Hongkongers make 1.8 million trips out of city during Lunar New Year break
Hongkongers made nearly 1.8 million trips out of the city in the five-day period around Lunar New Year, an 8.6 per cent increase compared...
Tech war: Huawei cloud unit powers DeepSeek models in China’s bid for AI autonomy
The cloud-computing unit of Huawei Technologies has worked overtime with a local company during the Lunar New Year holidays to make DeepSeek’s artificial intelligence...
Serbian students shake government with anti-corruption crusade
Wrapped in blankets and huddled around fires at makeshift camps, Serbian students braved sub-zero temperatures in Novi Sad as they spent the night outside,...
Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Stadium to hold first open-roof event drill on Tuesday
Published: 6:41pm, 2 Feb 2025Updated: 6:52pm, 2 Feb 2025 The retractable roof of Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Stadium will be open for the first...
China boosts train and bus services as workers cut Lunar New Year travels short
Transport providers in China’s inland provinces are launching extra bus and train services as migrant workers cut their Lunar New Year travels short to...
Cancer claims arm of US ‘Bionic Barbie’ as funeral for lost limb brings new-found confidence
A woman from the United States known as Bionic Barbie, who lost her right arm to a rare disease, has held a funeral for...
Syria’s president visits Saudi Arabia in likely signal to Iran
Syria’s interim president made his first trip abroad on Sunday, travelling to Saudi Arabia in a move likely trying to signal Damascus’ shift away...
In Japan, a Muslim community’s ‘straightforward request’ to bury its dead stirs hostility
A wave of social media hostility is thwarting a simple request from a Muslim community in Japan: the right to bury their dead according...
US businesses hoard to prepare for Trump’s tariffs
From an ice-cream parlour in California to a medical supply business in North Carolina to a T-shirt vendor outside Detroit, US businesses are bracing...