‘Have some respect’: US TV series draws flak for portrayal of Singapore
Crime drama Countdown on Amazon Prime Video has drawn criticism for its perceived inaccurate portrayal of Singapore and its citizens in an episode last...
Hong Kong invests HK$30 million in water pipe robots to detect leaks
Published: 7:35pm, 1 Sep 2025Updated: 7:36pm, 1 Sep 2025 Hong Kong authorities have invested HK$30 million (US$3.8 million) in developing water pipe robots, modelled...
Taiwan taps young blood for security council as it faces Beijing and Trump
Taiwan has injected new blood from the younger generation into its security team as it seeks to tackle growing threats from Beijing and navigate...
Disaster Strikes! Chinese Defy Deportation, Fined $1.8M, ICE Arrests Chinese Prostitution Kingpin
Immigration policy in the United States has entered a new phase. Reports say the Trump administration has issued about 21,500 fines, totaling 6.1 billion...
SMIC to take full control of chip foundry as China’s fab industry consolidates
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), China’s largest contract chipmaker, said it planned to buy all of a foundry it controls as the nation’s fab...
Singapore issues correction order to US comedian over censorship claims
A correction order under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) has been issued to US comedian Sammy Obeid after a row...
Xi, Putin and Modi are grinning and smiling, but at whom?
Published: 6:11pm, 1 Sep 2025Updated: 6:50pm, 1 Sep 2025 Three major world powers – China, India and Russia – all with various frictions with...
China nurse leaves kids in dash to save life of epileptic man at railway station
A nurse in China who bit off her fake nails and dashed hundreds of metres in a railway station to save a man who...
Japan and South Korea face record heat as climate change bites
Japan and South Korea sweltered this year through the hottest summers since records began, their weather agencies said on Monday. Advertisement Temperatures the world...