‘Did we really win?’: Bangladeshis weigh progress a year after uprising
Published: 2:30pm, 3 Aug 2025Updated: 2:41pm, 3 Aug 2025 A year after the autocrat Sheikh Hasina was toppled, Habibur Rahman still carries the physical...
Hong Kong could return to operating account surplus in 2025-26: Paul Chan
Published: 2:15pm, 3 Aug 2025Updated: 3:57pm, 3 Aug 2025 Hong Kong is on track to return to an operating account surplus for the 2025-26...
New study revisits link between air pollution in East Asia and global warming
Over the past decade, clean-up efforts in East Asia have reduced air pollution significantly, improving quality of life and health in the region –...
Russian search for China boy who met Putin 25 years ago; now engineer recalls kiss
A Russian media search for a Chinese boy who had his photo taken with President Vladimir Putin 25 years ago has gone viral on...
First halal kitchen in new Hong Kong community living room for Muslim residents
Published: 12:36pm, 3 Aug 2025Updated: 3:51pm, 3 Aug 2025 In the old but bustling Hong Kong neighbourhood of To Kwa Wan, a small community...
India’s Modi urged to attend China’s victory parade. What would it mean at home?
Published: 12:00pm, 3 Aug 2025Updated: 12:03pm, 3 Aug 2025 A historian has called on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend China’s Victory Day...
HKEX to slash minimum spread of 300 stocks from Monday
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX), which operates Asia’s third-largest stock market, will reduce the minimum trading spread for about 300 stocks starting Monday,...
Hong Kong forecaster issues 2 amber rainstorm signal on Sunday, warns of floods
Published: 11:03am, 3 Aug 2025Updated: 1:39pm, 3 Aug 2025 This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please...
How Singapore’s economic architect Goh Keng Swee shaped its state-linked giants
The First Fools: B-Sides of Lee Kuan Yew’s A-Team is a new anthology about Singapore’s founding leaders. In this excerpt, author Aaron Low spotlights...