China Offends Its Final Friendly Neighbor, Vietnam, Sparking Significant Backlash
On February 21, Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a new map of the territorial baseline in the Gulf of Tonkin, quietly extending its...
Andy Lau line in Singapore parliament sparks debate over minister’s ‘frustration’
Published: 6:55pm, 10 Mar 2025Updated: 6:56pm, 10 Mar 2025 A colourful, Cantonese rebuke of an opposition member by a Singapore minister in parliament has...
China Issues Spring Infectious Diseases Outbreak Prevention Notice Amid Wave of Infections
What the authorities really want to investigate is the situation of human bird flu infections in southern China, according to one expert. China’s authorities...
Musk’s X down for thousands in US, UK, Downdetector shows
Social media platform X was down for thousands of users in the US and the UK, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. Advertisement There...
Indian slums get cool roofs to beat the summer heat
In the informal settlements of India’s western Gujarat state, hundreds of roofs have been painted in a reflective, white coating over the last two...
China’s ‘two sessions’: PLA calls for more civilian tech inputs in military modernisation
People’s Liberation Army (PLA) officers have urged Beijing to allocate more civilian resources, especially in emerging technologies, to support military development and war readiness,...
Father of Hong Kong girl who died after delayed transfusion may sue doctor
Published: 6:29pm, 10 Mar 2025Updated: 6:59pm, 10 Mar 2025 The father of an eight-year-old Hong Kong girl who died a year ago after a...
Malaysian mums win battle for automatic citizenship for overseas-born children
Malaysian mothers won a bittersweet victory on Monday after a court settlement granted citizenship rights to their overseas-born children aged 18 and younger but...
Hometown of DeepSeek founder becomes tourist hotspot, renovations paid by government
An obscure and underdeveloped village in southern China has become a tourism site following the huge success of the Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company...