Fire at Indonesia retirement home kills 16 elderly residents
Published: 2:26pm, 29 Dec 2025Updated: 2:28pm, 29 Dec 2025 A fire at an Indonesian retirement home killed 16 older people on Sunday evening, police...
In the Gobi Desert, China is powering up the world’s largest ‘super-cold air battery’
Published: 2:07pm, 29 Dec 2025Updated: 2:44pm, 29 Dec 2025 In the Gobi Desert outside Golmud in the northwestern province of Qinghai, a row of...
District councillors call for more public amenities in Hong Kong Jockey Club school bid
More amenities should be provided to residents in Tseung Kwan O, district councillors have urged, after a plan by the Hong Kong Jockey Club...
China parents buy AI clips of regretful single women to urge childless kids to marry
Online artificial intelligence-generated videos of distraught middle-aged single women regretting not getting married and having children are being used to push young people to...
Ex-rapper Balendra Shah to run for Nepal PM after youth-led protests
Published: 1:29pm, 29 Dec 2025Updated: 1:36pm, 29 Dec 2025 Two popular leaders have formed an alliance ahead of March parliamentary elections in Nepal that...
China sets yuan fixing rate at 15-month high amid offshore gains
China’s central bank has set the yuan’s daily reference rate at its strongest level in 15 months, as the currency strengthened in offshore trading...
Japan as a nuclear power, China’s first female C919 captain: 5 weekend reads you missed
We have put together stories from our coverage last weekend to help you stay informed about news across Asia and beyond. If you would...
Hongkongers head to East Coast Boardwalk as ‘final piece of puzzle’ opens
Published: 12:46pm, 29 Dec 2025Updated: 1:14pm, 29 Dec 2025 People are flocking to a new boardwalk extension described as the “final piece of the...
Nepal probes illegal matchmaking as China cautions citizens over ‘bride buying’
Nepal is stepping up scrutiny of illegal cross-border matchmaking after authorities uncovered cases in which brokers and online intermediaries were marketing Nepali women as...