Hong Kong steps up voter turnout efforts with video targeting minority residents
Published: 4:01pm, 23 Nov 2025Updated: 9:10pm, 23 Nov 2025 Hong Kong authorities have ramped up efforts to drive voter turnout for the coming Legislative...
‘On the same side’: India, China align on climate at Cop30 as ties thaw
A tentative thaw in India–China ties is rekindling hopes that the two Asian giants could move from strategic rivalry to clean-energy cooperation at a...
Snowcapped prosperity: China’s winter sports market glides upwards
Each winter for the past three years, Claire Zhou, a teenager from the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, has counted down the days until...
‘Waiting for love’: Chinese man owes US$27,000 in rent, hoards items in ‘filthy’ flat
An old man in Shanghai who became an online celebrity by “waiting for love” every evening at a landmark has turned out to be...
Hong Kong’s HK$19 trillion in bank deposits proves safe haven status: Paul Chan
Hong Kong has become a “safe haven for capital” with bank deposits reaching over HK$19 trillion (US$2.4 trillion) this year, while the city’s goods...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro damages ankle tag with soldering iron ‘out of curiosity’
Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro damaged his electronic ankle bracelet with a soldering iron hours before his arrest, according to video released by the...
86% of Hong Kong infants, toddlers still unvaccinated against flu: health expert
More than 85 per cent of Hong Kong infants and toddlers remain unvaccinated against flu, a leading respiratory disease expert has said, while warning...
Top honours for engineers spotlight China’s gains in military technology
Key scientists behind China’s latest stealth fighter and aircraft carrier have been promoted to one of the country’s top scientific academies in recognition of...
‘Please stop’: Philippines nickel mining boom brings floods and failed crops
When the rains fall over Madrid, a quiet rural town in the southern Philippines, muddy brown torrents sweep through rice fields and homes. Advertisement...