Exiled Venezuelan opposition leader to speak with Biden, visit US
Venezuelan opposition politician Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, who fled the country after a tumultuous election and subsequent police crackdown, said on Saturday he has plans...
Could China’s newest amphibious warship, the Type 076, be in service next year?
The first of a new series of Chinese amphibious attack ships could be in service by the end of 2026, a Chinese military expert...
The abandoned Filipino children of sex workers using DNA to find their fathers amid uncertainty
A cloying sour-milk stench wafts through the maze of muddy alleys and tightly packed makeshift homes of Hadrian’s Extension, a shanty town in Angeles...
Japanese dad quits job to honour late daughter’s memory by opening café with family
A Japanese man has quit the job he has been doing all his life to study baking and pastry so that he could fulfil...
Man dies after collapsing on Hong Kong escalator, injuring woman during fall
Published: 5:32pm, 5 Jan 2025Updated: 6:05pm, 5 Jan 2025 A 36-year-old man has died after he collapsed on an escalator outside a Hong Kong...
Thailand moves to seize tycoon’s assets in US$350 million scam
Published: 5:24pm, 5 Jan 2025Updated: 5:26pm, 5 Jan 2025 Thai authorities have begun seizing the assets of a hospital tycoon who fled the country...
Rohingya in Malaysia turn to tech to fight erasure, ‘have an identity’
After being driven from their ancestral villages and witnessing the erosion of their heritage through decades of persecution and forced migration, hope often appears...
Government to minimise strain on Hongkongers while seeking to spend less: Paul Chan
Hong Kong’s finance minister has promised the government will seek to minimise any negative impact on residents’ lives despite the pressure to cut public...
Syrian photographer’s return to hometown ‘a dream’ 7 years after war tore it apart
Photographer Sameer al-Doumy never dreamed he would be able to return to the hometown in Syria that he escaped through a tunnel seven years...