Hong Kong lawmakers vote down bill recognising same-sex partnerships
Published: 5:42pm, 10 Sep 2025Updated: 5:58pm, 10 Sep 2025 Hong Kong’s legislature has voted down a bill that would have recognised same-sex partnerships, despite...
China approves nature reserve at contested Scarborough Shoal
Published: 5:36pm, 10 Sep 2025Updated: 5:45pm, 10 Sep 2025 China has approved the establishment of a nature reserve at the Scarborough Shoal, a disputed...
Pacific Islands leaders call for ‘ocean of peace’ but face rough seas at summit
Pacific Island leaders issued a call for an “ocean of peace” on Wednesday, urging respect for their sovereignty at a summit clouded by China’s...
China Southern Airlines flight forced to divert amid ‘terrifying’ turbulence
Published: 5:00pm, 10 Sep 2025Updated: 5:10pm, 10 Sep 2025 A routine China Southern Airlines flight from Guangdong province on Monday evening turned into a...
Alibaba holds wide lead over rivals in China’s AI cloud market
Alibaba Group Holding captured more than a third of China’s artificial intelligence cloud services market in the first half of this year, surpassing the...
HKEX reforms have made city world’s top fundraising hub for EV makers: official
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX), operator of Asia’s third-largest stock market, has become one of the world’s largest fundraising platforms for the new...
Fishing for intelligence: US plan puts Filipinos at risk in South China Sea
A US proposal to train Filipino fishermen as informants, tasked with reporting illegal fishing and environmental degradation by foreign vessels, has triggered concern that...
Why China, not Russia, will gain most from Power of Siberia 2 pipeline
After years of negotiations, Russia has finally secured a binding agreement with China for the construction of the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline, a...
Japan’s restaurants swarm with a new, hardy pest: the American cockroach
A cockroach found in a bowl of ramen at a restaurant in Kyoto has drawn attention to Japan’s food and beverage sector, where an...