Hong Kong to host Apec finance ministers’ meeting in October 2026
Published: 3:43pm, 12 Dec 2025Updated: 3:48pm, 12 Dec 2025 Hong Kong will hold the Apec finance ministers’ meeting in November next year as part...
Why US review of Aukus submarine deal for Australia is kept secret
The secretive aftermath of a United States review of the three-nation Aukus defence deal to supply Australia with nuclear-powered submarines is necessary to shield...
Electoral commission head David Lok to lead committee probing deadly Hong Kong fire
Published: 3:31pm, 12 Dec 2025Updated: 3:50pm, 12 Dec 2025 Judge David Lok Kai-hong, who chairs the Electoral Affairs Commission, will lead an independent review...
Chinese firms slam EU anti-subsidy probes as ‘discriminatory’
A Chinese business group has urged the European Union to halt its “discriminatory and disproportionate” use of anti-subsidy probes to target Chinese companies, as...
Tensions rise as US prepares to seize more tankers with Venezuelan oil
Published: 3:28pm, 12 Dec 2025Updated: 3:29pm, 12 Dec 2025 The United States is preparing to intercept more ships transporting Venezuelan oil following the seizure...
Differences should be ‘exception rather than norm’ for China and Philippines, Marcos says
Published: 3:26pm, 12 Dec 2025Updated: 3:30pm, 12 Dec 2025 China’s new ambassador to the Philippines has said both sides should try to get relations...
Scaffolding worker pay likely to rise in Hong Kong amid roll-out of new mesh
Published: 3:17pm, 12 Dec 2025Updated: 3:37pm, 12 Dec 2025 The wages of scaffolding workers in Hong Kong are likely to increase as plastic meshes...
UK woman jailed after drunk e-scooter crash killed ‘beloved’ father in Australia
A British backpacker has been sentenced to four years in prison after a fatal collision with a father-of-two while riding an electric scooter in...
Malaysian religious leaders urged to provide evidence of South Korean ‘cult’
Malaysia’s home minister has urged senior clerics to lodge formal complaints over claims that a mysterious South Korean Christian “cult movement” has been attempting...