Chinese SOEs ask workers to cancel their Japan holidays amid diplomatic row
Amid a heated diplomatic row between Beijing and Tokyo which has shown no signs of cooling off, several employees of China’s state-owned enterprises have...
Saab eyes future opportunities in NZ defence market
The New Zealand defence market may be small, but Saab is hoping to carve a larger slice of it as it announced a tie-up...
Fake labels on food trays plague Indonesia’s free meals scheme
Indonesia’s free meals programme has come under fresh scrutiny following reports that Chinese-made food trays used in the scheme may have carried falsified safety...
China solves Japanese spy cases, vows counter-intelligence crackdown
China’s top anti-espionage agency said it had solved several infiltration and espionage cases involving Japanese spy agencies in recent years and vowed to step...
Malaysia court charges 11 shipwreck survivors with illegal entry
Eleven survivors of a deadly boat capsize two weeks ago appeared in a Malaysian court on Wednesday, charged with illegally being in the Southeast...
Foodpanda feasts on 20% growth, aims to boost Hong Kong market position in 2026
Published: 6:14pm, 19 Nov 2025Updated: 6:53pm, 19 Nov 2025 Foodpanda aims to bolster its position in the Hong Kong market in the first half...
Alibaba founder Jack Ma visits Ant Group as fintech giant ramps up AI efforts
Alibaba Group Holding founder Jack Ma on Tuesday made a low-key visit to the Hangzhou campus of Ant Group that coincided with the Chinese...
China duo watch friend drown, take body home, place on bed instead of calling police
Two men from a village in southwestern China witnessed their friend drown in a reservoir, and rather than alerting the authorities, they took him...
Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui holds ground as world’s fourth priciest shopping strip
Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui remained the world’s fourth most expensive retail strip with rents at US$1,515 per square foot per year, as two...