60% of Hong Kong’s homeless plan to cut medical visits amid higher fees: survey
Published: 5:05pm, 3 May 2026Updated: 6:25pm, 3 May 2026 Nearly 60 per cent of homeless Hongkongers plan to make fewer medical visits due to...
Gaza flotilla activists detained by Israel face ‘extreme brutality’
Two foreign activists from a Gaza-bound flotilla who were brought to Israel for interrogation appeared before an Israeli court on Sunday, according to the...
Why Hong Kong subsidies should go towards food, not fuel
Hong Kong should not renew the HK$3 per litre diesel subsidy when it expires at the end of June. Instead, it should use the...
Crowd disarms knife-wielding woman at Malaysia water festival
A woman carrying a knife has been arrested after being tackled by the crowd during the Rain Rave Water Music Festival in Kuala Lumpur...
Fuelling a continent: how China’s engineering prowess built Africa’s biggest oil refinery
As the energy shock unleashed by tensions in the Middle East rippled through Africa, a massive oil refinery in Nigeria’s biggest city of Lagos,...
Quirky China: robot plays dead for pesticide warnings; bot hugs girl, in-car toilet approved
A robot in a high-visibility vest carrying a loud hailer while patrolling a park in China’s northeastern Jilin province has caused much amusement online....
Japan joins hunt for aliens. Can it solve the ‘Wow! Signal’ mystery?
Astronomers in Japan have recently launched what they say is the country’s first organisation dedicated to the search for alien life, with radio observations...
Hong Kong set for cloudy skies, showers and thunderstorms in coming days
Published: 2:49pm, 3 May 2026Updated: 6:57pm, 3 May 2026 This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please...
Finance chief says Hong Kong on track for strongest quarterly growth in 5 years
Published: 2:43pm, 3 May 2026Updated: 3:20pm, 3 May 2026 Hong Kong is set for its strongest quarterly growth in nearly five years, the city’s...