Budget 2025: how much will Hong Kong save and does plan differ from past?
Published: 6:31pm, 27 Feb 2025Updated: 6:34pm, 27 Feb 2025 Hong Kong’s finance minister has set his sights on cutting expenditure through measures targeting elderly...
News agencies decry restrictions as White House picks who covers Trump
Published: 6:26pm, 27 Feb 2025Updated: 6:39pm, 27 Feb 2025 Three major international news wire agencies have called steps by the White House to limit...
House, Senate Republicans Have Different Budget Plans—Here’s What to Know
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) are at odds over the budget reconciliation plan. Republicans in Congress are...
Public sex by tourists in Thailand’s Pattaya sparks call for misconduct clampdown
Locals in Thailand’s Pattaya are seeing red over public sex acts by tourists, prompting calls for awareness of proper conduct from visitors in the...
Free admission to Hong Kong’s M+ museum on March 9 to mark Art March
Hong Kong’s M+ museum will offer free admission on March 9 to mark the annual Art March festival. Advertisement Visitors to the modern art...
Huawei, Vivo, Xiaomi lead China’s smartphone sales surge fuelled by government subsidies
Huawei Technologies took the crown in China’s smartphone market in January, buoyed by a government subsidy scheme for electronics purchases, according to the latest...
Chinese woman with Cambridge master’s degree declines biotech job to become zookeeper
A Chinese graduate from the University of Cambridge became a zookeeper in Shanghai for better health, but her career choice has left many people...
Ex-Hong Kong lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting gets 37 months’ jail over Yuen Long riot
Published: 5:52pm, 27 Feb 2025Updated: 6:01pm, 27 Feb 2025 A former opposition lawmaker has been jailed for three years and one month for rioting...
Asian gold investors cash in on record prices, selling holdings amid global uncertainty
Asian investors have paused from purchasing gold and begun pawning family heirlooms and stashed away holdings to cash in on record-high prices, industry executives...