124 suspects arrested in Hong Kong for allegedly lending accounts to fraudsters
Hong Kong police have arrested 124 suspects in a three-week crackdown on people lending or selling their bank accounts to fraud syndicates using internet...
Australia Signs Deals With Nauru, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands to Counter China
Canberra signed three deals in 12 days with Pacific nations to ensure bilateral security, financial services and people to people connections. Australia has signed...
Ukraine war: Zelensky thanks China for supporting territorial integrity
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has thanked China for supporting his country’s territorial integrity and emphasised the two nations’ improving bilateral relations amid China’s intensified...
South Korea now ‘super-aged’ society as 20% of population over 65, faces demographic challenges
Published: 5:17pm, 24 Dec 2024Updated: 5:34pm, 24 Dec 2024 South Korea has become a “super-aged” society, a concept defined by the United Nations, as...
Are second-hand Christmas presents the new trend? UK charity shops have a pre-holiday boom
Bursting with customers one afternoon the week before Christmas, a second-hand charity shop in London’s Marylebone High Street looked even busier than the upscale...
Singapore Post downplays concerns over operational integrity after sacking of top executives
Singapore’s main postal service has sought to downplay concerns over its operational integrity following the termination of three top executives over a whistle-blower’s report...
Russia says cargo ship sinks in Mediterranean after blast, 2 missing
Published: 5:05pm, 24 Dec 2024Updated: 5:06pm, 24 Dec 2024 An engine room explosion sank a Russian cargo ship called Ursa Major in the Mediterranean...
Hong Kong teacher jailed for 6 months for taking upskirt videos of pupils
Published: 4:46pm, 24 Dec 2024Updated: 4:49pm, 24 Dec 2024 A Hong Kong teacher has been jailed for six months for taking upskirt videos of...
China’s CATL launches EV chassis that can withstand high-speed crash
China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), the world’s largest electric vehicle battery maker, on Tuesday launched a new electric vehicle chassis that it says can...