Hong Kong police investigate after woman, 38, found dead in Yuen Long flat
Published: 11:29am, 1 May 2025Updated: 1:08pm, 1 May 2025 Hong Kong police are investigating after a 38-year-old woman was found dead at a flat...
Israel strikes Syria, saying it hit group that attacked Druze minority
Published: 11:11am, 1 May 2025Updated: 1:34pm, 1 May 2025 Israel said it carried out a strike in Syria against “an extremist group” that attacked...
New Zealand Hit by Life-Threatening Storms
New Zealand has been hit by storms rated as being a threat to life, as Wellington experiences destructive gale-force winds reaching 140 km/h, sending...
Appeals Court Declines to Lift Restrictions on DOGE’s Access to Social Security Information
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted 9-6 to keep a previous ruling from a federal judge. A federal appeals court on April...
House Transportation Panel Advances Bill to Impose $250 EV Fee
The bill, which forms part of a larger tax policy bill, also includes a $100 registration fee for hybrid drivers. The House Transportation and...
Fired, rehired? How Hong Kong bosses plan to save money as MPF mechanism ends
The abolition of a controversial mechanism that previously allowed bosses to dip into staff pensions finally took effect on Labour Day, with Hong Kong’s...
Japan seeks regional sway as PM Ishiba courts Vietnam, Philippines on trade and security
Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s visit to two Southeast Asian countries this week signals Tokyo’s desire to “strongly anchor” itself in the region and...
Hong Kong office tenants pay world’s second-highest annual costs, Savills says
Hong Kong office tenants pay the second-highest costs in the world for prime space, behind only tenants in London’s West End, according to research...
A stronger China waits to see which Trump adviser will come out on top on tariffs: sources
China will hold off on entering serious trade talks with the US while it waits to see which of Donald Trump’s advisers will have...