China’s population drops for third year in a row despite uptick in births
China’s population fell for a third consecutive year in 2024, with a modest rise in new births outnumbered by deaths as the country’s collective...
How a local police programme is helping to empower women in Pakistan
A police initiative in the Pakistani city of Lahore is helping to empower local women. Advertisement The “Women on Wheels” programme teaches women how...
Hong Kong’s historic cross-border train to be showcased at MTR exhibition
Published: 5:26pm, 17 Jan 2025Updated: 6:06pm, 17 Jan 2025 A popular exhibition featuring the MTR Corporation’s classic rail carriages in Hong Kong will include...
Pakistan jails ex-PM Imran Khan for 14 years over land corruption case
Published: 5:01pm, 17 Jan 2025Updated: 5:02pm, 17 Jan 2025 A Pakistani court sentenced former prime minister Imran Khan to 14 years imprisonment on Friday...
CEO of Hong Kong’s NWD buys company-built flat for US$6.4 million
Echo Huang Shaomei, the recently appointed CEO of heavily indebted builder New World Development (NWD), bought a flat for more than HK$50 million (US$6.4...
Pakistan’s PM orders probe into national airline’s ad resembling 9/11 imagery
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ordered an investigation into an advertisement of the country’s flag carrier that bears imagery similar to the September...
Alipay bears cost of system error that applied discounts to user transactions
Alipay, China’s leading mobile payments platform, will bear the expense from unexpected losses that it incurred on Thursday, when a system error gave a...
Why Trump’s threats over Greenland and Panama Canal may be no joke
Even though Donald Trump only becomes US president on Monday, he has shown an unmatched capacity to throw cats among pigeons. I’m talking about...
House Freedom Caucus Calls for 2-Step Reconciliation Plan
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has called for passing the GOP’s agenda through one big reconciliation bill as President-elect Donald Trump prefers. WASHINGTON—The House...