmaker urges US to donate missile cruiser amid South China Sea row
Published: 7:34pm, 17 Oct 2024Updated: 7:36pm, 17 Oct 2024 A Philippine lawmaker has appealed to the United States to show its commitment to Manila’s...
China accuses foreign company of illegal mapping, prompting denials from some EV firms
Chinese authorities have accused an unnamed foreign company of conducting illegal mapping activities under the guise of intelligent driving research, triggering denials from several...
China says it drove away Japanese fishing boat from waters near disputed Diaoyu Islands
China’s coastguard says it warned a Japanese fishing boat to leave its territorial waters near the disputed Diaoyu Islands, the latest confrontation in the...
Hong Kong police probe throwing of concrete block that struck customs recruits
Published: 3:18pm, 17 Oct 2024Updated: 3:50pm, 17 Oct 2024 Hong Kong police are investigating whether noise complaints are linked to two customs trainees being...
Hong Kong official accused of sexually assaulting underage girl not allowed to travel
Published: 3:16pm, 17 Oct 2024Updated: 3:56pm, 17 Oct 2024 A court has dismissed a district councillor’s request to leave Hong Kong for work purposes...
Woman jailed for 17 weeks for using fake papers to get Hong Kong student visa
Published: 3:10pm, 17 Oct 2024Updated: 4:06pm, 17 Oct 2024 A mainland Chinese student has been sentenced to 17 weeks in prison for using a...
Tourist’s torii gate pull-up stunt in Japan sparks outrage and debate on visitor etiquette
A foreign tourist has apologised after incurring the wrath of Japanese social media users for posting a video online in which she performed pull-ups...
Australia to give 49 ageing Abrams tanks to Ukraine for war effort
Australia will give 49 of its ageing M1A1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine months after Kyiv requested the redundant fleet, Defence Minister Richard Marles said...
TSMC’s third-quarter profit handily beats forecasts on AI boom
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the dominant producer of advanced chips used in artificial intelligence (AI) applications, reported on Thursday a forecast-beating 54 per...