Myanmar junta pledges to remove former civil servants from blacklists
Myanmar’s junta called for ex-civil servants who quit their jobs in protest over the coup five years ago to report back to work, pledging...
Hong Kong road accident scam reports double to over 70 in a week: Chris Tang
The number of suspected scams involving unusually high and belated compensation claims for minor or non-existent traffic accidents in Hong Kong has doubled to...
China’s deflation near-miss isn’t the economic story of 2025
China did not slip into outright deflation last year and that in itself matters. When weak global demand, geopolitical frictions and a prolonged property...
Saudi Arabia set to redraw economic road map as megaprojects scale down
Almost a decade after launching the Vision 2030 programme to diversify its oil-dependent economy, Saudi Arabia is redirecting its spending away from attention-grabbing futuristic...
Chinese man crafts equine figure from 2,600 metres of aluminium to celebrate Year of the Horse
A man in China has used more than 2,600 metres of aluminium thread to weave a horse ornament as a gesture to welcome the...