Leading Chinese remote-sensing scientist Zhang Jinshui dies at 47
Zhang Jinshui, a pioneering scientist in remote sensing who led major R&D programmes in China and was instrumental in enhancing the country’s food security...
China café offers coffee made with eggs brewed in child urine; considered nutritious delicacy
A coffee shop in China is offering a new type of Americano which includes eggs brewed in child urine, a drink believed to be...
Prolonged Iran war could have ‘serious’ impact on food prices, says UN’s FAO
The United Nations has warned the conflict in the Middle East is sending shock waves from the fertiliser industry to food prices, as countries...
Cambodia boosts fuel imports from Singapore, Malaysia amid petrol station closures
Cambodia is importing more fuel from suppliers in Singapore and Malaysia to make up for supply shortfalls from Vietnam and China, its energy minister...
HDFC Bank's part-time chairman resigns citing concerns over practices
Atanu Chakraborty has tendered his resignation from the Indian bank with immediate effect. Read More
UOB prices Rmb5bn panda bond; DB and BNP Paribas also issue bonds in March
As investors show more confidence in China’s onshore bond market, Singapore’s UOB priced a three-year panda bond at 1.83% on March 18, while Deutsche...
Large Protests Erupt in Wuhan Against CCP’s Battery Factory Project in Residential Neighborhood
Nearly a thousand residents in Wuhan joined a protest to oppose the local authorities’ plan to build a large battery factory in a residential...
Hong Kong businessman Jason Poon, 5 others arrested in HK$6 million fraud case
Hong Kong businessman Jason Poon Cheuk-hung, his wife and four others have been arrested on suspicion of defrauding an enterprise financing scheme out of...
Philippine police thwart Roblox-linked school shooting plot by 7 teens
Philippine police have foiled a school shooting and rescued seven students radicalised by “foreigners” online to stage an attack in Laguna province near Manila,...