Philippines pledges bigger consulate-run shelter for helpers in Hong Kong
Filipino domestic helpers in Hong Kong are set to get a larger shelter from their consulate, with some groups hoping their years-long demand for...
Indian airbase on China border is infrastructure upgrade, not a threat: analysts
India earlier this month inaugurated a high-altitude airbase near its disputed border with China, prompting analysts to suggest the development capped long-term efforts to...
Toppling Maduro among options as Trump set to expand Venezuela operations
The United States is poised to launch a new phase of Venezuela-related operations in the coming days, according to four US officials, as the...
Sellers hope superstition can sell homes in China’s depressed market
For homeowners in mainland China, selling a property has become so difficult that some are turning to xuanxue, a neo-Taoist philosophy that has morphed...
8-year-old boy dies after being found unconscious in Hong Kong home by his sister
An eight-year-old boy has died after being found unconscious at his home in Hong Kong in the early hours of Sunday. Advertisement According to...
Compassion in conflict: Hong Kong medics brave Gaza war to deliver critical care
Hong Kong doctor Ben Ng Siu-bun still remembers the horrors of war in conflict-torn Gaza. Advertisement The 52-year-old anaesthesiologist joined a humanitarian mission organised...
All Fake! China’s Robots Are Just Remote-Control Toys, Masked as AI Automation
Recently, the robotics industry was exposed for staging deceptive demonstrations. Several companies used puppetry-like setups, disguising manual control as autonomous AI to mislead investors....
China overhauls civil service rules that kept out chronic disease carriers
China has loosened its civil service medical rules so that sufferers from three chronic diseases will no longer be barred, a move hailed by...
Europe scrambles to sway Trump as Ukraine faces make-or-break moment
European leaders and other allies told the US that its peace plan for Ukraine needed “additional work”, in a rushed bid to try and...