6 of the best: the billion-dollar biotechs putting China on the map
Published: 11:00am, 8 Nov 2025Updated: 11:07am, 8 Nov 2025 The ferocity of China’s biopharmaceutical investment boom this year – fuelled by record-breaking licensing of...
Hong Kong to extend free use of public hospital mortuaries from 3 to 28 days
Published: 10:37am, 8 Nov 2025Updated: 10:45am, 8 Nov 2025 The three-day exemption from new mortuary charges effective next year at Hong Kong public hospitals...
Trump’s beef with foreign meat packers? They ‘drive up prices’, he claims
US President Donald Trump has accused foreign-owned meat packers of driving up the price of beef in the United States and asked the Department...
Trump Admin Asks Supreme Court to Pause Order Requiring Full SNAP Funding for November
The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court late on Nov. 7 to halt a judge’s order that requires the federal government to fully...
USDA Will Start to Fully Fund SNAP Benefits for November
The Trump administration said it would fully fund Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for November as it seeks to appeal a district judge’s...
DOJ Launches Probe of Major Meatpackers Over Alleged Beef Price Manipulation
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating major meatpacking companies following allegations of price manipulation in the beef industry, Attorney General Pam Bondi said,...
Yasukuni litmus test looms for Japan’s new PM Takaichi
Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is under growing pressure from nationalist conservatives to make a high-profile visit to Tokyo’s controversial Yasukuni Shrine, a...
Training to be a National Games volunteer demanding but ‘worthwhile experience’
For months, Kristin Ngai has been practising smiling while biting onto a chopstick at home, ensuring she shows six to eight teeth – the...
Half of China’s raw building materials could be recycled by mid-century: study
Recycling sand and gravel aggregates from construction and demolition waste could meet half of China’s demand for the materials essential for building skyscrapers, roads...