Mercedes-Benz Shuts Down Rather Than Allowing CCP Party Secretary on the Board, 3,000 Jobs Lost
In Beijing, the Mercedes-Benz sign has been removed, and the Shunyi factory has been fully shut down. More than 3,000 workers have now returned...
Taiwan opposition blocks US$40 billion defence budget, prompting DPP protests
Taiwan’s opposition lawmakers on Tuesday blocked a proposed NT$1.25 trillion (US$40 billion) special defence budget from being placed on the agenda for review this...
Hongkongers gather on seventh day after Tai Po fire to grieve and demand answers
Published: 7:02pm, 2 Dec 2025Updated: 9:32pm, 2 Dec 2025 Residents and mourners have demanded that the Hong Kong government ramp up its investigations to...
Top 5 Supreme Court Cases to Watch in December
The month of December is set to be a big one for the Supreme Court, which has scheduled oral arguments in hot-button issues such...
Voters Head to Polls for Tennessee’s Special Election Today
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Voters will brave a wintry mix of weather to submit their ballot in the high-stakes special election for Tennessee’s Seventh Congressional District on...
ByteDance-powered AI phone snapped up by consumers keen to try agentic assistant
The first smartphone running on ByteDance’s artificial intelligence agentic phone assistant sold out on the first day, as consumers jumped at the chance to...
How a husband’s secret life between Singapore and Malaysia was exposed
A man who had been married for 15 years secretly wed again in Sarawak, Malaysia, and fathered two more children, all the while keeping...
Bodies of helper, woman she cared for found in same room at Hong Kong fire site
Yayuk Setyawati tried desperately to contact her sister when she learned the Hong Kong housing estate where her sibling lived and worked had caught...
Hong Kong court postpones inquest verdict on 2012 Lamma Island ferry crash
The Coroner’s Court has postponed a long-awaited verdict for an inquest into one of Hong Kong’s deadliest maritime disasters, in which 39 residents died...