Hong Kong to require 2-year stay for children seeking local education perks
Published: 2:24pm, 31 Jul 2025Updated: 5:20pm, 31 Jul 2025 Children of non-local talent will be required to stay in Hong Kong for at least...
Sleepless in Seoul, scorching in Tokyo: East Asia roasts under record heat
East Asia is experiencing scorching weather, with Japan logging a new high of 41.2 degrees Celsius while South Korea marked a record streak of...
New World ramps up luxury home sales in Hong Kong and mainland China
New World Development (NWD) is ramping up the delivery of residential projects in Hong Kong and mainland China after raising more than HK$13 billion...
Claims against pop star Kenshin Kamimura ‘exaggerated’, Hong Kong court hears
Published: 2:14pm, 31 Jul 2025Updated: 2:55pm, 31 Jul 2025 An interpreter for Japanese pop idol Kenshin Kamimura exaggerated her evidence against him in his...
China’s Shenzhou-19 astronauts reveal record spacewalk featured surprise repair
Published: 2:00pm, 31 Jul 2025Updated: 4:05pm, 31 Jul 2025 China’s astronauts had to improvise a repair to the Tiangong space station without specialised tools...
China boy, 3, survives 18-floor plunge; dad honours ‘life-saving tree’
A three-year-old boy in China has shocked the nation after he miraculously survived an 18-storey fall from his residential building, thanks to a tree...
China summons Nvidia to explain ‘back-door’ safety risk of H20 chip
Published: 1:17pm, 31 Jul 2025Updated: 3:08pm, 31 Jul 2025 China’s cyberspace regulator has summoned Nvidia to explain whether its H20 chips have any “back-door...
Wuxi AppTec joins funding rush as appetite grows for China’s biotech
Wuxi AppTec, Asia’s largest provider of contract pharmaceutical research, has raised HK$7.70 billion (US$981 million) through a sale of additional shares in Hong Kong...
Man’s naked body found surrounded by sex toys in Hong Kong flat
Published: 12:11pm, 31 Jul 2025Updated: 4:02pm, 31 Jul 2025 A 49-year-old man has been found dead in a Hong Kong flat, with a source...