Plans to lower age bar for cabby health checks delayed to second half of year
Hong Kong authorities have delayed plans to lower the age threshold for mandatory medical certification for taxi and other commercial vehicle drivers, as well...
China’s first female expert tree climber transforms fear of heights into thriving career
Published: 2:00pm, 14 May 2026Updated: 2:27pm, 14 May 2026 China’s first internationally certified female professional tree climber has turned a fear of heights into...
Malaysian minister rejects claims Chinese nationals ‘freely’ given citizenship
Malaysian Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail has dismissed allegations that citizenship was arbitrarily granted to Chinese nationals, calling the claims “malicious slander” and fake...
China-US summit ‘remarkable’ but is it enough to change relations?
The US-China summit is “extremely important” to arrest the downward spiral of relations between the two countries, according to Li Cheng, a leading Chinese...
Iran’s ‘anti-American’ rhetoric tests India’s balancing act at Brics meeting
Published: 1:20pm, 14 May 2026Updated: 1:22pm, 14 May 2026 Iran’s top diplomat, Abbas Araghchi, is expected to rally support for Tehran’s war against the...
Top-rated air cons in Hong Kong vary by 33% in cooling efficiency, watchdog finds
Published: 1:14pm, 14 May 2026Updated: 1:25pm, 14 May 2026 The cooling efficiency of 13 air conditioner models bearing Hong Kong’s top energy label can...
Pakistan commissions first Chinese-built Hangor-class submarine
On 30 April, the Pakistan Navy (PN) commissioned its first Hangor-class diesel-electric submarine, marking a further shift towards Chinese-origin naval and defence systems for...
Calls grow to hire locals as graduate jobs decline amid AI, economic pressures
Hong Kong industry leaders have called for priority hiring of local graduates and greater participation in overseas exchange programmes to address a shrinking job...
‘Miraculous’ rescue off US coast as 11 survive crash and 5-hour sea ordeal
All 11 people aboard a private plane that crashed at sea off central Florida survived the wreck and were rescued from their lifeboat hours...