Philippine church rallies over corruption scandal, piling pressure on Marcos
Thousands of members of an influential religious group started gathering in Manila on Sunday for a rally to call for accountability in the Philippine...
Hong Kong taxi driver arrested over death of elderly woman in road accident
A Hong Kong taxi driver has been arrested after allegedly hitting an elderly woman who later died in hospital from her injuries. Advertisement On...
Hong Kong’s flu season could extend into winter due to mutation: expert
Hong Kong’s current flu season, driven by a highly transmissible mutated virus strain and compounded by a cold snap, will be significantly prolonged and...
PLA Daily warns Japan of ‘path of no return’ if it intervenes in Taiwan
A commentary by military mouthpiece PLA Daily warned on Sunday that Japan risked turning its entire country into a battlefield if it intervened militarily...
Can ‘passive’ Philippine body deliver accountability in anti-corruption fight?
A new Philippine commission tasked with investigating alleged corruption in thousands of public flood control projects has begun issuing its first findings, but analysts...
Finance chief expects Hong Kong’s unemployment rate to stabilise or even decline
Hong Kong’s unemployment rate, which recently hit a three-year high of 3.9 per cent, is expected to stabilise or even decline as the economy...
Shanghai dreams of a new era of ‘AI restaurants’. But can diners stomach it?
China’s premier metropolis has a vision for the future of dining – and it is one involving restaurants run by artificial intelligence, with automated...
Chinese hotel offers lion cub wake-up call for guests spending US$88 per night
A hotel in China which offers a special morning call service that allows guests to play with a lion cub in their room has...
As war strains economy, Russia faces hard choices between guns and butter
After two years of robust growth fuelled by military spending on the war in Ukraine, Russia’s economy is slowing. Oil revenues are down, the...