Hong Kong airport profit falls 16.8% to HK$2b as expenses, salvage operation bite
Hong Kong’s airport has reported a 16.8 per cent decline in net profit to HK$2 billion (US$255.16 million) for the 2025-26 financial year, with...
Don’t buy brides, China’s Bangladesh embassy warns as trafficking surges
Published: 5:05pm, 15 Jul 2026Updated: 5:42pm, 15 Jul 2026 China’s embassy in Bangladesh has joined a number of Chinese diplomatic missions warning the country’s...
Cathay Pacific to add 4 Latin American destinations via Madrid code-share with Iberia
Published: 5:03pm, 15 Jul 2026Updated: 6:43pm, 15 Jul 2026 Hong Kong’s flag carrier, Cathay Pacific Airways, will expand its network by including four new...
Is artificial intelligence causing a rise in natural human stupidity?
Generative AI chatbots capable of writing emails and computer code, translating, organising a trip or coming up with gift ideas are now readily available...
Malaysia’s Anwar deals with another split with BN in Melaka after Johor poll rout
Published: 5:00pm, 15 Jul 2026Updated: 5:40pm, 15 Jul 2026 Malaysia’s unity government is holding firm in Putrajaya, but its uneasy alliance is fraying at...
Connect scheme for gold shines light on China’s financial liberalisation
When Hong Kong launched its latest Connect programme on July 7, most of the attention focused on gold. That misses the bigger story. Delivery...
Philippines starts active school shooter drills after deadly attack in Tacloban City
The Philippines has begun holding active school shooter drills after a rare act of violence in Tacloban City last month during which two teenage...
Will diversification restore Hong Kong’s IPO title? Think tank maps out plan
Hong Kong needs to diversify the source of its listed companies and investors if it is to reclaim its recently lost crown as the...
‘China’s real-life transformer’: new rescue tech used in dramatic flood evacuation
It is part-boat, part-bridge and part-life raft – and in the massive floods in southern China, it has been all rescue vehicle. The foldable,...