Hong Kong to simplify written taxi exam in effort to ease driver shortage
Published: 7:40pm, 2 Jul 2025Updated: 9:06pm, 2 Jul 2025 The written test for aspiring taxi drivers in Hong Kong will be made significantly easier...
China’s ban on ex-senator won’t halt Manila’s South China Sea stance: experts
China’s decision to bar former Philippine senator Francis Tolentino from entering its territories is unlikely to deter lawmakers in Manila from pursuing legislation that...
House Rules Committee Holds Hearing on Senate Amendment to One Big Beautiful Bill Act
The House Rules Committee holds a hearing on the Senate amendment to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act at 1:30 p.m. ET on July...
Iran Complains China Isn’t Helping, Just Standing By, as Their Once-Solid Alliance Proves Fragile
One blogger sarcastically remarked that, according to military experts familiar with Iran, the country’s pride led it to favor the West, dismissing China’s technology...
China’s real consumption ‘far from as low as it seems’, think tank argues
China’s actual consumption power may have already surpassed that of Mexico and reached 40 to 50 per cent of the levels seen in developed...
Alibaba’s US$7 billion subsidy deepens China’s instant shopping battle
Alibaba Group Holding’s instant commerce service announced on Wednesday a substantial subsidy programme totalling 50 billion yuan (US$7 billion) over the next 12 months...
James Bond museum in Thailand misfires, closing after only 1 day
Published: 6:57pm, 2 Jul 2025Updated: 6:58pm, 2 Jul 2025 The closure of a US$1.2 million James Bond museum aimed at wooing more tourists to...
Beijing says Dalai Lama’s succession plan breaks tradition, tensions set to rise
Beijing said the succession of the Dalai Lama should be in accordance with tradition and Chinese law, in a swift rejection of a plan...
Indonesia and Malaysia set model for dispute resolution with Ambalat pact
The decision by Indonesia and Malaysia to jointly develop the resource-rich Ambalat sea block signals a pragmatic step towards defusing a decades-old territorial stand-off,...