Chinese sprinter gets leading gaokao marks, earning shot at top universities
A Chinese track and field sprinter has scored a staggering 462 in the national college entrance exam, or gaokao, earning her a place in...
China woman marries son’s Russian classmate, sparks viral attention, scepticism
A woman from southeastern China has gone viral after marrying her son’s Russian classmate and announcing her pregnancy, sparking controversy and scepticism online. Advertisement...
Hong Kong developers urged to link up with mainland firms on border project
Hong Kong’s development minister has suggested that local developers join hands with their mainland Chinese counterparts to take part in the Northern Metropolis border...
Alibaba unveils new AI model for more precise image creation
Alibaba Group Holding has launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) model, Qwen VLo, said to be capable of generating and editing images with a...
Hong Kong should look to Africa, South America for new markets: trade body head
Published: 4:48pm, 28 Jun 2025Updated: 4:55pm, 28 Jun 2025 Hong Kong should develop new markets in Africa and South America as it faces obstacles...
‘See motorcycle fly’: Singapore driver jailed after teen killed in rash move
A Singapore driver has been jailed for more than five years after causing the death of a pillion rider in a high-speed challenge, with...
Why is China building AI centres on the roof of the world?
Yajiang-1, a cutting-edge computing centre perched in the cradle of Tibetan civilisation along the roaring Yarlung Tsangbo River, is up and running as part...
How Israel-Iran war sent ripples of fear through the global maritime trade
Sometime in early 1988, while the nine-year war between Iran and Iraq was still raging, veteran British publisher Abdullah Jonathan Wallace paid a visit...
Drunk Chinese man swallows spoon, thinks it was a dream, learns 5 months later
A Chinese man accidentally swallowed a coffee spoon while intoxicated in Thailand, believing it to be merely a dream for several months. Advertisement The...