Authorities probe suspected fatal electrocution of worker at Hong Kong school
Hong Kong authorities are investigating a fatal industrial accident involving a 45-year-old technician who is suspected of being electrocuted to death at a primary...
Nato on high alert as Russia and Belarus launch major war games
Published: 3:06pm, 12 Sep 2025Updated: 3:07pm, 12 Sep 2025 Russia and its key ally Belarus began major joint military drills early Friday, putting Nato...
South Korea suspends US$503 million loan to Philippines over corruption fears
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung has ordered the suspension of a proposed 700 billion won (US$503 million) infrastructure loan for a bridge-building project in...
US church sues Hong Kong school, iPhone Air hits snag in China: 7 highlights
We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our...
‘Is this how you treat an ally?’: South Koreans back home after US raid ordeal
Published: 2:45pm, 12 Sep 2025Updated: 3:26pm, 12 Sep 2025 A specially chartered flight carrying hundreds of South Korean workers detained in a US immigration...
Trump’s push for the Nobel Peace Prize won’t sway us, says committee
US President Donald Trump’s obsession with winning the Nobel Peace Prize next month may have hit a hitch – the stubborn independence of the...
PLA barge fleet now in service as hull numbers on 3 confirm deployment: analyst
Published: 2:00pm, 12 Sep 2025Updated: 3:25pm, 12 Sep 2025 A fleet of large barges in the People’s Liberation Army has been assigned hull numbers,...
China woman stuck in cold storage freed by delivery rider, offers man company share
A Chinese woman who thought she was going to die after locking herself in her company’s freezer was saved by a passing delivery rider...
Xi’s military parade reached climax with flaunting display of strategic weapons
Serried ranks of ballistic and cruise missiles marked the culminating phalanxes in Chairman Xi Jinping’s massive military parade in Tiananmen Square in Beijing on...