Fire at Hong Kong kindergarten forces 270 pupils and teachers to evacuate
Published: 5:38pm, 29 Apr 2025Updated: 5:57pm, 29 Apr 2025 Hundreds of pupils and staff were evacuated on Tuesday afternoon after a fire broke out...
Taiwan sets up platform for coordinated response to undersea cable disruptions
Published: 5:30pm, 29 Apr 2025Updated: 5:36pm, 29 Apr 2025 Taiwan has launched a platform to help respond to disruptions to undersea cables, amid accusations...
Hollywood faces defining moment in China as Disney prepares new releases
Published: 5:30pm, 29 Apr 2025Updated: 5:49pm, 29 Apr 2025 Reports of Hollywood’s demise in China have been greatly exaggerated. Advertisement Two weeks after Beijing...
Narrow escape as falling crane in China almost crushes man
Advertisement Accidents and disasters in China China No casualties have been reported, local police say 01:00 Narrow escape as falling crane in China almost...
Disgraced Cardinal Becciu withdraws from conclave to elect pope for ‘the good of the church’
The Italian cardinal at the heart of the Vatican’s “trial of the century” announced on Tuesday he was withdrawing from taking part in the...
US Agencies Investigating Harvard Law Review for Alleged Race Discrimination
Assistant secretary for civil rights said that Harvard Law Review’s article selection process ‘appears to pick winners and losers on the basis of race’....
Philippines to slash rice prices in half to aid voters amid May election campaign
The Philippine government plans to sell some of its rice inventories at heavily subsidised prices in May as residents in the Asian archipelago turn...
What Hong Kong SMEs must do to survive the Trump effect
The new US trade tariffs are causing turmoil for markets and businesses. CPA Australia’s recent Asia-Pacific Small Business survey showed that only 57 per...
Geely-owned Volvo hits Q1 slowdown amid ‘turbulence’; set to cut $1.9bn in costs
April 29, 2025 Volvo Cars ‘(Volvo) profits (EBIT) fell to SEK1.9 billion ($197.8 million) for Q1 2025, compared with SEK6.8 billion in Q1 2024....