Singapore’s Iswaran gifts scandal: Ong Beng Seng avoids jail, fined US$23,400
Published: 2:48pm, 15 Aug 2025Updated: 2:51pm, 15 Aug 2025 Ong Beng Seng, a Singapore-based billionaire hotelier and architect of the city state’s Formula One...
Hong Kong arrivals up 12% led by visitors from US, Europe, Australia
Published: 2:08pm, 15 Aug 2025Updated: 2:48pm, 15 Aug 2025 The number of visitors to Hong Kong rose by 12 per cent year on year...
How China clothed the world with a gigatonne of fabric in 2 generations
In just over four decades, China has produced more than a gigatonne of textile fibres – equivalent to 1 billion tonnes or roughly twice...
Chinese couple escapes serious car crash, marries immediately
A Chinese couple narrowly escaped a serious car crash with only minor injuries and chose to get married shortly after, receiving heartfelt congratulations from...
China’s home prices slide as support measures fail to budge sentiment
A gauge of new home prices in China slid 0.3 per cent in July, adding to the steepest drop in eight months in June...
Dairy and Meat Drive New Zealand Food Prices Up 5 Percent as Cost Pressures Bite
Food prices in New Zealand were five percent higher in July than a year earlier, up from a 4.6 percent increase in June, Stats...
Senators Call for Probe Into Meta After News Report on AI Conversations With Children
Two Republican Senators on Aug. 14 called for a congressional investigation into Meta Platforms, Facebook’s parent company, after a recent news media report revealed...
Alaska Summit: How Trump’s Pressure Campaign on Oil, Banking, and Diplomacy Is Redrawing the Global Chessboard
Commentary When President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Anchorage on Aug. 15, their handshake will make headlines. But the real...
China dam dumps Western chips, second Hong Kong school suspended: 7 highlights
We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our...