Month: January 2025

A unique Chinese ritual called Fan Cichuang, which literally means “rolling across thorny beds,” sees half-naked participants rolling across beds made of thorny branches,...

Israeli troops fired at residents of south Lebanon on Sunday, killing two and wounding 32, health officials said, as hundreds of people tried to...

Published: 5:33pm, 26 Jan 2025Updated: 5:35pm, 26 Jan 2025 More than half of Hongkongers support raising the age threshold for a HK$2 (26 US...

It is a migration story that defies expectations. More than 10,000km separate the lush, tropical islands of the Philippines from Iceland, a nation of...

Published: 4:58pm, 26 Jan 2025Updated: 5:00pm, 26 Jan 2025 Belarusians began voting on Sunday, with President Alexander Lukashenko expected to cruise to victory unchallenged...

India celebrated its 76th Republic Day on Sunday with a colourful parade displaying its military might and cultural diversity on a boulevard in the...

China has tried to reassure India over its plans for a mega dam in the Tibetan Plateau, which has prompted fears it will cause...

Published: 4:01pm, 26 Jan 2025Updated: 4:04pm, 26 Jan 2025 The latest China-brokered truce in Myanmar’s civil war is likely to hold for now but...

Some leading European fintech companies are planning to make Hong Kong their base in Asia, the finance chief has said, touting his recent trip...