Nina Wang trust donates HK$100 million to Hong Kong fire victims, surpassing Li Ka-shing
The trust of late billionaire Nina Wang Kung Yu-sum has donated HK$100 million (US$12.8 million) to victims of the deadly Tai Po blaze, surpassing...
‘Major breakthroughs’: Chinese biotech firms plan global expansions after domestic success
With their domestic profits narrowing and production capacity expanding, China’s firms are continuing to widen their overseas footprints in search of new, more lucrative...
Women in China community chat group required to share menstrual dates, raises privacy concerns
A concerned mother in China has revealed that her local authorities are requiring all post-partum women to report when they had their last menstrual...
US-Venezuela tensions: how far will Trump go?
Published: 1:52pm, 11 Dec 2025Updated: 1:54pm, 11 Dec 2025 US President Donald Trump has deployed thousands of US troops to the Caribbean and warned...
Land Along Southern Border Is Transferred to Navy to Become Part of ‘National Defense Area’
The Trump administration said on Dec. 10 that it would transfer roughly 760 acres of public land along the U.S.-Mexico border in California to...
Russian Bombers Join Chinese Air Patrol Near Japan as Tokyo-Beijing Tie Strains
TOKYO/MOSCOW—Japan has scrambled jets to monitor Russian and Chinese air forces conducting joint patrols around the country, the Japanese defence ministry said late Tuesday,...
‘If It Wasn’t Leaked’: The Secret Pact That Nearly Put Chinese PLA Troops on Australia’s Doorstep
Had news of the 2022 signing of a defence pact between the Solomon Islands and Beijing not been leaked, there would now be Chinese...
Hong Kong’s first Chinese medicine hospital opens as initial quotas fully booked
Published: 12:27pm, 11 Dec 2025Updated: 12:54pm, 11 Dec 2025 Hong Kong’s first Chinese medicine hospital has opened its doors to patients, with subsidised outpatient...
BP, Chevron Top List of Oil Companies to Win New Drilling Leases in Gulf of America
BP, Chevron, and the Australian oil and gas company Woodside Energy were the top bidders on Wednesday for the Trump administration’s first sale of...