From fashionista to caring mother, Thailand mourns Queen Sirikit
Published: 11:29am, 26 Oct 2025Updated: 11:29am, 26 Oct 2025 The year-long funeral ceremony of Thailand’s former Queen Sirikit started on Sunday, with grieving royalists...
Sino-Dutch dispute over chipmaker Nexperia puts car sector supply chain at risk
Semiconductor manufacturer Nexperia’s homebase in Nijmegen – the biggest city in Gelderland, the Netherlands’ largest province – offers few clues that it sits in...
Japan PM Takaichi faces high-stakes meeting with Trump over defence, trade
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi faces the first major test of her diplomatic skills on Monday when US President Donald Trump arrives in Tokyo for...
This Hong Kong start-up helps us see ‘the colour of the wind’ in 3D
Published: 11:00am, 26 Oct 2025Updated: 3:08pm, 26 Oct 2025 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) start-up Stellerus Technology aims to be the...
Global powers’ US$62 billion rare earth hunt stokes fear in Kenya
Division and suspicion have gripped five villages near Kenya’s coast as global powers from the United States to China eye a forest that is...
Can the KMT’s new outspoken chairwoman win over Taiwan’s mainstream voters?
The choice of an outspoken former legislator as chairwoman of Taiwan’s biggest opposition party may address the growing internal fatigue with the Kuomintang’s (KMT)...
How Chinese jeweller Laopu Gold has become a luxury phenomenon
At the newly opened Laopu Gold store in Hong Kong’s IFC Mall, it was quiet on a weekday afternoon. The barriers at the entrance,...
Solomon Islands’ defence force dream: an Australia-China flashpoint?
In the Solomon Islands, where memories of civil unrest and ethnic violence are still fresh, the government’s plan to create a defence force has...
China is supporting multilateralism one institution at a time
The International Organisation for Mediation (IOMed) was inaugurated at its headquarters in Wan Chai on Monday, bringing the new China-led mechanism into operation to...