France’s ex-president Sarkozy on trial over alleged Gaddafi pact
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, already convicted twice in separate cases since leaving office, on Monday goes on trial charged with accepting illegal campaign...
Nagasaki atomic bomb survivor, who devoted his life to peace, dies at 93
Shigemi Fukahori, a survivor of the 1945 Nagasaki atomic bombing, who devoted his life to advocating for peace has died. He was 93. Advertisement...
Swiss stance on Russia may boost family office business in Hong Kong: minister
Hong Kong’s treasury chief has said the city has a greater chance of enticing investors to set up family offices due to Switzerland’s neutral...
How creative therapies help bereaved Hongkongers process unspoken grief
Published: 6:30pm, 5 Jan 2025Updated: 6:50pm, 5 Jan 2025 Whenever Hongkonger Christina Lau Siu-mui misses her mother who died of cancer about a year...
Clashes in Syria between pro-Turkey, Kurdish forces kills 101, monitor says
Published: 6:27pm, 5 Jan 2025Updated: 6:43pm, 5 Jan 2025 More than 100 combatants were killed over the last two days in northern Syria in...
Exiled Venezuelan opposition leader to speak with Biden, visit US
Venezuelan opposition politician Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, who fled the country after a tumultuous election and subsequent police crackdown, said on Saturday he has plans...
Could China’s newest amphibious warship, the Type 076, be in service next year?
The first of a new series of Chinese amphibious attack ships could be in service by the end of 2026, a Chinese military expert...
The abandoned Filipino children of sex workers using DNA to find their fathers amid uncertainty
A cloying sour-milk stench wafts through the maze of muddy alleys and tightly packed makeshift homes of Hadrian’s Extension, a shanty town in Angeles...
Japanese dad quits job to honour late daughter’s memory by opening café with family
A Japanese man has quit the job he has been doing all his life to study baking and pastry so that he could fulfil...