Hang Lung Properties profit slumps 46% on lower leasing profits, higher finance costs
Hong Kong developer Hang Lung Properties’ 2024 earnings slumped 45.8 per cent from a year earlier due to lower operating leasing profits and higher...
Shanghai issues more consumption vouchers after shock fall in retail sales
Shanghai has announced plans to issue another round of consumption vouchers, as the Chinese metropolis tries to reverse a downturn in consumer spending. Advertisement...
Trump Talks Tariffs, Oil, and Geopolitics in First Oval Office Interview
The Jan. 22 broadcast completes a two-part conversation with Sean Hannity. WASHINGTON—In the second half of his first Oval Office interview, President Donald J....
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...