India regulator faults airline CEO amid severe disruption
Indian regulators held IndiGo’s chief executive accountable for the severe disruptions that have roiled the country’s biggest airline in recent days, faulting the company...
Why top German diplomat’s China trip aims to manage rivalry but won’t reset ties
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul’s trip to China this week signals a mutual desire to resume high-level dialogue amid mounting economic and geopolitical tensions,...
China boy in blackboard plea for used bottle donations to fund sick mum’s treatment
A Chinese secondary school pupil who asked his classmates to save their used water bottles so he could sell them to help ease his...
Deaths among 13 households still missing in Tai Po fire not ruled out: welfare chief
Published: 5:56pm, 7 Dec 2025Updated: 5:57pm, 7 Dec 2025 Thirteen households from the Hong Kong estate devastated by the inferno in Tai Po remain...
Hong Kong blaze may have started on scaffolding between first and second floor
The fire that tore through the Wang Fuk Court housing estate in Tai Po and killed at least 159 may have started on scaffolding...
Lee Kuan Yew’s pain and his deputy’s resolve in Singapore-Malaysia separation
In the tumultuous days before Singapore’s separation from Malaysia in 1965, founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew clung to the hope that the city...
627 dead in Sri Lanka landslides as rains batter South, Southeast Asia
Sri Lankan authorities issued fresh landslide warnings on Sunday, with rains lashing areas already devastated by a powerful cyclone as the death toll rose...
Hong Kong scaffolding net sample ignites in test despite passing safety standards
A scaffolding net sample from a large Hong Kong housing estate produced flaming droplets and ignited a fire in a lab experiment despite passing...
JD Industrials prepares for $420m IPO on HKEX
December 07, 2025 JD Industrials, a subsidiary of Chinese e-commerce group JD.com, is seeking to raise as much as $420 million on a Hong...