Hong Kong watchdog slams McCafe, 7-Eleven over wasteful bring-own-cup services
Published: 4:38pm, 17 Feb 2025Updated: 5:04pm, 17 Feb 2025 Major drink retailers in Hong Kong are undermining efforts to reduce waste by preparing beverages...
Will Yoon’s anti-China rhetoric threaten Seoul-Beijing ties ahead of Xi’s possible Apec visit?
President Yoon Suk-yeol’s controversial and unsubstantiated comments about China during his impeachment trial have sparked concerns about their potential effect on the relationship between...
ASELSAN to introduce land and weapon systems at IDEX 2025
ASELSAN will present new land and weapon solutions including ALKAR artillery and mortar systems, ASAF and ATOM smart ammunitions, and YENER ground-penetrating radar to...
Is major trouble brewing for Hong Kong’s housing market? Not so fast
Expressions such as “major distress event”, “credit squeeze” and “negative feedback loop” often denote a financial crisis. In Asia’s property sector, these terms are...
8 years after Irish tourist’s rape-murder, Indian man gets life in prison
A court in India’s western Goa state on Monday sentenced a 31-year-old man to life in prison for raping and murdering an Irish woman...
Hong Kong stage contractor linked to Mirror accident faces liquidation risk
A scandal-hit stage engineering contractor is facing potential liquidation after being implicated as one of the three firms accountable for injuring three dancers in...
Australia to deport violent criminals to remote Pacific atoll
Australia will soon deport three violent criminals including a convicted murderer to Nauru even though they are not citizens of the tiny Pacific atoll,...
US rescinds mass firings of nuclear weapons workers amid security concerns
The Trump administration has halted the firings of hundreds of federal employees who were tasked with working on the nation’s nuclear weapons programmes, in...
Makers testing dehumidifiers in overly favourable conditions: Hong Kong watchdog
Hong Kong’s consumer watchdog has urged dehumidifier manufacturers to stop publicising claims from tests involving overly favourable conditions after finding that the devices were...