China’s R&D growth passes US$496 billion in steady rise to hi-tech dominance
China’s research and development funding growth slowed for the third year in a row against the backdrop of a shaky economic recovery, but investment...
Top Japan restaurant roasted for serving inferior ingredients to Chinese guests
A Chinese Michelin three-star restaurant’s Tokyo branch has triggered an online backlash after being exposed for serving inferior ingredients to diners from China. Advertisement...
Hong Kong police arrest 2 more suspects in Yuen Long knife attack
Published: 1:46pm, 24 Jan 2025Updated: 2:00pm, 24 Jan 2025 Hong Kong police have arrested two more people in connection with a knife attack in...
In Japan, ‘mind-blowingly expensive’ cabbages make beloved dish hard to digest
Japan’s much-loved “tonkatsu” pork cutlets come with a mound of freshly shredded cabbage, but a surge in the price of the humble vegetable has...
Rebels close in on eastern DR Congo’s largest city as army battles to halt advance
Panic spread in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s main city, with M23 rebels steadily inching closer to Goma and seizing a nearby town as...
Rubio to Visit Panama Amid Rising Tensions Over Canal
The new secretary of state’s first official visit to Central America will include discussions on mass migration. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set...
House Republican Proposes Amendment to Allow Trump to Serve 3rd Term
President Donald Trump has joked about running for a third term but previously said in an interview with Time magazine that he wouldn’t support...
Can the Gaza ceasefire hold while Trump attempts to broker Middle East peace?
Some 15 months after Hamas triggered the devastation of the Gaza Strip by attacking Israel, the future of the Palestinian population there and in...
Chinese knifeman sentenced to death for deadly attack on Japanese school bus
A man who attacked a Japanese mother and child with a knife and killed a Chinese bus attendant who tried to defend them has...