Indonesia’s Bali fumes at frugal tourists who spend time but less money
Locals in the Indonesian holiday hotspot of Bali have urged authorities to filter out cost-conscious travellers who spend more time but less money on...
China ‘qipao superwoman’ saves drowning girl while relaxing by hotel pool with treatment mask
A Chinese woman who rescued a drowning girl from a hotel pool while wearing a qipao and a facial treatment mask has been dubbed...
Hong Kong seizes HK$2.7 billion of illicit cigarettes as cases surge in 2024
The number of cases of illicit cigarettes seized in Hong Kong soared by 80 per cent last year, reaching HK$2.7 billion (US$347 million) in...
Bezos’ Washington Post scraps ad calling for Trump to ‘fire Elon Musk’ from print editions
The Washington Post scrapped an ad calling for President Donald Trump to “fire Elon Musk” that was scheduled to run in some of its...
India can lessen reliance on Russian oil if US emerges as key supplier
US President Donald Trump’s recent proposal to sell more oil and gas to India could significantly reduce New Delhi’s purchases of discounted Russian oil,...
Systematic to demonstrate SitaWare, new cloud capabilities at IDEX 2025
Systematic will be displaying its operationally proven suite of C4ISR battle management software, SitaWare, at the IDEX 2025 exhibition at Abu Dhabi’s ADNEC Centre...
Vietnam’s ‘transactional diplomacy’ paves way for Musk’s Starlink amid Trump’s tariff threats
Vietnam plans to adopt rules that would allow Elon Musk’s Starlink to provide satellite internet services in the country while maintaining full ownership of...
Veteran Google AI researcher joins Chinese TikTok owner ByteDance in leadership role
Wu Yonghui, a prestigious “Google Fellow” who worked at the US tech giant for 17 years, recently joined TikTok owner ByteDance to lead foundational...
Number of babies born in Hong Kong rises by 11% to 36,700 in 2024
Published: 4:59pm, 18 Feb 2025Updated: 5:09pm, 18 Feb 2025 The number of babies born in Hong Kong reached 36,700 last year, an 11 per...