Chinese leader urges Thailand and Cambodia to settle long-running border dispute
Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged Thailand and Cambodia to resolve their border dispute after meeting both countries’ leaders on the same day. The...
Can Philippines turn reforms into gains in Southeast Asia’s FDI race?
Not so long ago, the Philippines was bedevilled by warning signs to investors, from its corruption to its groaning infrastructure and a fuel crisis...
Where can Hong Kong’s DSE students turn if they don’t get into a public university?
Some 43,347 day-school candidates are sitting Hong Kong’s Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) exam this year, but there are only about 12,000 subsidised undergraduate...
Will Taiwan’s food safety scandal wreck the DPP’s local election hopes?
Taiwan’s biggest food safety scandal in years has become a political liability for the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), giving the opposition valuable ammunition...
Trump’s Chinese interference claims ‘reveal huge crisis facing American democracy’
President Donald Trump’s latest diatribe against China over alleged election meddling has laid bare a “huge crisis” within America’s democratic system, a prominent adviser...
How South Korean hypermarket chain’s fall reflects ‘time-poor’ consumer demands
Published: 1:00pm, 18 Jul 2026Updated: 1:16pm, 18 Jul 2026 Homeplus was once a retail haven for millions of South Korean families who shopped for...
UK’s Burnham faces test as Trump seeks British bases for Iran attack
The resumption of US strikes against Iran has thrust incoming UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham into a potential day one decision on how much...
Hong Kong’s Lalamove, EY team up to shape ‘low-altitude economy’. What’s the plan?
Published: 12:00pm, 18 Jul 2026Updated: 2:12pm, 18 Jul 2026 Hong Kong delivery company Lalamove and professional services firm EY have joined forces and jumped...
Chinese fossil find shows birds shed their dinosaur tails step by step
A fossil found in China suggests modern birds shed the long, bony tails of their dinosaur ancestors through a step-by-step process, rather than a...