Bangkok hotel fire kills 3 tourists ahead of New Year’s Eve celebrations
A fire broke out at a hotel near Bangkok’s Khao San Road, a popular tourist destination, killing three foreigners and injuring several other people,...
Local officials replaced in wake of China’s worst lone wolf car attack in Zhuhai
Heads have continued to roll among senior local Communist Party officials in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai more than a month after a...
Hong Kong logs 98,000 mainland Chinese visitors amid pre-New Year’s Eve travel
Published: 2:32pm, 30 Dec 2024Updated: 2:44pm, 30 Dec 2024 Hong Kong welcomed more than 98,000 visitors from mainland China on Sunday, a 16 per...
Malaysia’s Pas and Umno to press for Najib’s release into house arrest
Najib Razak’s house arrest saga has pulled political rivals Umno and main opposition party Pas closer, after the parties vowed to rally next week...
Archaeologists confirm southern China’s oldest city is more than 3,000 years old
Archaeological remains of a city in Guangxi autonomous region are the earliest found so far in southern China, dating some 3,000 years to the...
China school probed for feeding young pupils leftovers from dog food bucket
A school in northeastern China has infuriated the public by feeding young students dishes which had been kept in a bucket used for dog...
Cambricon, China’s AI chip star, soars 383% amid push for self-sufficiency
China’s top-performing stock of 2024 is expected to see additional tailwinds into next year from the nation’s drive for greater self-sufficiency in artificial intelligence...
Hong Kong’s stock market marks busiest trading day in 6 months with three IPO debuts
Published: 1:30pm, 30 Dec 2024Updated: 2:18pm, 30 Dec 2024 Hong Kong saw its busiest day for initial public offerings (IPO) in nearly six months,...
Japan’s Mount Fuji loses a month of winter days as global warming accelerates
A central Japan city at the foot of Mount Fuji has lost more than a month’s worth of winter days per year in the...