US Postal Service suspends inbound parcels from Hong Kong, mainland China
Published: 10:49am, 5 Feb 2025Updated: 11:04am, 5 Feb 2025 The United States Postal Service has announced it has temporarily suspended inbound parcels from Hong...
From mild to wild: record snowfall buries northern Japan
After almost cancelling a popular annual snow festival due to unseasonable January warmth, record-breaking snowfall has hit Japan’s northern main island of Hokkaido, disrupting...
Hong Kong rescuers find 2 missing hikers after long helicopter search
Published: 10:30am, 5 Feb 2025Updated: 12:25pm, 5 Feb 2025 Rescue personnel have found two missing hikers, a six-year-old boy and his aunt, in a...
Senate Vote on Confirmation of Pam Bondi for Attorney General
The Senate votes on the confirmation of Pam Bondi to be U.S. Attorney General, late on Feb. 4. …
Decades-Long Chinese Influence in Panama Begins to Unravel
About 10 years ago, Louis Sola’s family maritime business was given a concession to build a marina and cruise port on Amador, a causeway...
Trump Says He Could Work With Congress to Dismantle the Department of Education
The president says his secretary nominee, Linda McMahon, will be expected to move all of its functions to states. President Donald Trump said on...
Congress Will Begin Repealing Biden’s Last Regulations, Says Thune
After the presidential election, Biden imposed rules on climate, gender, and labor relations before he exited the White House. WASHINGTON—Senate Majority Leader John Thune...
Singapore enacts new controls on ‘race-based’ groups to promote cohesion
Singapore’s parliament has passed a bill establishing controls on “race-based” business groups and clan associations that is aimed at safeguarding racial harmony and curbing...
Poll shows transgender Singaporeans still face work bias; complaints are ‘nuclear option’
When Sarah (not her real name) told her supervisor at a security company that she was transitioning to become a woman, his immediate response...