Hong Kong minister hints at scrapping of MPF tax break proposal for elderly
Published: 7:41pm, 9 Jul 2025Updated: 8:02pm, 9 Jul 2025 Hong Kong’s labour minister has dropped the biggest hint yet that authorities intend to scrap...
Chinese start-up Manus AI relocates to Singapore amid US chip curbs
The team behind Chinese general-purpose artificial intelligence (AI) agent Manus has relocated its headquarters to Singapore, stoking speculation that the move was aimed at...
South Korean actress reveals pregnancy via IVF without ex-husband’s consent
Published: 7:15pm, 9 Jul 2025Updated: 7:20pm, 9 Jul 2025 A decision by South Korean actress Lee Si-young to become pregnant with her second child...
Rights Advocacy Groups Call For Investigation Into CCP’s Repression of Lawyers
International advocacy groups are calling for an independent investigation into the Chinese Communist Party’s clampdown on independent legal advocacy that the regime unleashed a...
A Ton of Solid Companies Vanished in Shanghai Overnight; Volvo Cuts 800 Jobs, VW Factory Shuts
Overnight, a ton of solid companies in Shanghai just vanished. Did they go bankrupt or pack up and leave? Who knows. First, Volkswagen shut...
‘Quintessence of animal cruelty’: Singapore court doubles cat killer’s sentence
Published: 7:00pm, 9 Jul 2025Updated: 7:03pm, 9 Jul 2025 A Singaporean man who pleaded guilty to killing multiple cats by hurling them from high-rise...
Surprise US copper tariff tests the mettle of China’s vast refining industry
Shockwaves from Washington’s decision to impose a 50 per cent tariff on copper imports are still rippling across the Pacific, and China, the world’s...
Is China’s ‘Bohai Monster’ a revival of Soviet-era cargo transport technology?
A large wingship has been spotted in China’s Bohai Sea, revealing Beijing’s progress in developing its own version of the maritime cargo lifter while...
Lawmakers Renew Security Concerns Over GenScript Biotechnology’s Alleged CCP Ties
Lawmakers have again raised concerns about GenScript Biotechnology’s work with U.S. companies in a July 8 letter to the directors of the FBI and...