Indonesia gears up for 500% surge in EV use during Eid ul-Fitr exodus
Published: 2:17pm, 11 Mar 2025Updated: 2:43pm, 11 Mar 2025 Electric-vehicle (EV) use in Indonesia during Eid al-Fitr celebrations is expected to increase by 500...
South Korea’s Kia disavows ad poking fun at ‘crazy’ Elon Musk
South Korean carmaker Kia said on Tuesday that it had not approved an advertising campaign that featured one of its electric vehicles with a...
Lit cigarette suspected to have caused flat fire that killed Hong Kong woman
A Hong Kong woman has died after being rescued from a fire at a public housing estate. Advertisement The Fire Services Department received a...
Teenager arrested over HK$200,000 ‘space oil’ production in Hong Kong hotel
Published: 2:14pm, 11 Mar 2025Updated: 2:43pm, 11 Mar 2025 Hong Kong police have arrested a 16-year-old resident suspected of producing and trafficking a narcotic...
Minor International: steering a new path for sustainable finance in Thailand
By completing the first sustainability-linked bond in Thailand’s hospitality industry – also a first-of-its-kind for this sector across Asia – Minor International (MINT) secured...
Chinese-American mathematician Huaxin Lin leaves US for Shanghai institute
Acclaimed Chinese-American mathematician Huaxin Lin has returned to China for a full-time research position in Shanghai after nearly four decades in the United States....
Japanese public servants win US$67,000 payout over order to arrive at work 5 minutes early
A Japanese town that ordered government employees to arrive five minutes early each day for a meeting has been ordered to pay more than...
Malaysia mandates safety tests after Chinese woman loses leg in ceiling collapse
Published: 1:53pm, 11 Mar 2025Updated: 5:04pm, 11 Mar 2025 Building owners across Kota Kinabalu in Malaysia have been ordered to carry out mandatory tests...
Syria’s government signs breakthrough deal with US-backed SDF
Syria’s interim government signed a deal Monday with the Kurdish-led authority that controls the country’s northeast, including a ceasefire and the merging of the...