‘Ticking time bomb’: rare heart surgery saves pregnant Hong Kong mother and twins
Published: 6:36pm, 13 Aug 2025Updated: 6:43pm, 13 Aug 2025 A team of doctors in Hong Kong successfully saved the life of a pregnant woman...
India’s navy gets a double dose of stealth with twin warship launch
Published: 6:26pm, 13 Aug 2025Updated: 6:30pm, 13 Aug 2025 The grey hulls of two new Indian stealth frigates are set to slide into service...
Hong Kong sells US dollars to fight carry trade, defend currency peg
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) intervened in the foreign exchange market overnight for the 11th time since late June, buying local currency and...
After Chinese-owned aircraft detained in Russia, leasing firms incur huge losses
Chinese aircraft leasing companies have emerged as the latest victims of the prolonged Ukraine war, after one firm disclosed it had received US$23 million...
China boosts hybrid crop development speed by 400% with robotic breeding plant
Chinese scientists have boosted the speed of new hybrid crop development fivefold with a combined strategy of “robot-friendly” gene editing and artificial intelligence-driven robotics....
China wife asks mother-in-law for cash after paying hospital bills for sick husband
A woman in eastern China who complained about her daughter-in-law wanting to split the medical bill after her son suffered a heart attack has...
Tencent’s second-quarter earnings beat forecasts, bolstered by AI
Published: 5:49pm, 13 Aug 2025Updated: 9:53pm, 13 Aug 2025 Tencent Holdings’ second-quarter earnings beat analysts’ forecasts, as revenue from artificial intelligence (AI) boosted the...
Body of baby girl found floating in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour
Published: 5:38pm, 13 Aug 2025Updated: 5:40pm, 13 Aug 2025 Hong Kong police have launched an investigation after a baby was found unresponsive in the...
Suspended Hong Kong school ‘failed to pay teachers, had rats in dormitory’
A private secondary school suspended by Hong Kong authorities allegedly owed teachers months in wages and provided a dormitory for students that was unsanitary,...