Telegram boss faces French magistrates over app’s role in organised crime
Telegram founder Pavel Durov has told investigating magistrates in France, where he is charged with multiple infractions linked to enabling organised crime, that he...
Hong Kong’s new Kai Tak Stadium rocking as 18,000 fans watch trial concert
Published: 10:25pm, 18 Jan 2025Updated: 10:29pm, 18 Jan 2025 About 18,000 music fans descended on the soon-to-open Kai Tak Stadium for a concert on...
IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel Stepping Down Before Trump Inauguration
‘The best way to support a successful transition is to depart the IRS on Jan. 20,’ he says. The head of the IRS said...
Taiwan and Philippines try to figure out how to navigate the return of Donald Trump
Taiwanese lawmaker Chen Yeong-Kang leaned forward in his overstuffed chair in an anteroom of Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan as he considered the changes expected with...
4,000 visitors expected for festival at once-abandoned Hong Kong hakka village
Four thousand people are expected to visit a once-abandoned 300-year-old hakka village near the Hong Kong border with mainland China for a festival over...
Hong Kong’s ‘high tolerance’ of diverse views key to city’s success: minister
Hong Kong must preserve its cultural advantage of having a “high tolerance” of differing views, the city’s justice minister has said, citing press freedom...
Americans Remain in Dark Over Origins of Mysterious Drones
For the past decade, Jennifer Krazinski felt safe living in a home “tucked away, off of a dirt road,” in Hewitt, a northern New...
China’s call for deeper Japan trade ties may clear way for seafood imports to resume
China may be a step closer to reopening its doors to Japanese seafood imports after Beijing signalled it was keen to strengthen trade in...
Gunman shoots dead 2 Iranian judges tied to 1988 mass executions
A man fatally shot two prominent hardline judges in Iran’s capital on Saturday, officials said, both of whom allegedly took part in the mass...