New Zealand’s Biggest Retailer Records Another Year of Losses
New Zealand’s largest retail business, The Warehouse Group (TWG), has reported another full-year loss for the year ended Aug. 3. Despite the loss, it...
Hong Kong may issue No 1 typhoon signal on Friday as Tropical Storm Matmo nears
Published: 1:09pm, 2 Oct 2025Updated: 1:41pm, 2 Oct 2025 This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please...
5% rise in mainland Chinese visitors to Hong Kong on first day of ‘golden week’
Published: 12:45pm, 2 Oct 2025Updated: 1:13pm, 2 Oct 2025 Hong Kong recorded a 5 per cent year-on-year rise in mainland Chinese visitors on the...
6,000 in 6 months: South Korea is overprescribing ADHD pills, politician warns
A South Korean lawmaker has raised concern over lax prescription rules after government data showed a single patient received more than 6,000 pills for...
New Zealand and Pacific Nations Failing to Stop Trafficking, US State Department Says
New Zealand, together with eight Pacific Island nations, have failed to stop human trafficking according to the latest data from the U.S. State Department....
PNG Cabinet Backs New Defence Pact, Elevating Ties With Australia to Full Ally Status
Australia has scored a major victory in its Indo-Pacific diplomacy efforts after the Papua New Guinea (PNG) Cabinet, by “an absolute majority,” agreed to...
Waterbomb Hong Kong music festival postponed this weekend due to typhoon forecast
Published: 12:04pm, 2 Oct 2025Updated: 1:23pm, 2 Oct 2025 A water-themed music festival scheduled for this weekend has been postponed due to a forecast...
China’s AS700 airship completes low-altitude flight in key airworthiness test
China’s first crewed airship – the Xiangyun AS700 – has completed its first low-altitude flight over the mountainous region of Guanling in southwestern Guizhou...
Patel Says FBI Cut Ties With Anti-Defamation League
FBI Director Kash Patel said on Oct. 1 that the bureau has severed ties with the Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish organization that tracks anti-Semitism,...