Virginia Governor Pushes Amendments on Gun Legislation Amid DOJ Warning
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger wants the Commonwealth’s General Assembly to shore up what she sees as shortcomings in gun control bills it sent to...
Public universities admit 65 non-local DSE pupils last year, a fivefold jump since 2022
The number of non-local students admitted to Hong Kong’s public universities with Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) qualifications has risen fivefold in four years,...
New York’s Met to debut glittering global jewellery exhibition in Hong Kong
Diamond-studded necklaces, golden pectorals and ceremonial smallswords are among about 200 jewellery and decorative pieces, covering 4,000 years of history across five continents, to...
Japan jails ex-teacher for sharing voyeuristic student images
A Japanese court on Tuesday sentenced a former teacher to two years in prison for taking indecent images of pupils and sharing them on...
Asia’s energy supply at breaking point as US blockades Hormuz
Washington’s naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is threatening to tip Asia into its worst energy crisis in living memory, with peace talks...
EU to cut funding for Chinese inverters as quiet offensive replaces grandstanding
At a top-level meeting of her 26 department chiefs in March, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen quietly approved a plan to stop...
Kazakh sovereign fund issues Central Asia’s first panda bond in ‘milestone’ sale
A leading sovereign wealth fund from Central Asia has cast a vote of confidence in Chinese debt and the country’s currency by becoming the...
Love and compassion in China: Moroccan student saves drowning woman, long-ago pen pals reunite
A Moroccan man studying in eastern China has been hailed as a hero by local residents and received an award for saving a drowning...
Advisory body to be given power to probe government department heads for serious offences
A statutory advisory body in Hong Kong will be given new powers as early as June to investigate government department heads over “serious, widespread...