New faces in Carney’s cabinet raise hopes of reset in India-Canada ties
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s appointment of four Indian-origin politicians to key roles in his new government – including Anita Anand as foreign minister...
Up to 80% of poor kids in Hong Kong shoebox flats not eating enough healthy foods
Published: 4:58pm, 18 May 2025Updated: 5:45pm, 18 May 2025 Up to 80 per cent of children from low-income families living in Hong Kong’s subdivided...
Vodafone Idea seeks relief on US$5 billion in dues from India following court rejection
Vodafone Idea has gone to India’s Supreme Court to challenge the government’s rejection of a request by the debt-saddled telecoms giant to waive more...
Hong Kong police arrest minibus driver, 78, after vehicle hits and kills man
Hong Kong police have arrested a 78-year-old minibus driver after his vehicle struck and killed a 75-year-old pedestrian near a public housing estate in...
Let’s dispel any doubts now over Hong Kong’s post-2047 future
Hong Kong could be in for another bout of “what will happen to us in …”, only with 2047 replacing 1997. I say this...
Nobel physicist Giorgio Parisi takes up complexity sciences post in China
Italian theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate Giorgio Parisi has taken up a senior position at a university in eastern China as the country strives...
‘No regrets’: China student saves classmate suffering heart attack, misses key exam
A student in eastern China has earned plaudits online after he missed a crucial exam to save his classmate’s life and says he has...
Buyers snap up all of SHKP’s Sierra Sea flats on sale as hot streak continues
Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP) sold 73 per cent of the units allocated on Sunday to buyers of its Sierra Sea residential project, capitalising...
Philippines’ Sara Duterte wants to stand impeachment trial so she can see ‘bloodbath’
Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio wants her impeachment trial to go ahead, days after her allies outperformed at the midterm election that could add to...