Singaporean woman tricked into sex work in Dubai by Italian she met on Tinder
A Singaporean woman who met an Italian man on the dating app Tinder later agreed to travel with him to Qatar via Dubai, thinking...
Hong Kong needs new thinking to regenerate ageing districts
More than 180 years after their first development, the historic cores on Hong Kong Island – Central, Sheung Wan and Wan Chai – and...
A year after axing waste-charging scheme, is Hong Kong better off?
In Hong Kong’s Kwai Tsing neighbourhood, a community recycling station has been quietly making an impact since opening in 2019. Advertisement Green@Kwai Tsing, operated...
Chinese smartphone maker Vivo challenges Apple’s VR headset
Chinese smartphone maker Vivo unveiled a mixed-reality headset that resembles Apple’s Vision Pro in name, design and interface, but weighs about 35 per cent...
Video of a Chinese mum walking ‘calm’ toddler to hospital with knife in head goes viral
A shocking video which shows a mother calmly taking her toddler daughter to the hospital with a fruit knife lodged in the child’s head...
Criminals in UK could face pub bans and travel curbs under tough new laws
Convicted criminals could face being banned from going to the pub, music concerts and sports events such as football matches under new plans by...
Malaysia’s king fires off a royal rebuke to ‘nonsensical’ defence deals
When two helicopters collided in Malaysia last year, killing 10 naval officers, it served as a wake-up call for a military that for too...
Columbia student Xie Hongzhuo from Beijing among 5 killed in NY tour bus crash
All five people killed in a tour bus crash in upstate New York on Friday afternoon have been identified, authorities said on Saturday. Advertisement...
New Zealand to Spend $2.7 Billion on New Military Aircraft
New Zealand plans to buy seven new military aircraft for $2.7 billion (US$1.57 billion)—$2 billion will be spent on five MH-60R Seahawk helicopters and...